Today’s court decision is an unprecedented attack on women’s rights and reproductive freedom.
Today’s court decision is an unprecedented attack on women’s rights and reproductive freedom.
Jun 16, 2022
Court Rules that State Department of Education Violated Rights of English Language Learners
A Superior Court judge has found that the Council of Elementary and Secondary Education and RIDE violated the rights of students who were English Language Learners by providing them less support than the law...
A Superior Court judge has found that the Council of Elementary and Secondary Education and RIDE violated the rights of students who were English Language Learners by providing them less support than the law...
Jun 9, 2022
Following Challenge, Former State Trooper Reveals his Name in Lawsuit Against State
Government Transparency
Following an ACLU challenge on behalf of local advocacy groups, a former state trooper has agreed to no longer proceed anonymously in suing the state after he was fired.
Following an ACLU challenge on behalf of local advocacy groups, a former state trooper has agreed to no longer proceed anonymously in suing the state after he was fired.
Jun 1, 2022
Groups Seek to Intervene in Court Case to Oppose State Trooper’s Anonymous Lawsuit Over His Termination for Alleged Drunkenness
Government Transparency
Groups today filed a motion in R.I. Superior Court challenging a former state trooper’s attempt to proceed anonymously in suing the State Police after he was fired for allegedly not reporting to work because...
Groups today filed a motion in R.I. Superior Court challenging a former state trooper’s attempt to proceed anonymously in suing the State Police after he was fired for allegedly not reporting to work because...
May 4, 2022
ACLU Statement on RI Supreme Court Ruling in Reproductive Privacy Act Lawsuit
Gender Equality
Today’s decision from the Rhode Island Supreme Court upholding the General Assembly’s authority to enact the Reproductive Privacy Act could not be more timely.
Today’s decision from the Rhode Island Supreme Court upholding the General Assembly’s authority to enact the Reproductive Privacy Act could not be more timely.
Apr 4, 2022
ACLU, Cranston Settle Major “Search and Seizure” Case that Went to the U.S. Supreme Court
Privacy
A seven-year legal battle over privacy rights in the home, fought by ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys in a case that went all to the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, ended today with the filing of a...
A seven-year legal battle over privacy rights in the home, fought by ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys in a case that went all to the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, ended today with the filing of a...