On September 21, 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit on behalf of a couple who were denied a self-uniting marriage license on the basis of their...
Daniel Mangini and Steven Roberts have been in a committed relationship for more than 20 years. They built a home together and took in Robert's niece and raised her to adulthood after the niece was removed...
On July 26, 2007, a federal judge struck down the Hazleton anti-immigrant ordinance. A copy of Judge James Munley's opinion can be found...
A Canadian citizen who was traveling through Pennsylvania to attend a funeral in Maryland filed a federal lawsuit against a Pennsylvania State Police trooper over a traffic stop in Centre County that...
Sameh Khouzam is an Egyptian national who escaped Egypt in 1998 after being tortured for his religious beliefs. Khouzam is an Orthodox Christian, and after spending eight years in U.S. prisons, he was...
The ACLU of PA and the ACLU Women's Rights Project are assisting Widener Civil Law Clinic in a suit against Central Dauphin School District onbehalf of a 16-year-old mother who has repeatedly been charged...