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Jul 25, 2025
RI Judge Grants Motion to Block Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Funding for Critical Services for Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, and Unhoused Communities
Rhode Island District Judge Melissa R. DuBose has granted a request to temporarily block the Trump-Vance administration from adding harmful new restrictions on federal grant programs
administered by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Jul 21, 2025
Broad Nationwide Coalition Sues in Rhode Island to Block Trump Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Health and Housing Grants
New Certification Requirements Threaten Critical Services for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, and Unhoused Communities
Jul 01, 2025
R.I. Latino Arts Argues in Court that “Gender Ideology” Is Still Unconstitutionally Penalized by National Endowment for the Arts
Group asks court to strike down grant restrictions on various legal grounds
Jul 01, 2025
Settlement Reached in Smithfield School District Social Media Censorship Lawsuit
The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable settlement of a federal lawsuit that challenged, as a violation of the First Amendment
Jun 30, 2025
RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence Seeks Injunction Against Trump Administration Grant Requirements
Attorneys for the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) and a nationwide group of 16 other state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions have asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction against a host of unlawful grant restrictions
Jun 16, 2025
Challenging New Federal Grant Requirements, ACLU Of RI, Lawyers’ Committee for RI and National Organizations Sue on Behalf of RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Coalitions
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 today seeking to stop the Trump administration from imposing unlawful restrictions on grants
Jun 13, 2025
ACLU and RWU Law School Clinic Sue Again Over ACI’s Failure to Accommodate an Incarcerated Native Americans' Religious Freedom
The lawsuit argues that RIDOC has refused to accommodate an array of religious practices that Native Americans are routinely allowed to practice in federal and state prisons across the country.
May 12, 2025
Arts Organizations Push for Answers in National Endowment for the Arts Funding Suit
Four arts and theater organizations filed an amended complaint today in federal court in Rhode Island in their First Amendment lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
May 07, 2025
ACLU And RWU Law School Clinic Settle Suit Over ACI’s Failure to Accommodate Native American Prisoner’s Religious Freedom
The ACLU of Rhode Island announced today the favorable settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the R.I. Department of Corrections’ (RIDOC) restrictive policies governing the religious freedom of people incarcerated at the ACI
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