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The ACLU of Connecticut strongly opposes this cruel and unnecessary bill. S.B. 187 relies on a 1980s approach to justice when Connecticut needs a 21st century approach. By criminalizing children who are in...
Injustice thrives in the dark. The ability to shed sunlight on government action through Freedom of Information requests is essential to holding public officials accountable and to preventing state-...
** Update: this bill was amended to instead create a task force to study the issue of students' privacy on their personal electronic devices in school. **
The U.S. Supreme Court has found that before...
The ACLU of Connecticut is in favor of increased privacy for voters' registration information, because we believe that people should not be required to give up one fundamental right--the right to privacy--...
By providing all students, regardless of immigration status, with the same opportunity to apply for and receive financial assistance to Connecticut's public universities and colleges, this bill upholds...
This bill to fully legalize marijuana presents a chance for Connecticut to further honor individual privacy rights, prevent discrimination, and remedy the disparate burdens that marijuana prohibition has...