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).

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.