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The ACLU and American Oversight filed a brief in support of their lawsuit against ICE for the release of records concerning the prosecution of a Massachusetts state judge, including the emails and text messages of seven agency officials.
Passage of the VOTES Act in the Massachusetts House represents important progress, and we are grateful that state lawmakers adopted reforms—from widespread mail-in voting to improved access for eligible incarcerated voters—that will address barriers to the ballot and expand the hard-won right...
The Massachusetts Election Modernization Coalition is deeply disappointed that the U.S. Senate cannot find a way to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to protect access to the ballot box across the country.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu today announced a Boston Police commissioner search committee.
We are very glad that the commission clearly named the out-of-step ‘threats, intimidation or coercion’ language as a problem that needs to be fixed before any other progress can be made.
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit confirmed yesterday that the government must bear the burden of proof in immigration bail hearings. The decision affirms a key holding in a landmark class action filed in Boston federal court in 2019 by the ACLU of Massachusetts...