The ACLU of Arkansas has issued a statement condemning a proposal supported by Gov. Asas Hutchinson to make more secret the drugs used in executions.
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Kelso, LRAFB inspected as child shelters; more responses to U.S. child abuse at border
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense announced today that it has visited an unused federal site in Kelso and will visit the Little Rock Air Force Base “for potential use as temporary shelter for unaccompanied alien children (UAC).”
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ACLU says judge’s order stopping ‘dark money’ ads is unconstitutional
“Judges should not be in the business of policing what can and cannot be said in a political campaign,” ACLU of Arkansas Director Rita Sklar said
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Why you should support the ACLU: Panhandling
The ACLU of Arkansas reports on its efforts at the state level and in Fort Smith, Rogers and Hot Springs to fight the unconstitutional attempts by Arkansas politicians to criminalize panhandling.
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ACLU objects to Magnolia schools surveillance system
The ACLU of Arkansas has condemned a new biometric surveillance system planned at Magnolia junior and senior high schools as “unproven, costly and intrusive.”
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ACLU fights return of debtors’ prisons; plans suit in Arkansas
The ACLU of Arkansas says it will announce a lawsuit this morning on “criminalization of poverty.”
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Suit filed in Louisiana over inadequate public defenders
The ACLU has sued Orleans Parish and the Louisiana Public Defender Board over a shortage of public defenders there. It is one of many states, including Arkansas, where questions have been raised about meeting the need for counsel for criminal defendants.
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Hot Springs woman sues; says she was fired for being transgender
One of the biggest lies of the battle to institutionalize legal discrimination against LGBT people in Arkansas is that protections are unneeded.
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ACLU calls on Gov. Hutchinson to veto gay discrimination bill
Rita Sklar, director of the ACLU in Arkansas, has distributed a statement today from the ACLU and other groups urging Gov. Asa Hutchinson to veto SB 202, otherwise shortly to take effect Tuesday without his signature. The bill prevents passage of laws to prohibit discrimination against gay people in employment, housing and public services.
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ACLU of Arkansas files suit over voter I.D. law
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Arkansas Public Law Center filed a lawsuit in state court today on behalf of four plaintiffs seeking to overturn the state’s voter I.D. law as violating the state constitution.