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 federal lawsuit challenging the Smithfield School District’s actions in blocking a local school critic from the official X (formerly Twitter) accounts of the district and the school district...
This lawsuit was filed on behalf of two journalists who were denied access to arrest records by the Brown University Department of Public Safety. The lawsuit contests the Brown University police department’...
This is an emergency lawsuit filed by the ACLU and ACLU of RI this morning in federal court to prevent the removal of a Venezuelan national from the country under President Trump’s recent proclamation...
This class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of international students in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico who had their student status revoked without notice or reason....
Artists and theater groups are challenging a new certification requirement and funding prohibition for National Endowment for the Arts’ grant applications that requires applicants to attest that they will...
