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What A Difference A DA Makes

What a Difference a DA Makes

District Attorneys have a huge impact on issues including incarceration rates, racial justice, and immigration. Learn more about what a DA does. (Hint: they answer to you!)
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Ways to Give to the ACLU of Massachusetts

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Resources for TPS Holders

How to find an immigration lawyer, secure financial or food aid, get transportation help, and learn your rights.
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Surveillance Discovery Project

Model motions to help criminal defense attorneys identify and preserve information on police use of surveillance technology

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Upholds Injunction Preventing the Installation of Religious Statues on Quincy Government Building

Unanimous ruling affirms the trial court’s determination that installation of 10-foot-tall statues of St. Michael and St. Florian likely violates state constitution’s religious neutrality provision

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Rights of Detained Noncitizens to Bond Hearings

First Circuit is the seventh appellate court to reject Trump administration's novel application of immigration detention statutes

Federal Court Blocks U.S. Postal Service from Implementing Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting

In granting preliminary injunction, court finds that President Trump’s 2026 executive order is likely unconstitutional and likely to disenfranchise voters in upcoming elections