NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. district court judge ruled yesterday that a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro for jailing and coercing crime victims with fake subpoenas can proceed.

NEW ORLEANS – Representing a Louisiana public defender, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and the Southern Poverty Law Center today filed suit against the City of New Orleans over its refusal to provide a map of the city’s 400 real-time surveillance cameras.

Alanah Odoms Hebert, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana made this statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to block Louisiana’s abortion restrictions.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today commended a proposed resolution calling on the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office to stop jailing the victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

NEW ORLEANS -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana condemned the City of New Orleans for refusing to televise today’s public hearing on the progress being made to comply with a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice.

LAFAYETTE, La. – Lafayette Public Library officials today agreed to lift a ban on patrons organizing Drag Queen Story Time events in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Louisiana lawsuit challenging the library’s policy.

LAFAYETTE, LA – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today filed a lawsuit challenging the Lafayette Public Library’s ban on Drag Queen Story Time, an educational program designed to encourage tolerance and combat gender stereotypes.

NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana released the following statement on the death of Leonard Dreyfus, who was one of the founders of the New Orleans chapter of the ACLU.