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.
A nationwide coalition of domestic violence, sexual assault, housing, youth, and homelessness organizations filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, challenging the Trump-Vance administration...
The ACLU of Rhode Island, joined by two parents with children in public schools in the state, filed a “friend of the court” brief in R.I. Superior Court in support of a R.I. Department of Education (RIDE)...
A nationwide group of 17 state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, led by the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV), filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration...
This lawsuit was filed on behalf of three Native Americans at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), and argues that Rhode Island Department of Corrections has refused to accommodate an array of...
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’...