BATON ROUGE — The ACLU of Louisiana, American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Defense Fund (LDF), law firm Cozen O’ Connor, and Louisiana attorneys Ron Wilson and John Adcock filed a motion today to lift a stay in a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s discriminatorily drawn state...

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Robinson v. Ardoin ruled in favor of Black voters challenging Louisiana’s newly enacted congressional map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

NEW ORLEANS — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today challenging newly drawn state House and Senate district maps as unlawfully minimizing the voting strength of Black Louisianans. 

NEW ORLEANS – ACLU of Louisiana, ACLU National Voting Rights Project, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and 13 other civil rights organizations submitted a letter urging the Louisiana Legislature to draw State House and Senate maps that provide significant increases in majority-Black opportunity districts.

NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana have launched a paid media campaign, including video ads and mailers, to educate and mobilize voters on the stakes of the November 13th election for Orleans Parish Sheriff.

NEW ORLEANS – As Louisiana approaches the once-in-a-decade process of redistricting, the ACLU of Louisiana has launched a statewide campaign demanding fair maps from legislators and empowering community members to join the fight for equal representation.

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement in response to the Lafayette Parish Library Board’s decision to reject a grant and cancel a discussion about voting rights by voting rights historian Theodore Foster.

The American Civil Liberties Union urges Congress to oppose the efforts led by President Trump to trample the will of the American electorate.