News Releases

The ACLU welcomes the passage of legal protections for gays and lesbians against discrimination in employment, housing and other areas.

Mount Vernon High School has opened its formerly all-female cheerleading squad to all students, regardless of gender, after the ACLU intervened on behalf of a male transgender student who was denied a full opportunity to participate.

People have been free to express their opinions using pseudonyms since the early days of our nation.

The recent settlement of a case in which a police chase resulted in an innocent motorist’s death and an injury to his passenger again points to the need for a statewide law governing high-speed police chases.

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot continue to jail immigrants awaiting deportation whose home countries either will not accept them or no longer exist.

The City of Spokane adopted an ACLU-supported domestic partnership ordinance in April 2004.

Seattle attorney Jeffery Robinson has been selected to monitor Grant County’s compliance with terms of a settlement agreement to improve the County’s public defender system.

The high court voted 5-4 to reverse the ruling of two previous courts, upholding the state's ban on marriage between couples of the same sex.

The ACLU announced that the US government has apologized to an Iraqi refugee whom federal agents unlawfully arrested.