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NEW ORLEANS—Today the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants’ Rights Project (ACLU-IRP), and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana (ACLU-LA), filed a friend-of-the-court Amicus
NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has sent an open letter to the members of the Terrebonne Parish Council regarding their proposed "saggy pants" ordinance. The letter reads, in part:
NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans have reached an amicable agreement to modify the “Clean Zone” regulations adopted by the City in advance of the Super Bowl.
NEW ORLEANS—On behalf of Tara Ciccarone and Pastor Troy Bohn, today the ACLU of Louisiana sought an order to block enforcement of the "Clean Zone" enacted as part of the preparations for the Super Bowl. The plaintiffs seek to engage in constitutionally protected speech that is barred by this or
NEW ORLEANS— This afternoon a federal court granted a partial temporary restraining order in response to an ACLU lawsuit over the City's Superbowl "Clean Zone." The order reduces the effective area of the Clean Zone's noncommercial speech restrictions to the public areas immediately around the S
NEW ORLEANS—After an ACLU -sponsored lawsuit concerning a 10 pm mandatory walking curfew in the City of Ville Platte, a federal court today signed off on a consent decree under which the City has agreed not to enact future curfews without a compelling need.