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Nationwide, our communities are experiencing a coordinated attack on our civil rights designed to make us feel overwhelmed and powerless. The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLU-SDIC) is meeting this moment by launching two civic engagement campaigns to educate the public.
One year ago, California voters passed Proposition 36, a ballot measure sponsored by retailers including Target, Walmart, and Home Depot, as well as the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (representing prison guards) and California District Attorneys Association.
Free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Newsom v. Trump, California’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and active-duty Marines earlier this summer in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
Today, the Supreme Court granted the federal government’s request for a stay (or pause) of a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting federal agencies–including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)–from continuing their unlawful actions in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
Today, the Trump administration filed an application for review at the U.S. Supreme Court in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem, asking the high court to lift the temporary order currently barring federal agencies—including DHS—from continuing their unlawful actions in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
Temporary restraining orders granted regarding unlawful stops and access to counsel