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Sep 23, 2013

ACLU-DE Legal Team Defends 1st Amendment, Freedom of Info

During the first seven months of 2013, the legal program responded to more than 530 requests for assistance and pressed the Department of Corrections to provide needed medical care for 15 inmates. In June...

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Sep 23, 2013

ACLU-DE Legal Team Improves Immigrants' Rights, Prison Conditions

The legal program has been hard at work this year, standing up for the freedoms of all Delawareans. Below are highlights from our work since January to improve prison conditions, prevent discrimination...

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Apr 10, 2013

Legal's 2012 Success Stories

When all is said and done, the role of ACLU of Delaware’s legal program is to convince government officials to follow the U.S. and Delaware Constitutions and sue them when they won’t. We make every effort...

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Feb 13, 2013

ACLU-DE Tackles Police Accountability in Wilmington

The ACLU of Delaware recently filed a suit against the City of Wilmington and several...

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Mar 20, 2012

Honors Student Banned From School For Pink Hair

Brianna Moore's parents let her dye her hair pink last week as a reward for good grades, but when she arrived at Shue-Medill Middle School near Newark, officials told her and her parents that the hair color...

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Dec 19, 2011

Legal Report: Lookback at 2011

The American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware works in the courts, in the state and federal legislatures, with government officials and at the grassroots level to protect and promote freedom of speech,...

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