ACLU-PA Sues Souderton School District Over Banned Parents
ACLU-PA filed a lawsuit against the Souderton Area School District after the district banned from school property two parents and a former student who criticized a school board member for posting lewd content about VP Kamala Harris online.
Emmanuel Dalegrand, a citizen of Haiti, has resided in the U.S. for nearly twenty-seven years. In December 2005, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained him and initiated removal proceedings. Mr...
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Apr 7, 2008
Ignatyev v. Chertoff
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Closed
PHILADELPHIA – Many immigrants who have satisfied the requirements to become U.S. citizens have been illegally left in limbo for years, charged a lawsuit filed today in federal court in Philadelphia. As a...
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Mar 12, 2008
Frock v. Borough of Littlestown
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Borough of Littlestown ordinance that prohibits residents from posting political signs on their own...
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Feb 19, 2008
Rudolph v. Township of South Park
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of a South Park resident who challenged a township policy that restricted the placement of political signs in front of private homes. Homeowners...
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Jan 29, 2008
Correctional Care, Inc., v. Rogan
First Amendment Rights
Status: Closed
In the wake of public accounts about a 2007 incident in which a Lackawanna County Prison inmate gave birth alone in her cell without medical attention, the Northeastern chapter of Pax Christi, an...
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Oct 5, 2007
Bloomsburg Party Permit Ordinance
Privacy & Security
Status: Closed
The Town of Bloomsburg has proposed an ordinance that would require town residents to obtain permits before hosting large social events on private property. The proposal, while aimed at curtailing wild...