News & Commentary
Nov 12, 2014
ACLU in the News: Durango Stops Enforcement of Unconstitutional Loitering Law
By Chuck Slothower Herald staff writer
The city of Durango has stopped enforcing a loitering ordinance after the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado argued the ordinance is unconstitutional.
Durango Police Chief James Spratlen, in an Oct. 24 memorandum, ordered officers to not arrest suspects or issue tickets for loitering. The policy change came after the ACLU of Colorado contacted city
Nov 05, 2014
Vote No 67 Celebrates Victory for Colorado Women, Doctors, Families
Effort To Ban Abortions and Restrict Contraception Defeated for the Third Time
Oct 16, 2014
Democracy in Action
As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it? — William Marcy Tweed, November 1871.
Recent events cause some to wonder whether the literacy tests that voters in some states were required to pass, before voting, from the early 1890s until the 1960s, are preferable to
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