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Jul 08, 2024

Hearing on Permanent Injunction Requiring CT Department of Correction to Provide Gender-Affirming Healthcare Begins Today in Federal Court

ACLU Foundation of Connecticut, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, and Krieger Lewin LLP Represent Veronica-May Clark, a Transgender Woman in DOC Custody. The Court Previously Held Ms. Clark Was Egregiously Denied Medical Care for Years in Violation of Her Constitutional Rights.
Jun 26, 2024

ACLU of Connecticut RISE PAC and Supporting Organizations Launch Statewide Multi-Month Effort In Support of the No-Excuse Absentee Voting Ballot Referendum

ACLU of Connecticut Rise PAC, League of Women Voters of Connecticut and Stamford, CT League of Conservation Voters, NAACP Windham, Full Citizen’s Coalition hold statewide press conference in support of voting rights and ballot referendum.
Jun 13, 2024

Supreme Court Turns Away Attack on Medication Abortion Care

Case now returns to lower court where politicians have vowed to continue efforts to restrict medication abortion access.
Apr 30, 2024

ACLU of Connecticut Statement on Student Demonstrations on University Campuses

The ACLU of CT responded to ongoing student-led protests at colleges and universities across the state of Connecticut, including University of Connecticut and Yale University. The following reaction can be attributed to Dan Barrett, legal director of the ACLU of CT.
Issue Areas: Free Speech, Youth and Student Rights
Mar 15, 2024

Reaction to Not Guilty Verdict for State Trooper Brian North

A reaction from David McGuire about a not guilty verdict for Connecticut State Trooper Brian North who was tried for first-degree manslaughter in the 2020 fatal shooting of 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane.
Issue Areas: Policing, Criminal Legal System, Racial Justice
Mar 06, 2024

Appellate Court Ruling in Avon v. Sastre a Decisive Win for Freedom of Information

In a unanimous ruling last Friday, the Connecticut Appellate Court reinforced that public agencies may not evade Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act by handing off documents to lawyers.
Issue Areas: Open Government
Dec 15, 2023

Appeals Court Declines To Rule Against Connecticut’s Inclusive Policy for Transgender Athletes

In a Title IX case brought by cisgender plaintiffs challenging Connecticut’s inclusive student athletic policy, the Second Circuit sent the case back to the district court for the district court to decide whether or not the policy violated Title IX.