ACLU Rallies for Freedom and Justice for All at State Capitol
400 ACLU members gathered for the organization’s annual conference to lobby lawmakers on bail reform, immigration, and…
Don’t Arm School Police
By Harold Jordan There is an emerging national debate about school policing. It is not about whether…
Arrested Despite DACA
By Francisco Rodriguez My earliest memory is of the day I first came to Portland. I was…
NC Doesn’t Repeal Anti-Trans Law
By Chase Strangio What do they say about déjà vu all over again? That is what seems…
Public Safety Risks of Joining Trump’s Deportation Force
By Domenic Powell You may have heard how Trump is trying to bully local police departments into…
Trump Threatens Sanctuary City Funding; California Officials Respond
On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Trump Administration threatened to withhold federal funding from so-called…
Broad Coalition Supports Effort to Reform California’s Unfair and Costly Money Bail System
Current System Exacerbates Racial and Economic Injustice and Does Not Keep Communities Safe (From Press Release)-A broad…
President’s Campaign Rhetoric Should Stick with Him
By Matthew Segal The ongoing travel ban litigation has triggered intense debate on whether an assessment of…
Cal School Districts Support Challenge to Trump on Immigration
(From Press Release) – Dozens of California school districts and leading education organizations today announced the filing…
California Chief Justice Pushes Back against Trump Immigration Tactics
California’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, in a letter to the Trump administration, urged them to…
Two Courts Rule That Executive Order Represented a Muslim Ban
By Omar Jadwat The federal courts have dealt two more blows to President Trump’s ongoing attempt to…
Court Blocks Trump’s Revised Muslim Ban
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Hawaii issued an order blocking the implementation of President Trump’s revised…
Tragic Death and the Criminal Injustice of Our Bail System
By Udi Ofer Over the last two weeks, Americans have revisited the tragic details of the death…
Californians Sue in Challenge to Latest Muslim Ban
ACLU Amends Suit on Behalf of New Plaintiffs Challenging Trump’s Ban on Immigrants & Refugees ( From…
Why is DHS Labeling Protesters “Domestic Terrorists”?
By Mat dos Santos The United States government considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist until 2008. Mandela was…
Commentary: New Muslim Ban Still Violates the Constitution
Trump Imposes New Scaled-Back Muslim Plan Six weeks after President Trump’s original executive order was blocked by…
Can We Trust ICE to Tell the Truth to Local Officials?
In the last month and a half since the start of the new administration, there seem to…
Know Your Rights: AB 60 in an Era of Resistance
(From the ACLU) – Donald Trump has proposed sweeping changes in immigration policy during his first two…
Executive Order to Stop Crimes against Law Enforcement Lacks Facts
By Jeffery Robinson Something does not add up. President Trump put an executive order into effect last…
Monitoring Local Police Surveillance Equipment
Editor’s note: The city of Davis may soon be looking into whether to have an ordinance that…