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ACLU of Louisiana Calls on Governor Edwards to Veto Bill Banning Life-Saving Healthcare for Transgender Youth

BATON ROUGE - The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement upon the Senate’s passage of House Bill 648, a bill that bans gender-affirming care for transgender children in Louisiana and does not allow for exceptions with parental permission: “We are deeply disturbed that...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

ACLU of Louisiana Responds to Passing of House Bill 648 Banning Youth Gender-Affirming Care

BATON ROUGE - The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement upon the Senate Judiciary A Committee’s passage of House Bill 648, a bill that bans gender-affirming care for transgender children in Louisiana and does not allow for exceptions with parental permission: “This is a dark day...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

ACLU of Louisiana Celebrates Defeat of Bill to Ban Life-Saving Healthcare for Transgender Youth

BATON ROUGE - The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement upon the Senate Health and Welfare Committee’s deferral of House Bill 648, a bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for transgender children in Louisiana:
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

ACLU of Louisiana Justice Lab Clients Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Police Accountability Case

NEW ORLEANS – ACLU of Louisiana Justice Lab clients have requested the U.S. Supreme Court review a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which ruled that the Louisiana State Police (LSP) should not be held liable for failing to intervene and protect peaceful protesters...

ACLU of Louisiana Secures Offer of Judgment in Unreasonable Seizure and Wrongful Arrest Case

BASTROP – The ACLU of Louisiana, alongside Covington & Burling LLP, secured an offer of judgment in a civil rights lawsuit against the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office (MPSO). The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Ms. Tamekia Olive, a Black woman who was threatened, unreasonably seized, and...

ACLU of Louisiana Releases Open Letter on Library Censorship

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...
Issue Areas: Free Speech, LGBTQ Rights

Settlement Reached by ACLU and City of Hammond in Civil Rights Suit Over Alleged Police Misconduct

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana and Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP – on behalf of their client Mr. Timothy Watkins – and the City of Hammond, Louisiana, today reached a settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit...

ACLU of Louisiana Achieves Another Milestone Victory, Overcoming Qualified Immunity in Wrongful Death Suit

HOUMA – The ACLU of Louisiana has defeated qualified immunity for the fourth time. This time, against the Louisiana State Police (LSP), overcoming the enormous legal challenge in a lawsuit that also names the Houma Police Department and the Terrebonne Police Department.

ACLU and Linklaters Law Firm Overcome Nearly Impossible Legal Hurdle, Defeating Qualified Immunity After Officer Racially Profiles Black Man, Forces Him to Submit to Unconstitutional Search

COVINGTON – The ACLU of Louisiana has again defeated qualified immunity, an enormous legal challenge, in a lawsuit against the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office (STPSO) for racially profiling and harassing an unarmed Black man.