It’s time to vote in D.C., which means it’s time to make your voting plan and know your voting rights. Here are three things we want every D.C. voter to know.
2026 marks the 65th anniversary of the American Civil Liberties Union in the District of Columbia and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This year has been full of big ...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected a request from the Trump Administration and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to allow prison officials to withhold gender-affirming ...
The ACLU-DC filed a lawsuit on behalf of two photojournalists against the District of Columbia and 8 D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers for unleashing chemical irritants and stun grenades ...
This case concerns a ban on life-saving medical treatment for incarcerated people with gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria arises when someone experiences clinically significant distress based on an ...
Jennifer Wedekind is the Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia. Jennifer has litigated a wide range of civil rights and civil liberties issues and has particular expertise in ...
WASHINGTON – Today, an ACLU and ACLU of the District of Columbia analysis of 2022-2023 stop-and-frisk data collected by the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) revealed that Black people compose ...
Voting is one of our most fundamental rights, and the D.C. general election is on November 3, 2026. However you plan to vote, make civil rights and liberties a priority when you cast your ballot this ...
WASHINGTON – Late last night, the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to improve its housing policies for transgender people at the D.C. Jail as part of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by ...
Doe v. Mullin – Challenging DHS’s Use of Administrative Summonses to Unmask Social Media Critics
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered multiple Internet Service Providers and social media companies to disclose sensitive information about users who criticized DHS’s practices. DHS has ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal court in Washington, D.C., today issued an order to enforce its own previous ruling halting the Trump administration’s policy and practice of arresting people for ...
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