Court Cases

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief with Spero Justice and Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel arguing that Colorado’s habitual sentencing scheme is unconstitutional.

The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit to halt the illegal deportation of J.P.P., a Venezuelan asylum seeker, to El Salvador.

The ACLU of Colorado and the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project joined a lawsuit challenging Colorado Springs’ unusual election timing, which violates many of its minority citizens’ rights.

In 2019, the CO Supreme Court changed how lengthy sentences are reviewed for proportionality. Now, the Court will decide whether people who were sentenced before 2019 can benefit from those changes.

We argue that the First Amendment does not allow Masterpiece Cakeshop to refuse selling a cake to a transgender woman who is celebrating her identity.

We filed an amicus brief calling for an end to mandatory life without parole sentences for people convicted of felony murder.