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At the Courthouse

While the Rhode Island ACLU has a strong legislative and public education program, the organization is most widely known for its litigative activities. The image of the volunteer ACLU lawyer rushing into court to vindicate an important civil right is, not without reason, firmly entrenched in the public mind. Our 2005 case docket confirms and commemorates that image.

Listed below are links to some recent press releases about litigation that the ACLU has been involved with in one way or another in recent months.

  • June 19, 2006 -- Phone Companies Plead "National Security" in Response to RI ACLU Complaint About Record-Sharing With Federal Spy Agency
  • June 14, 2006 -- ACLU Sues Pentagon to Uncover Surveillance of Local Peace Groups
  • June 7, 2006 -- Court Upholds Ruling Barring Inmate from Preaching at Christian Services; RI ACLU Considers Appeal
  • May 24, 2006 -- RI ACLU Files Complaint About Phone Companies' Cooperation With Federal Spy Agency
  • May 8, 2006 -- ACLU Challenges Political Canvassing Restrictions in East Greenwich
  • April 27, 2006 -- Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Participation in Ballot Referenda Campaigns
  • January 11, 2006 -- RI ACLU Files Appeal on Behalf of Inmate Barred from Preaching at Christian Services

Click here to view the 2005 In the Courthouse archives

Click here to view the 2004 In the Courthouse archives