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July 2010

Fifth Circuit Upholds Religious Rights of American Indian Kindergartner - Jul 9th, 2010

May 2010

ACLU of Texas Applauds Ruling in Hart Case - May 3rd, 2010

April 2010

ACLU Submits Brief in Support of Teacher’s Religious Freedom - Apr 26th, 2010

Challenge to San Antonio Parade Ordinance Goes Before Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - Apr 23rd, 2010

ACLU of Texas Submits Amicus Brief in Aaron Hart Case - Apr 13th, 2010

March 2010

MALDEF, ACLU Win Permanent Injunction of Third Farmers Branch Anti-Immigrant Ordinance - Mar 24th, 2010

Community Forum on Students’ Religious Freedom - Mar 18th, 2010

January 2010

IDEA Administrative Complaint on Behalf of Latino Students with Disabilities - Jan 15th, 2010

Trial in TCC Case to Begin Tuesday - Jan 11th, 2010

November 2009

Spring 2010 Law Student Volunteer Opportunities - Nov 16th, 2009

Update Regarding Passport Lawsuit Settlement - Nov 16th, 2009

Judge Grants ACLU of Texas Request; Overturns Free Speech Restrictions On TCC Campus - Nov 6th, 2009

ACLU of Texas Lawsuit Challenges Campus Free Speech Restrictions - Nov 5th, 2009

October 2009

ACLU of Texas Requests AG Ruling on Seized Funds - Oct 2nd, 2009

September 2009

ACLU of Texas Probes Segregated Gainesville ISD Assemblies - Sep 24th, 2009

August 2009

ACLU of Texas Praises End to Family Detention at Hutto - Aug 6th, 2009

July 2009

Civil Liberties Groups Ask Texas Court To Protect The Rights of Pregnant Women - Jul 29th, 2009

Preliminary Observations of the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Migrant Workers on Visits to U.S. Immigration Detention Facilities - Jul 28th, 2009

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights To Investigate Detention Conditions in Texas - Jul 22nd, 2009

ACLU of Texas Demands Inquiry on Reported Anti-Gay Discrimination in El Paso Restaurant - Jul 10th, 2009

ACLU of Texas Draws Support in Religious Liberty Case - Jul 9th, 2009

June 2009

ACLU of Texas Investigation - Jun 25th, 2009

State Department Agrees To Fair Issuance of Passports To Mexican Americans - Jun 25th, 2009

Supreme Court Preserves Voting Rights Act Oversight Provision - Jun 22nd, 2009

Texas Supreme Court Decision Is Major Victory for Religious Freedom - Jun 19th, 2009

ACLU of Texas Continuing Legal Education Program Comes to Rio Grande Valley - Jun 17th, 2009

ACLU of Texas Ends Unconstitutional Prayer Policy at Corpus Christi School - Jun 9th, 2009

May 2009

ACLU of Texas Investigates Public Schools For Violating Students’ Religious Freedom - May 21st, 2009

April 2009

Supreme Court Hears Voting Rights Act Challenge - Apr 29th, 2009

ACLU of Texas Prevails in Crawford War Protesters Case - Apr 22nd, 2009

Wesleyan University School of Law Call for Papers and Participation - Apr 21st, 2009

ACLU of Texas Deferred Law Firm Associate opportunities - Apr 16th, 2009

ACLU and MALDEF Will Collect Attorneys Fees from City of Farmers Branch - Apr 8th, 2009

ACLU of Texas Comments on Settlement with City of Farmers Branch for Attorneys’ Fees - Apr 8th, 2009

March 2009

ACLU of Texas Hosts Continuing Legal Education Program in Houston, Dallas - Mar 24th, 2009

February 2009

ACLU of Texas Applauds San Antonio High School for Protecting Student Expression and Diversity - Feb 19th, 2009

January 2009

ACLU Wins Ruling Protecting Kindergartener’s Religious Expression - Jan 22nd, 2009

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Voting Rights Act Challenge - Jan 10th, 2009

December 2008

ACLU of Texas and Public Health Advocates Laud Ruling as a Victory for Women's Rights - Dec 23rd, 2008

October 2008

ACLU of Texas - CLE Presentation | Monday, October 27th | Confidential Informants - Oct 16th, 2008

ACLU of Texas - CLE Presentation | Monday, October 27th | Confidential Informants - Oct 16th, 2008

ACLU Sues School District For Punishing Kindergarten Student Because of Family's Religious Beliefs - Oct 2nd, 2008

September 2008

Plaintiffs Added to TYC Abuse Case - Sep 24th, 2008

Anti-Immigration Ordinance Blocked - Sep 22nd, 2008

Freedom and Security - Sep 17th, 2008

Taking on Farmers Branch Anti-Immigant Ordinance...Again! - Sep 15th, 2008

La ACLU impugna al Departamento de Estado por rehusarse a expedir pasaportes a ciudadanos estadounidenses - Sep 10th, 2008

ACLU Challenges State Department’s Refusal To Issue Passports To U.S. Citizens - Sep 9th, 2008

August 2008

Texas AG Agrees with ACLU of Texas - Aug 29th, 2008

July 2008

ACLU of Texas Testifies at Texas Board of Education Hearing on Bible Curriculum - Jul 18th, 2008

June 2008

ACLU Challenges Government's Stigmatizing Of Mainstream Muslim Groups In Holy Land Case - Jun 18th, 2008

Americans United For Separation Of Church And State And ACLU File Brief Objecting To Government Promotion of Prayer In Texas' - Jun 9th, 2008

May 2008

ACLU Brief at Texas Supreme Court: State Can't Separate Families Based Solely On Beliefs - May 29th, 2008

MALDEF and ACLU Win Permanent Injunction of Farmers Branch Ordinance - May 28th, 2008

ACLU Statement On Texas Appellate Court Decision Regarding Yearning For Zion Ranch - May 22nd, 2008

ACLU Statement on YFZ Ranch - May 2, 2008 - May 2nd, 2008

April 2008

Know Your Rights: Student Expression and the Day of Silence - Apr 23rd, 2008

ACLU of Texas Files Response to AG Opinion Request on Bible Course Law - Apr 10th, 2008

March 2008

Voting Rights Presentation Materials Now Available! - Mar 19th, 2008

International Human Rights Experts Denounce U.S. Record On Racial And Ethnic Discrimination - Mar 7th, 2008

February 2008

Free Market Foundation, ACLU, Texas Eagle Forum PAC Win Preliminary Injunction Against Unconstitutional Law Criminalizing Citizen Speech on Speaker's Race - Feb 26th, 2008

UN Demands US Government Answer for Border Wall - Feb 22nd, 2008

Federal Court Enjoins San Antonio's Procession Ordinance - Feb 21st, 2008

Free Market Foundation, ACLU, Texas Eagle Forum PAC File Lawsuit Challenging State's Ban on Free Speech - Feb 13th, 2008

The Future of Texas: 70th Anniversary Conference - Feb 1st, 2008

January 2008

Vidor School District Makes Pledge of Allegiance Optional After ACLU Challenge - Jan 23rd, 2008

Are you ready to pick up the torch? - Jan 20th, 2008

Incarceration of Pregnant Woman Draws Local and National Criticism - Jan 18th, 2008

Know Your Rights in Richardson - Jan 12th, 2008

December 2007

ACLU of Texas Applauds City of Lubbock for Reversing Censorship Decision - Dec 21st, 2007

ACLU of Texas Investigates Censorship at Buddy Holly Center - Dec 20th, 2007

ACLU Client Wins MLK Parade Permit - Dec 12th, 2007

ACLU of Texas Defends Crawford Protestors' First Amendment Rights - Dec 12th, 2007

ACLU Wins Changes to Houston Parade Ordinance - Dec 5th, 2007

ACLUTX 2008 Summer Intern Announcement - Dec 4th, 2007

October 2007

ACLU of Texas Urges Pearland ISD to Avoid Prayer at School Board Meetings - Oct 23rd, 2007

August 2007

ACLU of Texas Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Dallas Judge - Aug 31st, 2007

Landmark Settlement Announced in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at Immigrant Detention Center in Texas - Aug 27th, 2007

Se Anunció Acuerdo Histórico de la Demanda Federal que Desafía las Condiciones del Centro de Detención para Inmigrantes en Texas - Aug 27th, 2007

May 2007

Judge Grants ACLU, MALDEF Request for Temporary Restraining Order in Immigration Ordinance Challenge - May 21st, 2007

Texas Parents Challenge Unconstitutional Bible Class in Public Schools - May 16th, 2007

April 2007

ACLU of Texas to Hire A Staff Attorney! - Apr 25th, 2007

March 2007

VIDEO: Children Confined - Mar 25th, 2007

ACLU Challenges Illegal Detention of Immigrant Children Held in Prison-Like Conditions - Mar 6th, 2007

January 2007

Farmers Branch to Consider Repeal of Anti-Immigrant Ordinance Challenge by MALDEF and the ACLU - Jan 18th, 2007

State Court Judge Halts Farmers Branch Ordinance - Jan 11th, 2007

ACLU of Texas and NAACP prevail in Houston parade ordinance challenge - Jan 10th, 2007

Farmers Branch Documents Available Online - Jan 10th, 2007

ACLU, MALDEF File Temporary Restraining Order in Immigration Ordinance Challenge - Jan 10th, 2007

2007 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program Launches - Jan 10th, 2007

ACLU of Texas Staff Attorney Employment Opportunity - Jan 10th, 2007

Farmers Branch City Council Proceeds with Implementation of Challenged Immigration Ordinance - Jan 8th, 2007

ACLU of Texas and NAACP challenge Houston parade ordinance - Jan 6th, 2007

December 2006

ACLU and MALDEF sue Farmers Branch challenging anti-immigrant ordinance - Dec 26th, 2006

Grupo de derechos civiles registra desafio a ordenanza anti-inmigrante en Farmers Branch - Dec 26th, 2006

Summer 2007 Legal Internship Opportunities - Dec 14th, 2006

ACLU, Texas Eagle Forum, Liberty Legal Institute and Others File Joint Brief Arguing CPS Must Comply with 4th Amendment - Dec 11th, 2006

ACLU and ACLJ Urge Supreme Court To Enforce Texas Religious Freedom Act - Dec 4th, 2006

November 2006

Criminal Trial Begins Monday In Crawford Protest Case - Nov 27th, 2006

ACLU Response to Anti-Immigrant Proposals Passed in Farmers Branch - Nov 14th, 2006

ACLU of Texas Files a Response to AG Opinion Request on Sex Offenders - Nov 3rd, 2006

ACLU Defends Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act - Nov 3rd, 2006

October 2006

ACLU Seeks Statutory Compensation for All Tulia Exonerees - Oct 6th, 2006

September 2006

ACLU of Texas Applauds Court Decision to Let Stand a Ruling That Reversed the Conviction of Two Pregnant Women - Sep 21st, 2006

August 2006

ACLU Files Brief Opposing the Censure of Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathaniel Hecht - Aug 21st, 2006

May 2006

ACLU of Texas Joins Nationwide Action Against NSA Snooping on Americans' Phone Calls - May 24th, 2006

Hang up on phone company spying in Texas - May 24th, 2006

March 2006

ACLU Applauds Court Decision Reversing Conviction Denying Pregnant Women in Texas Their Rights - Mar 30th, 2006

Public Interest Groups Challenge Texas Police Bonds and Magistrate Evasion - Mar 30th, 2006

December 2005

'Spying Eyes' are an affront to the Constitution, and the rights of American Muslims - Dec 26th, 2005

PA Judge: Teaching Intelligent Design Unconstitutional - Dec 20th, 2005

November 2005

Passage of Proposition 2 Sets Back Civil Liberties for All Texans - Nov 16th, 2005

October 2005

Testimony Resumes in Johnson v. Wathan - Oct 5th, 2005

September 2005

Johnson v. Wathan Trial Update - Sep 21st, 2005

Prison Sex Slave Trial Going On Now in Wichita Falls - Sep 19th, 2005

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