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Fairness Hearing Set with Department of Homeland Security Regarding Settlement Agreement Over Denying Parole for Asylum Seekers

NEW ORLEANS – Together with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the ACLU of Louisiana is preparing for a fairness hearing regarding the settlement agreement in its Heredia Mons class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

ACLU of Louisiana Files Support Brief in Case of Racial and Gender Hair Discrimination in Texas

NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has joined the ACLU, the ACLU of Texas, the ACLU of Mississippi and the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) to file an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of Darryl George.

ACLU of Louisiana Issues Statement in Response to Sustainment of the NOPD’s Consent Decree

NEW ORLEANS— The ACLU of Louisiana has issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan’s ruling to initiate the sustainment period for the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) consent decree.

Argument Concludes in Federal Appeal of Challenge to Louisiana State Legislative Maps

NEW ORLEANS – Oral argument concluded today at the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case that will determine the future of Louisiana’s state legislative maps, Nairne v. Landry. Last year, a group of Black voters and advocacy organizations won their lawsuit in the Middle District of Loui

Civil Rights Organizations Send Letter Responding to Louisiana Attorney General’s Misleading Ten Commandments Guidance

NEW ORLEANS – In a letter sent today to public school districts across Louisiana, four civil rights organizations–the ACLU of Louisiana, ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation–warned superintendents about misleading guidance issued last we

Civil Rights Organizations Warn Louisiana Public School Districts Not to Implement Unconstitutional Ten Commandments Law

NEW ORLEANS – In a letter sent today to public school superintendents across Louisiana, four civil rights organizations–the ACLU of Louisiana, ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation–warned school districts not to implement H.B. 71

Fifth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity Defense, Allows Pigott v. Gintz to Continue

NEW ORLEANS —The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Mr. Wesley Pigott and his two children, who were followed by an unmarked police car and held at gunpoint by Rapides Parish Sheriff Office deputy Paul Gintz four years ago.

ACLU of Louisiana to Host Rise and Resist Rally to Honor Truth and Reconciliation Project Participants and Present Ben Smith Award

NEW ORLEANS—The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana will be hosting Rise and Resist: A Post-Election Rally tomorrow, December 5 at the Broadside in New Orleans.

Court Denies West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office Bid to Toss Justice Lab Case of Unconstitutional Search and Seizure of Black Woman

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge held yesterday that Justice Lab client Nia Mills could proceed to trial in her case against West Baton Rouge Sheriff Officers Allen Connelly, John Gaudet and other deputies for violating her Fourth Amendment rights.