BATON ROUGE — The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement applauding Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of House Bill 85, an unconstitutional bill that would have made it a crime to be within 25 feet of law enforcement...

NEW ORLEANS – As book-banning and censorship efforts proliferate statewide amidst an alarming rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, the ACLU of Louisiana released an open letter as a resource to help the people of Louisiana understand the Constitution’s protections against government censorship...

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Landry’s call for new restrictions on library collections.

RAPIDES PARISH — The ACLU of Louisiana filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that seeks to hold Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office accountable for violating Waylon Bailey’s free speech rights after he made a joke on Facebook.

BATON ROUGE — In a letter to the East Baton Rouge School System, the ACLU expressed alarm about an event during which students were subjected to religious proselytizing, and female students were given instruction in sexual abstinence and told hey should practice forgiveness of sexual abusers.

NEW ORLEANS — This past Friday, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled on two state law questions certified to it by the Fifth Circuit in a federal lawsuit against Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson.

NEW YORK — The U.S. Supreme Court today vacated a lower court ruling that the American Civil Liberties Union had appealed in a First Amendment case about a Black Lives Matter protest.

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana today demanded an immediate halt to the New Orleans Police Department’s crackdown on street performers in the French Quarter.

NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans agreed not to infringe on First Amendment rights in so-called “Clean Zones” under a court-approved settlement with the ACLU of Louisiana over the 2018 arrest of an environmental activist during the French Quarter Festival.