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2013 Press Releases
ACLU of Utah Joins Nationwide Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics (3/6/13)
Civil Rights Coalition in Court Friday to Challenge Utah’s Anti-Immigrant Law (2/14/13)
Brigham City "Free Speech Zone" Ordinance Lawsuit Settled After City Repeals Ordinance (2/11/13)
After Returning Book to Shelves, Utah School District Agrees Not to Remove Library Books Containing LGBT Content (1/31/13)
Davis School District Returns Children’s Book About Lesbian Parents to Library Shelves (1/14/13)
2012 Press Releases
ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Unlawful Sweep at Utah School Targeting Students of Color (12/13/12)
ACLU of Utah Settles Claim Of Man Stopped And Cited For "Flipping The Bird" At Orem Police Officer (11/15/12)
Davis School District Sued for Removing Children’s Book About Lesbian Parents from Library Shelves (11/13/12)
ACLU Scholarship Offers Financial Aid For College To Utah Youth Activists (10/9/12)
Free Speech For All Returns to Brigham City (9/13/12)
ACLU of Utah Appeals Ogden's "Gang Injunction" To Utah Supreme Court And Requests Immediate Stay (9/12/12)
ACLU of Utah Files Complaint Challenging Brigham City's Unconstitutional "Free Speech Zone" Ordinance (9/11/12)
The ACLU of Utah Commemorates the Life of Brian Barnard (9/4/12)
El Capítulo de AILA-Utah anuncia los talleres gratuitos sobre la “Acción Diferida” para jóvenes inmigrantes (8/6/12)
ACLU of Utah Helps Launch Free Deferred Action Workshops for Childhood Arrivals (8/6/12)
ACLU Seeks Details On Automatic License Plate Readers In Massive Nationwide Request (7/30/12)
ACLU of Utah Reaches Out To Davis School District To Discuss Constitutional Requirements (6/12/12)
ACLU Of Utah Seeks Information On Utah Police Agencies' License Plate Data Collection (5/25/12)
Utah Federal Court Protects Free Speech By Restricting Internet Law (5/18/12)
ACLU “Mobile Rights Team” cross-country tour stops at the Latino Mall in West Valley City (5/7/12)
ACLU of Utah Event to Highlight Voter Suppression (4/25/12)
ACLU Attorneys React to Argument at Supreme Court on Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law (4/25/12)
Utah High School Seniors Honored For Their Social Justice and Equality Activism (4/13/12)
ACLU OF Utah Seeks To Enjoin Statute Regulating Internet Speech (4/12/12)
ACLU of Utah Adds Federal Government to Suit Challenging Salt Lake County's Policy of Indefinite Detention (3/26/12)
John Mejia Joins ACLU of Utah as New Legal Director (2/21/12)
JOHN MEJÍA ES EL NUEVO DIRECTOR LEGAL DE LA ACLU DE UTAH (2/22/12)
National Immigration Law Center, ACLU and ACLU of Utah in Court Friday to Challenge Utah’s “Papers Please” Law (2/15/12)
El Centro Nacional de Leyes Migratorias, la ACLU, y la ACLU de Utah se presentan ante el tribunal el viernes para impugnar la ley “Muéstrame tus papeles” de Utah (2/15/12)
2011 Press Releases
Duchesne County Attorney Should Independently Investigate Use of Excessive Force Against Haka Dancers, Says ACLU (12/5/11)
ACLU of Utah Looks For Local Youth Activists (11/7/11)
Utah’s “Show Me Your Papers” Law Hearing Postponed;
U.S. Department of Justice May Intervene (9/13/11)
ACLU of Utah Issues Report Detailing Chronic Underfunding, Other Systemic Failures in Public Defender Services (8/24/11)
ACLU OF Utah Sues Salt Lake County Over Unlawful Detention of College Student (8/5/11)
ACLU of Utah Seeks Details on Government Cell Phone Tracking (8/3/11)
Booksellers, Artists, ACLU Seek to Bar Utah Law Restricting Speech on Internet (6/8/11)
Court Blocks Implementation Of Utah “Show Me Your Papers” Law (5/10/11)
ACLU And NILC File Lawsuit Challenging Utah “Show Me Your Papers” Law (5/3/11) ACLU Of Utah Sues Utah Department Of Transportation Over Unconsitutional Restrictions On Free Speech Events (5/2/11)
La ACLU y la NILC entablan demanda impugnando la Ley “Muéstreme sus papeles” de Utah (5/3/11)
ACLU URGES MEDIA TO ATTEND ORAL ARGUMENT IN CASE DEFINING "ABORTION" (4/13/11)
GIVEN LEGISLATIVE REPEAL OF HB477, ACLU OF UTAH VOLUNTARILY WITHDRAWS SUPREME COURT PETITION - Challenge to Unconstitutional E-Signatures Ban To Continue (3/30/11)
ACLU OF UTAH SUES STATE OVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL E-SIGNATURES BAN (3/25/11)
ACLU OF UTAH ANNOUNCES INTENDED LAWSUIT ON HB 477 (3/21/11)
ACLU OF UTAH URGES GOVERNOR HERBERT TO VETO IMMIGRATION BILLS HB 497 AND HB 116 - GOVERNOR SHOULD REJECT SUPPORTERS’ FALSE CLAIM THAT THE BILLS PRESENT COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO IMMIGRATION REFORM (3/9/11)
UACDL and Salt Lake County Settle Discovery Fees Case (2/9/11)
Robert Redford And Ellen Barkin Join Doug Liman At Sundance Event Shining Spotlight On Bush Torture Record
(1/31/11)
2010 Press Releases
ACLU of Utah and SLC Human Rights Commission Team Up To Celebrate Human Rights, Civil Liberties (12/7/10)
UACDL Files Amicus Brief in Support of ACLU's Motion for Expedited Appeal of Ogden "Gang Injunction" (10/18/10)
ACLU of Utah Seeking High School Civil Libertarians For Youth Activist Scholarship (10/5/10)
ACLU Of Utah Files Petition Seeking Immediate Review Of Weber County "Gang Injunction" (10/4/10)
ACLU Of Utah Seeks To Intervene In "Gang Injunction" Case, Raises Serious Constitutional Concerns With Weber County's Proposed Injunction (9/20/10)
Attorney General Shurtleff Urged to Reject Using Information from "the list" in Criminal Prosecutions (8/26/10)
Proposed Sale of Manti Street Raises Significant First Amendment Concerns (8/25/10)
ACLU of Utah Condemns Act of Vandalism at the Utah Pride Center (8/20/10)
ACLU Of Utah Joins Nationwide Letter To DHS Secretary Napolitano Criticizing DHS's Response To And Potential Use Of "The List" (7/29/10)
ACLU Of Utah Seeks Records About FBI Collection Of Racial And Ethnic Data (7/27/10)
No More Intimidation Tactics: A Wake-Up Call for Utah (7/19/10)
ACLU Of Utah Commends Swift Action To Address Stolen Information On List Of Names (7/16/10)
As Holiday Weekend Approaches, ACLU Affiliates Issue Alerts To Individuals Traveling To Arizona (6/3010)
Utah Supreme Court Validates Use of E-Signatures in Electorial Process (6/22/10)
Execution In Utah Highlights Need To Abolish Death Penalty, Says ACLU (6/18/10)
ACLU of Utah to Lead Election Case Before Utah Supreme Court
Posted (5/24/10)
Photos from the press conference >>
School District Revises Unconstitutional Policies, Allows Formation of Gay-Straight Alliances (4/26/10)
Anti-Equal Opportunity Amendment Threatened (2/12/10)
National ACLU Board President to Visit Utah (2/12/10)
2009 Press Releases
November 25: Utah Supreme Court Decision Restricting Certain Free Speech Violates First Amendment
October 30: ACLU Drug Law Reform Project Director Graham Boyd to Speak at Screening of "American Violet" (PDF)
October 8: "The U.S. Immigration Policy Patchwork and Utah's Role in the National Immigration Conversation" (PDF)
October 8: Youth Activist Scholarships Available from ACLU of Utah (PDF)
September 21 Beyond the Division: How Equality for Gay and Transgender People Can Co-Exist with Religious Liberty in Post Prop 8 Utah - A public discussion at Utah Valley University (PDF)
August 20: ACLU of Utah Applauds Proposed Salt Lake City
Non-Discrimination Ordinance
August 5: "Freedom to Dream: the Rights of Immigrants" Film and Discussion in Ogden (PDF)
July 30 : "Freedom to Dream: the Rights of Immigrants" Film and Discussion in Logan (PDF)
May 11: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow to speak in Salt Lake City at ACLU of Utah Bill of Rights Celebration (PDF)
March 31: Beyond the Division: How Equality for Gay and Transgender People Can Co-Exist with Religious Liberty in Post Prop 8 Utah - A public discussion at Salt Lake Community College (PDF)
February 20: Responding to Senator Buttars Remarks - The ACLU of Utah is Committed to Equality and Free Speech For All (PDF)
February 18: Surveillance Cameras Pose Civil Liberties Problems, Not Likely to Affect Crime (PDF)
2008 Press Releases
September 11: SLAM THE VOTE: POWER, POETRY & POLITICS
August 28: ACLU of Utah Deeply Troubled By Attorney General's Website Featuring Arrest Video
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 the First Amendment
October 6:
The ACLU of Utah and the First Unitarian Church
to Host a Candlelight Vigil in Protest of the Execution of Joseph Mitchell
Parsons
October 5:
The ACLU of Utah to Bring Back Waco: The Rules
of Engagement for a Special Screening
August 25:
The ACLU of Utah and Utah NOW to Sponsor a Public
Forum on Polygamy
August 10: The
ACLU of Utah Questions Proposed Database for all Arrestees
March 24:
Free Public Forum to Examine the Impact of an Olympic
Event on Individual Liberties
February 9: ACLU
of Utah Concerned about the Fourth Circuit Court’s Decision on Miranda
Rights
January 28:
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah to Bring
Privacy Expert to Salt Lake City
1998 Press Releases
November 30: U.S.
Senior District Judge Bruce Jenkins Rules in Favor of Wendy Weaver
November 20:
ACLU of Utah Cautions Utah Cities and State About
National Bible Week
October 20:
ACLU of Utah Executive Director Clarifies Affiliate
Position on School Uniforms in a Letter to the Editor
March 19:
Utah High School “Gay/Straight Alliance”
Sues School Board Over Right to Exist
February 11:
Utah University Reprimands Professors for Privacy
Violation
January 5:
Dismissal of Utah Lesbian Suit Sought
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