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On Thursday, July 31, 2025, ACLU of Colorado filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding information on policies, both formal and informal, that forbid legal observers from taking notes or photographs of court docket details.

Though the passage of the Colorado Voting Rights Act will not resolve all our challenges, they provide our communities with essential tools to make our already-great elections even more accessible.

On May 6, 2025, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act in Colorado and certifying a class action for all those detained in Colorado.

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to remove people in Colorado, including to the Terrorism Confinement Center, a notorious prison in El Salvador.

When I was eight years old and in the third grade, my elementary school connected me and my classmates to our own Google accounts. Little did I realize then, sitting in that classroom, that this would be the start of a long and intimate collection of personal data.

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Today, a U.S. District Judge issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit over the Elizabeth School District’s ban and removal of 19 books from its school libraries. The Elizabeth School District now must return the books to school libraries by March 25, 2025...

Today, on February 27, 2025, the ACLU of Colorado sent a letter to Colorado sheriffs and county attorneys asking they confirm they do not have or immediately rescind jail policies, whether formal or informal, that treat incarcerated transgender people differently than their cisgender peers.

States and cities are on the frontlines of the fight against the second Trump administration’s efforts to restrict our rights — and it is a fight.