News Releases

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Eliminating funding for gunshot detection systems in this biennial budget will help to safeguard the public from bearing the expense and the negative impacts of unnecessary and invasive technologies.
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Friday, October 7, 2022
News Release, Published: 
Friday, October 7, 2022
A recently publicized letter from eight of the 13 South King County mayors made the unsubstantiated claim that policing and drug policy reforms enacted by the state Legislature are driving an increase in crime. Those narratives aren’t just false.
News Release, Published: 
Thursday, August 18, 2022
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with 12 ACLU state affiliates and represented by Cooley LLP, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today urging the court to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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Monday, August 1, 2022
A landmark civil rights settlement between the ACLU of Washington and Whatcom County concluded this May after the county successfully started and implemented a program to provide medications necessary to treat opioid use disorder to individuals in the Whatcom County Jail.  
News Release, Published: 
Monday, June 27, 2022
The Supreme Court significantly eroded the separation of church and state in public schools.
News Release, Published: 
Friday, June 24, 2022
The Supreme Court issued a shameful ruling today overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey — landmark decisions recognizing the constitutional right to abortion.
News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
As a state where abortion will remain legal, we must be a beacon of liberty. We have to work to expand abortion access in Washington state, fund abortion care and protect abortion patients and providers.
News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Carlos Rios, a U.S. citizen, filed a lawsuit against Pierce County and Pierce County Jail deputies seeking damages and declaratory relief for his unlawful imprisonment and violations of his civil rights under the Fourth Amendment, Washington Law Against Discrimination, Keep Washington Working Act (KWW), and state tort law.

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