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Victory for Democracy as State Supreme Court Rules Washington County Must Alert Voters Whose Mail Ballots Contain Errors

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the lower court’s decision that the Washington County Board of Elections must inform voters if they have made a disqualifying error on their mail ballot packets.

ACLU of Pennsylvania Files Lawsuit Against Souderton Area School District Over Free Speech and Due Process Violations

The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the Souderton Area School District regarding the district's ban of two parents and one former student from school property as retaliation for criticisms leveled at a school board member who posted lewd comments about VP Kamala Harris online.

ACLU of Pennsylvania Sues Delaware County Over Failure to Expunge Criminal Record

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court in response to the Delaware County Office of Judicial Support’s refusal to expunge a criminal record due to unpaid court costs, despite a court order requiring expungement.  

ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Pa. County’s Abusive Probation and Parole Detention System

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class action lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional incarceration of people facing probation and parole revocation proceedings in Montgomery County.

ACLU-PA Sues Montgomery County for Denying Its Lawyers Access to People in the Jail

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit today alleging that Montgomery County violated the ACLU-PA’s First Amendment rights by denying ACLU lawyers access to people held in the county jail.

Challengers Tell Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court That Ballot Question on Criminal Proceedings is Unconstitutional

Today, an attorney for the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and Lorraine Haw argued before the Commonwealth Court that a ballot question on rights in criminal proceedings posed to voters last year is unconstitutional and that the court should declare it void.  

Pennsylvania Good Government Group and a Voter File Lawsuit to Block “Logrolled” Constitutional Amendment

HARRISBURG - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the law firm Dechert LLP filed a state lawsuit today arguing that the pending Marsy’s Law ballot question is unconstitutional because it combines many changes into a single amendment.