BATON ROUGE, LA – In a victory for religious freedom, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction today in Rev. Roake v. Brumley, prohibiting implementation of a Louisiana law that requires all public schools to permanently display a government-approved, Protestant version of the Ten Co

NEW ORLEANS – In the wake of Donald Trump's election win, dozens of Black people across the country, including Louisiana, received racist text messages about slavery. The following is a statement from Executive Director Alanah Odoms in response to these texts and other racist messages shared in the

NEW ORLEANS – ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Alanah Odoms shares the following statement in response to multiple state agencies’ forced removal of roughly 75 unhoused residents, despite pushback from the City of New Orleans officials and advocates.

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana State Police must produce documents surrounding the death of Mr. Jabari Asante-Chioke, a 52‑year‑old Black man killed by police in 2021, as well as any records of policing procedures relating to people experiencing mental health crises.

NEW ORLEANS - The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is urging the House of Representatives to censure U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins for his racist, false, and dangerous tweet about Haitians.

NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in the filing of an amended complaint against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

NEW ORLEANS—A coalition of immigrants’ rights groups today released a new report documenting widespread abuse and inhumane treatment at nine immigration detention facilities across Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS — A settlement has been reached between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana Justice Lab client Ms. Jacinta Danks, the City of Kenner, Louisiana, and Mr. Chase Lawler, a Kenner Police Department officer.

Four public interest law groups — The Law Enforcement Accountability Project, Institute for Justice, Orleans Public Defenders, and Public Justice — have filed amicus briefs supporting the petitions for writs of certiorari in Brown v. Pouncy and Monroe v. Conner.