The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights and the Washington State Constitution protect the right not to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem, for any reason, or no reason at all. We have assembled a collection of resources for Administrators, Teachers, Parents, and Students on racial justice, free speech, and student rights.
In a ground-breaking ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2010 struck down our state constitution’s provision barring felons from voting.
A Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of a challenge to misleading terms in the proposed ballot title for an initiative that would roll back state protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
ACLU-WA filed an amicus brief in the Washington State Supreme Court in support of the Freedom Foundation, which sued Governor Chris Gregoire for not disclosing certain documents after a public records request
