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Dec 13, 2018
Dec 13, 2018
Court rules that Clayton Gordon can stay in the U.S.
After years of litigation, it's official: Clayton Gordon can stay with his family in Massachusetts.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Dec 10, 2018
Dec 10, 2018
Cambridge passes law requiring community control of police surveillance
After two years of advocacy and collaboration with the City of Cambridge, the ACLU of Massachusetts applauds a new ordinance requiring community control over police surveillance.
Dec 10, 2018
Dec 10, 2018
Victory! Federal judge affirms right to secretly record police
A federal court ruled that secret recording of law enforcement officials performing their duties in public is protected by the First Amendment.
Nov 28, 2018
Nov 28, 2018
Court blocks City of Holyoke's ban on lawn signs and bumper stickers
“We are grateful to the Court for recognizing our First Amendment rights to express ourselves on our private property.”
Issue Areas:
Free Speech and Expression
Nov 26, 2018
Nov 26, 2018
Madelyn Linsenmeir's family has a right to know how she died
Madelyn's family is seeking information about her arrest and detention before she died in police custody.
Nov 16, 2018
Nov 16, 2018
Holyoke wants to police your lawn signs
People have a right to express personal political views through signs displayed on their property.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech and Expression
Court Cases:
Molloy et al. v. City of Holyoke
Nov 15, 2018
Nov 15, 2018
ACLU demands records on Boston's "gang database" used in deportations
“In order to make Boston a safe city for all its residents, we must meaningfully address discriminatory policing, and confront the role the gang database plays in the lives of young people of color in our city."
Nov 07, 2018
Nov 07, 2018
Statement on Jeff Sessions' resignation as Attorney General
Ironically, Sessions may have been forced out of his job not due to any of his improper actions as attorney general, but instead because of one thing he did properly.
Nov 06, 2018
Nov 06, 2018
Massachusetts votes to uphold dignity and respect for our transgender neighbors
By winning the first statewide popular vote on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters reaffirmed our Commonwealth as a place that fiercely defends our basic values of dignity and respect for everyone.
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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