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ACLU of Texas Legal Program
The ACLU of Texas legal program works in courts to defend the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights:
- Your First Amendment rights-freedom of speech, association and assembly. Freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state.
- Your right to equal protection under the law - equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.
- Your right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.
We work also to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor.
Christian Prisoner Entitled To Seek Monetary Damages For Violation Of His Religious Rights, Says ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas filed a friend-of-the-court brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the right of a prisoner in Texas to seek monetary damages from the state under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 after he was denied access to a prison chapel for religious purposes. Read More...
ACLU of Texas Urges Fort Worth City Council to Seek Independent Legal Evaluation of Outdoor Event Ordinance
Ordinance Has Constitutional Implications, Civil Rights Group Says
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ACLU of Texas Sues Hidalgo County, Challenges ”Debtor’s Prison” for Truant Teens
The ACLU of Texas has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Hidalgo County. The lawsuit asks a judge to enjoin practices that have improperly sent dozens - possibly hundreds - of the county's low-income teens to jail for weeks at a time for fines related to school attendance violations they were unable to pay. Read More...
City of Helotes Parade Ordinance May Violate First Amendment
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas today asked city officials in Helotes to respond to concerns that the Bexar County town’s parade ordinance is unconstitutional because it allows “unequal enforcement and targeting of an event based on its content.” Read More...
ACLU of Texas Condemns Reported Sexual Abuse at Hutto Facility
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas is deeply disturbed about reports that female detainees held at the T. Don Hutto Detention Facility in Taylor, Texas were sexually abused by a guard employed by the Corrections Corporation of America, a private for-profit prison management company that operates the facility under contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Read More...
ACLU of Texas Warns Parker County About Restricting Access to Abortion Services
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas today sent a letter to Parker County explaining that the County does not have legal justification to restrict access to abortion services by refusing to transport county jail inmates to off-site medical facilities. Read More...
The ACLU of Texas seeks a Staff Attorney
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, an affiliate of the National ACLU, seeks a full-time, permanent Staff Attorney, based in Austin, Texas. Read More...
ACLU of Texas and United Sikhs Release Joint Letter to Texas ISDs
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and UNITED SIKHS today released a joint letter reminding school districts of the protections for religious dress required by state law and the U.S. Constitution. Read More...
ACLU of Texas Report Reveals Violations in School Districts that Allow Gideons Bible Distributions
The ACLU of Texas today published a report detailing the results of its recent investigation into legal and policy violations in Texas school districts where The Gideons International distributed Bibles Read More...
Know Your Religious Rights in Public Schools
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas today issued a new ”frequently asked questions” (FAQ) sheet that is intended to help parents and students understand their rights with respect to religion in Texas public school curricula. Read More...
Federal Judge Approves Passport Case Settlement
A federal judge today gave final approval to the settlement of a class action lawsuit that charged the U.S. Department of State (DOS) with violating due process and equal protection rights of virtually all U.S. citizens delivered by midwives along the Texas-Mexico border. Read More...
ACLU Challenges Solitary Confinement And Unwarranted Strip Searches Of Girls Held In Texas Youth Prison
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas filed a class action lawsuit today. Read More...
Judge Orders Children Returned To Their Families
Judge Barbara Walther ordered the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services today to return more than 400 children removed from the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas to their families. Read More...
ACLU Urges Court to Correct Constitutional Errors
The ACLU of Texas is encouraged by 51st District Judge Barbara Walther?s scheduling of a hearing for 2 p.m. today to address yesterday's Texas Supreme Court decision. Read More...
ACLU Victorious In Voting Rights Act Challenge
Court rebuffs Austin MUD's challenge to declare Section 5 unconstitutional Read More...
Texas Supreme Court Calls Removal Of Children From Yearning For Zion Ranch "Unwarranted"
Ruling Concurs With ACLU Position Read More...
FROM THE LIBERTY BLOG:
Parental Involvement / Judicial Bypass
"On Tuesday, family law attorney Rita Lucido, co-founder and board chair of Jane's Due Process, presented a continuing legal education course on Texas' parental involvement laws related to access to abortion by underage women..."
FROM THE LIBERTY BLOG:
Is Alito a Threat to Civil Liberties?
"Last Monday, President Bush nominated Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Samuel Alito Jr..."
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