On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that suspended all U.S. resettlement of Syrian refugees and banned all nationals from Syria and six other majority-Muslim countries from...
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Jan 23, 2017
Commonwealth v. $34,440.00 U.S. Currency, Appeal of Rafael Falette
Criminal Justice Reform
Status: Open
On January 23, 2017, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in support of Rafael Falette's appeal of an order forfeiting $34,440.
The case arises...
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Dec 19, 2016
Seitz v. Allegheny County
Prisoners' Rights
Status: Open
On December 19, 2016, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, along with the Abolitionist Law Center, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and the law firm of Reed Smith, filed a federal class action lawsuit on...
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Sep 26, 2016
Burton v. Wetzel
Prisoners' Rights
Status: Open
On September 26, 2016, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, along with the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) and Saul Ewing LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Niara Burton, a transgender woman who...
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Jul 19, 2016
Issa v. School District of Lancaster
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Open
The ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Education Law Center, and pro bono counsel Pepper Hamilton LLP filed a federal lawsuit on July 19, 2016 alleging that the School District of Lancaster (SDOL) has been illegally...
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Jun 23, 2016
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign v. City of Philadelphia
First Amendment Rights
Status: Open
On June 23, 2016, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC), a social justice coalition that was denied a permit to hold a march...