The following may be attributed to Andrew Bernstein, ACLU of Delaware Cozen Voting Rights Fellow, regarding the recent decision by the Superior Court of Delaware in Mennella v. Albence.

The ACLU of Delaware has released the results of statewide polling showing that a vast majority of Delawareans favor reforms to the state’s criminal legal system, education funding, and access to reproductive healthcare.

Today, January 22, on what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, ACLU-DE is calling on lawmakers to expand abortion access through HS 1 for HB 110 - legislation that ensures that people on Medicaid, private, and state insurance plans can access abortion care without financial burden.

We are currently reviewing feedback related to our recently filed complaint with the U.S. Dept of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.

On Friday, December 8, the Supreme Court of Delaware ruled that out-of-state conviction records should not bar individuals from seeking expungement of their otherwise eligible Delaware records.

The recently released assessment of Delaware public school funding reaffirms much of what we originally understood in 2018 as primary contributing factors to education disparities in Delaware.

The ACLU of Delaware, American Civil Liberties Union, Shaw Keller LLP, and Proskauer Rose LLP filed a lawsuit challenging Delaware’s failure to provide eligible incarcerated voters any constitutionally guaranteed method of voting, which violates their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights guaranteed

The Clean Slate Delaware Campaign announced the launch of its Clean Slate hub site, CleanSlateDE.org—a comprehensive digital tool for expungement related information, events, and resources. The launch begins the countdown to Delaware’s Clean Slate law implementation set to begin in August 2024.

The ACLU of Delaware filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of two individuals and the NAACP-DE in federal district court against the City of Wilmington to address patterns and practices of unconstitutional policing conducted by the Wilmington Police Department.