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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear ACLU-PA Student Free Speech Case

The United States Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it has granted a Schuylkill County school district’s request to hear a case in which the school punished a student for online speech that occurred off-campus on a weekend.

ACLU-PA Submits Complaint to United Nations Regarding Philadelphia Police Violence at Black Lives Matter Protests

Alongside the Stern Community Lawyering Clinic at Kline School of Law at Drexel University, the ACLU of Pennsylvania sent a letter of complaint to the United Nations, detailing the use of violence and excessive force by police against Black Lives Matter protesters in May and June of 2020.

ACLU-PA Statement in Response to Million Dollar Bail Orders for Lancaster Protesters

As people in Lancaster, Pa., continue to make their frustrations and fury with city police known after a police officer killed Ricardo Muñoz on Sunday, a county magisterial district judge on Monday set exorbitantly high cash bail for several protesters who were arrested.
Issue Areas: First Amendment Rights

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down SEPTA Ad Policy at Center of ACLU-PA Free Speech Lawsuit

A federal appeals court has struck down a policy of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority that forbids advertising regarding issues of public debate on SEPTA vehicles and properties.
Issue Areas: First Amendment Rights

Federal Appeals Court Upholds and Expands Students’ Free Speech in Schuylkill County Case

In a landmark decision, a federal appeals court ruled that public schools cannot censor students’ off-campus speech based on a fear of disruption of school activities.