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ACLU SoCal Centennial Awards To Honor Oscar® winning Directors Daniels, Actor and Producer Sheryl Lee Ralph and Poet and Author Alok Vaid-Menon

Special Performance by Oscar® nominee Laura Karpman, composer for American Fiction

February 6, 2024

Ninth Circuit Clears Way for Unhoused Residents to Challenge Unlawful Policies in Orange County Shelters

Egregious policies include "lock-in/shut-out" policy essentially trapping shelters residents

February 2, 2024

STATEMENT: Cases Under California Racial Justice Act Move Forward

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — In a victory under the new California Racial Justice Act, the California Fourth District Court of Appeal is allowing two Black men to move forward with their challenge to death penalty prosecutions being sought against them.

February 1, 2024

Muslim Americans Appeal to Ninth Circuit Over Illegal Religious Questioning by Border Officers

LOS ANGELES — Three Muslim Americans filed their opening appeal brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, challenging unconstitutional religious questioning by U.S. border officers. On numerous occasions, when the three men have returned home to the U.S.

January 30, 2024

Court Protects Civil Rights of Unhoused People in San Bernardino Disability Rights Case

The preliminary injunction bars the city from removing unhoused people from public locations and destroying their property.

January 18, 2024

Civil and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Federal Clemency for Military Veterans Vulnerable to Deportation

WASHINGTON — Organizations representing noncitizen military veterans whose federal criminal convictions make them vulnerable to deportation are urging President Biden to use his pardon power to ensure people who have served our nation are not exiled from the only country they have ever known as h

January 18, 2024