CO Cities Illegally Jail Poor People for Failure to Pay Fines

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Our 2013 Annual Membership Meeting was a great success!

On Saturday, Feburary 9th, over 100 ACLU of Colorado members came together for our annual membership meeting. Louise Melling, Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU and the Director of its Center for Liberty, spoke about increasing attempts to use religion to discriminate and how best to respond to such attempts, eliciting several thought-provoking questions from attendees.

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State Patrol agrees to $1M payment, major improvements to settle ACLU lawsuit

GRAND JUNCTION – The Colorado ACLU announced today a settlement agreement with the Colorado State Patrol that will resolve a federal court lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of Jason Alan Kemp, who was shot and killed at his Grand Junction home in 2010 when he refused to allow state troopers into his home without a warrant.

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Discrimination is not religious liberty

November 13, 2012

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VICTORY - Amendment 64 Passes!

November 7, 2012

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New Report Details Racial Disparities in CO Marijuana Enforcement

October 25, 2012

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After ACLU letter, Durango reverses position on voter registration volunteers

October 12, 2012

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Report: Too Many Teens in Solitary Confinement

October 10, 2012

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ACLU Settles CO Lawsuit

First Public Settlement of Legal Challenge to Enforce Colorado’s 2008 Workplace Nursing Mothers Act

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