News & Commentary
Aug 31, 2016
Thirty-Four Colorado Cities Must Repeal Unconstitutional Loitering Laws
In a letter sent today to 34 Colorado municipalities that make it a crime to “loiter for the purpose of begging,” the ACLU of Colorado demanded that municipal authorities stop enforcement and take immediate steps to repeal the “legally indefensible” ordinances.
Aug 24, 2016
ACLU Files Suit for Records Illegally Denied by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
DENVER – The ACLU of Colorado filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit today challenging a practice by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of withholding documents, without legal justification, that immigration lawyers require to advocate for clients that the agency deems to be “fugitives.”
Aug 19, 2016
ACLU Opposes the Use of Private Contractors to Perform Police Actions on the 16th Street Mall
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Jul 25, 2016
ACLU Wins $100K Settlement for Former Adams State Professor Who Was Banned from Campus after Criticizing the University
DENVER – Adams State University has agreed to rescind a “No Trespass Order” banning Danny Ledonne, a former professor who publicly criticized administration practices, from its Alamosa, CO campus and to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Colorado based on claims that the university violated Ledonne’s free speech and due process rights.
Jun 09, 2016
Federal Court Rejects Attempt to Require Taxpayer Funding of Religious Schools in Douglas County
DENVER - Federal District Court Judge Marcia Krieger today denied plaintiffs’ request to issue an unprecedented emergency order requiring the Douglas County School District school voucher program to divert taxpayer funds to private religious schools.
May 25, 2016
ACLU, Americans United Challenge Lawsuit Attempting to Circumvent Colorado Supreme Court School Voucher Ruling
DENVER – The ACLU of Colorado, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, and the law firm Arnold & Porter — who successfully challenged a Douglas County school voucher program before the Colorado Supreme Court last year — filed motions yesterday challenging the validity of a new lawsuit that asks a federal district court to issue an unprecedented order that would require the Douglas County School District to divert taxpayer funds to religious schools.
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