For all media inquiries, please contact media@laaclu.org.
NEW ORLEANS —The ACLU of Louisiana has filed petitions for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in the cases Brown v. Pouncy and Monroe v. Connor.
NEW ORLEANS—In a new report, the ACLU of Louisiana and Fund For Guaranteed Income (F4GI) have announced the six-month results of the Truth and Reconciliation (T&R) guaranteed income program, the nation’s first initiative focused specifically on those impacted by police violence.
BATON ROUGE—In an effort to stop state and school-district officials from implementing a new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom, the plaintiffs in Roake v. Brumley filed a motion for a preliminary injunction today.
BATON ROUGE—A multi-faith group of nine Louisiana families with children in public schools filed suit in federal court today to block H.B. 71, a new state law requiring all public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
BATON ROUGE—The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation announced today that they will file suit to challenge a new Louisiana law
LAKE CHARLES— A settlement has been reached between the ACLU of Louisiana’s client, Mr. Talj Howard, a Black teacher and defendants, the City of Jennings, Eduardo Mendoza, a patrolman of the Jennings Police Department, Christopher Bergeaux, a sergeant of the Jennings Police Department