News Releases

A King County Superior Court judge in Seattle has sided with defendants in Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, et. al. v. State of Washington, allowing the implementation and enforcement of Initiative 2081.

The ACLU of Washington filed a Personal Restraint Petition on December 17, 2024 on behalf of Amber Kim, a transgender woman currently in the custody of the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC), for the unconstitutional conditions of her confinement at Monroe Correctional Facility – a men’s prison.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) has proposed two amendments to existing rules regarding eligibility to participate in school sports.

Washington voters have rejected I-2109, which would have repealed the state’s capital gains tax.

ACLU of Washington Statement on Election of Donald Trump

The ACLU of Washington filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court challenging the Seattle City Attorney’s Office’s misuse of prosecutorial power, which results in an elected judge being barred from presiding over the cases she should be adjudicating.  

County’s inability to appoint attorneys in violation of people’s constitutional rights

Seattle City Council and Mayor Harrell’s office have been expediting consideration of a pilot program to install CCTV cameras in multiple city neighborhoods, along with a Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), over the objections of community members and technology experts.

Proposals like SOAP and SODA do not work and cruelly target our most vulnerable populations, including those struggling with poverty and substance use disorder.

Empowering Latina Leaders & Action (ELLA), ACLU of Washington and the Sunnyside School District Agree to Change the Voting System Used in Sunnyside School Board Elections