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Common Cause RI et. al v. Gorbea
This is a successful federal lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s witness/notary requirements for voting by mail during the 2020 elections.
At any given time, the ACLU of RI is involved in dozens of legal battles on behalf of civil liberties in the Ocean State. Below is a list of many the cases we have worked on. For our annual case dockets, click here.
This is a successful federal lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s witness/notary requirements for voting by mail during the 2020 elections.
This is a successful motion to enforce a 1998 court judgment against Brown University for violating Title IX. In 1996, the ACLU filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of a challenge to Brown...
This is a lawsuit filed in federal court successfully challenging Rhode Island’s ballot qualification process in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Update: On June 25, 2020, the court ruled in...
This is a lawsuit against the City of Pawtucket over a School Resource Officer’s (SRO) unlawful handcuffing and arrest of a 13-year-old African-American middle school honors student.