ACLU of Utah

protecting constitutional freedoms in Utah since 1958

UPCOMING
EVENTS

May 8 -
Annual Bill of Rights Celebration with Daniel Ellsberg
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June 8 to 10 -
ACLU National Membership in Washington, D.C. All ACLU members are invited and encouraged to take part! Amazing speakers and workshops.
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MEMBER PROFILES

"Norman Rockwell gets me to renew my ALCU membership every year. He manages this trick from the grave because he painted 'Freedom of Speech,' illustrating one of the Four Freedoms President Roosevelt spoke about in 1941."

PATRICK DE FREITAS
Salt Lake City

APRIL 25: ACLU Of Utah Releases Report on Ogden Election Irregularities

APRIL 18: ACLU of Texas Observing FLDS Custody Hearings in San Angelo

APRIL 14: DANIEL ELLSBERG TO SPEAK IN UTAH ON MAY 8

April 14: LIGHTS…CAMERA…ACTIVISM! ACLU “FREEDOM FILES” PRODUCER TO SPEAK ON APRIL 21

Febraury 25: Local Youth Activists are also National ACLU Scholarship Winners!

January 14: ACLU of Utah Blasts Recently Released Final Regulations for REAL ID Act

January 9: ACLU of Utah Marks Six-Year Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detention Center

2007 Press Releases

November 29: Judge Permits Challenge to Utah Harmful to Minors Act to Proceed

November 19: The ACLU of Utah Investigates Ogden City Election Complaints and Seeks Information From Voters Who Experienced Problems.

November 16: ACLU of Utah Asks the Utah Supreme Court to Invalidate State Tax Law That Censors Free Expression

September 20: “Torture and the Rule of Law: Three Narratives About Abu Ghraib,” A Presentation by the Director of the ACLU’s National Security Project

September 1: The Constitutional Law Section of the Utah State Bar and the ACLU of Utah Present a CLE by Jameel Jaffer Titled: “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance: From the 1976 Church Committee to the 2007 Protect America Act”

May 31: ACLU of Utah Welcomes Staff Attorney Marina Baginsky Lowe

April 16: Christopher M. Finan, President of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, to Speak at ACLU of Utah Bill of Rights Celebration; Editorial Cartoonist Pat Bagley Will Also Be Honored at the Dinner

February 12: Planned Parenthood & ACLU Rally for Choice: Utahns Need Birth Control Not Bans

2006 Press Releases

November 13: ACLU of Utah Announces New Executive Director

May 16: Utah Court Rules Anti-Gay Amendment Doesn’t Bar Salt Lake City from Offering Domestic Partner Benefits

2005 Press Releases

November 10: ACLU of Utah files friend-of-the-court brief in support of domestic partner benefits for Salt Lake City employees

October 6: ACLU delivers Patriot Act reform petition to Congressman Bishop

October 5: ACLU of Utah files amicus brief on behalf of transgender employee

September 26: ACLU joins lawsuit challenging raids of concerts and violation of free speech: Utah court’s ruling upholding use of 12-hour ordinance is disappointing, says ACLU

July 27: In a win for free speech, the Utah State Tax Commission approves personalized license plates with gay-positive messages

June 9: Federal lawsuit challenges unconstitutional restrictions on Internet speech

April 29: Provo High School sees first same-sex couple promenade at prom

February 15: ACLU of Utah files suit challenging Cache County Jail’s policy of confiscating inmate books

2004 Press Releases

December 22: Copper Hills High School revokes discriminatory dance policy

December 20: Salt Lake County Jail must finalize its strip search policy before court will consider ending a twenty-two year old consent decree

November 18: Girl will be able to participate in Spanish Fork wrestling tournament

October 22: Draper City repeals unconstitutional campaign sign ordinance

September 14: ACLU of Utah files suit challenging Draper’s unconstitutional campaign sign ordinance

May 21: ACLU files Main Street Plaza appeal

May 11: ACLU defends Utah high school students censored for wearing gay-themed anti-smoking t-shirts

April 16: Senator Hatch hears concerns about post-9/11 government actions from across the political spectrum as judiciary committee convenes in Utah

April 12: Federal Senate Judiciary Committee comes to town; ACLU calls on Chairman Hatch to keep America safe and free

March 25: Plaza guards bounce students (and ACLU director)

January 6: Constitution’s protection against unreasonable search and seizure applies to all immigrants: ACLU files a brief urging Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse an unprecedented lower court ruling on U.S. v. Esparza-Mendoza

2003 Press Releases

November 6: University of Utah Daily Chronicle articles on Student Week of Action to Oppose the PATRIOT Act

October 1: Free speech triumphs in Ogden, Utah: Second District Court overturns city’s ban on core political speech on private property

September 17: ACLU launches latest “Safe and Free” ads in Utah, urges senators to end sneak and peek searches

August 23: The Ashcroft Patriot Act Roadshow hits Salt Lake City

August 22: Attorney General Ashcroft in Salt Lake City on Monday, August 25th

August 7: ACLU returns to court in controversy over free speech in Salt Lake City’s “Main Street Plaza”

June 23: Tenth Circuit ruling remains: Main Street Plaza easement is a public forum and church’s restrictions on speech are unconstitutional

April 4: ACLU of Utah applauds Utah Supreme Court decision to uphold the rights of high school teacher

February 22: Judge upholds open government and allows videotaping of Utah state committee meetings

2002 Press Releases

December 3: Salt Lake County Must Appoint Counsel for Child Abuse Substantiation Hearings

November 15: Utah Supreme Court Declares State’s Criminal Libel Statute Unconstitutional

October 9: Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses District Court Decision on Main Street

October 2: ACLU of Utah Defends High School Teacher Before the Utah Supreme Court

September 18: ACLU of Utah Celebrates Banned Book Week September 21-28

September 3: ACLU of Utah Challenges Committee’s Decision to Ban Videotaping of its Public Meetings

June 28: Class Action Lawsuit Against Prison Challenges Charges for DNA Collection

June 25: In a Letter to the Editor, ACLU Clarifies its Work in Free Speech Case

March 15: Utah Supreme Court Decision a Win for Personal Privacy

March 14: ACLU of Utah Defends High School Teacher

March 14: Tenth Circuit Court to Hear Arguments Regarding the Constitutionality of the Main Street Plaza Restrictions

March 12: Utah Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Regarding Utah’s Criminal Libel Statute

2001 Press Releases

November 13: State of Utah Spent Quarter Million in Futile Fight Against Gay Student Groups

October 18: ACLU Sues Alcohol Board Over Secret Meetings

October 10: Court Declares Utah’s “Commercial Terrorism” Statute Unconstitutional

September 5: ACLU Targets Religious Discounts as Religious Discrimination; Sends Letters Urging that Unlawful Practice be Stopped

September 4: ACLU Withdraws Appeal of Official English Decision; Cites Court’s Reading of the Statute as "Largely Symbolic" and Attorney General’s Positive Step

August 13: ACLU of Utah Files Brief in Case Challenging Constitutionality of Main Street Plaza Restrictions; Relies on Recent Federal Appeals Court Decision

August 1: ACLU of Utah and Little America Hotel Reach Settlement

June 17: ACLU of Utah Clarifies Its Olympic Work

June 4: ACLU of Utah Asks the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to Review the Constitutionality of the Main Street Plaza Restrictions

April 2: ACLU Federal Lawsuit Challenges H.B. 322 New Commercial Terrorism Statute

March 6: Utah Judge Rules English-Only Statute Does Not Prohibit Government Employees from Using Languages Other than English

February 12: ACLU of Utah Sues the Olympic Public Safety Command for Withholding Public Information

2000 Press Releases

October 6: Students and Salt Lake City School Board End Feud over Gay-Supportive Clubs

April 27: Judge Orders School to Make Room for Student Club with Gay Perspective

April 20: Salt Lake City Student Ivy Fox Wins First ACLU Youth College Scholarship

April 11: Salt Lake School District Sued for Nixing Yet Another School Club: Despite In-Court Pledge Not to Suppress Gay-Positive Views, District Rejects Club’s Application

1999 Press Releases

December 2: Gay Positive Views Will Not be Censored, Salt Lake School Officials Guarantee

November 30: ACLU Joins Children’s Advocacy Group in Fighting Utah’s Biased, Restrictive Adoption Policy

October 8: Gay/Straight Alliance’s Lawsuit to Proceed Against Salt Lake School Board -- Utah Federal Judge Says Barring Student Group may have Violated