Local

4/26/06: ACLU of Utah asks Salt Lake City Mayor Anderson and Police Chief Burbank to change SLCPD Taser Policy

6/20/05: In a letter to the Salt Lake City Police Civilian Review Board, the ACLU of Utah outlines its recommendations for the use of tasers by the Salt Lake City Police Department

4/25/02: ACLU of Utah Urges South Salt Lake City to Reconsider Unconstitutional Ordinance

1/18/02: ACLU of Utah Writes Salt Lake City Council Members About Proposed Ordinance Prohibiting Masks

12/7/01: ACLU of Utah Writes Farmington City About Its Proposed Ordinance for Free Expression Activities

9/10/01: ACLU of Utah Sends Letter Regarding Salt Lake City’s Proposed Police Civilian Review Board Ordinance

9/10/01: ACLU of Utah Comments on Salt Lake City’s Plans to Accommodate Free Speech During the Olympic Games

6/4/01: Letter to Mayor Ross Anderson and Salt Lake City Police Chief Rick Dinse Outlining our Position on Free Speech Activities During the Olympic Games

3/5/01: ACLU of Utah Comments on Salt Lake City’s Proposed Police Civilian Review Board Ordinance

8/11/00: Letter to Captain Ed Spann and Agent Dale Weiss of the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command

11/9/99: In a Letter to the Salt Lake City Council, the ACLU of Utah Questions the Proposed Administrative Law Division

9/2/99: ACLU of Utah Writes Public Safety Commissioner Craig Dearden

5/25/99: The ACLU of Utah Sends a Letter to Salt Lake City Council Members Opposing the Proposed Anti-Cruising Ordinance

8/28/98: ACLU of Utah Sends Letter to Salt Lake City Council Opposing Federal Pilot Project to Grant Immigration Authority to Salt Lake City Police


State

1/25/08: The ACLU of Utah outlines reasons for supporting House Bill 89, “Antidiscrimination Act Amendments”

10/2/06: ACLU of Utah comments on proposed regulations for free speech activities on Capitol Hill

9/29/06: Supplemental comments to the Utah Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Juvenile Procedure on rules governing the procedure by which a minor may petition the court for a bypass to the parental consent requirement for obtaining an abortion

8/10/06: ACLU of Utah asks the prison to implement a policy regarding the use of restraints on inmates who are in labor or who are actively dying

6/12/06: The ACLU of Utah, the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Massachusetts Judicial Consent for Minors Lawyer Referral Panel submit comments to the Administrative Office of the Courts on procedural and appellate rules governing the procedure by which a minor may petition the court for a bypass to the parental consent requirement for obtaining an abortion

9/8/05: ACLU of Utah sends the Government Records Access and Management Task Force comments regarding open government and personal privacy

1/31/05: Letter commenting on the recommendations of the Committee on Privacy and Public Court Records

3/19/04: Letter to the MATRIX oversight committee appointed by Governor Walker requesting that it recommend Utah’s withdrawal from the MATRIX program

9/17/02: ACLU of Utah sends legislative iterim committee a review of the proposed amendments to the law regarding sentencing in capital cases

7/15/99: The ACLU of Utah Sends the Department of Corrections a Statement of Concerns on the Privatization of Prisons


Federal

7/18/07: ACLU of Utah thanks Senator Hatch for standing up to White House and urges him to continue investigating NSA wiretapping program

1/12/06: Citing new documents revealing the high costs for Utah’s implementation of the Real ID Act, the ACLU of Utah calls on state lawmakers to pass a resolution urging Congress to amend the Act.

Read our letters to Governor Jon Huntsman, Senate President John Valentine, Senate Majority Leader Peter Knudson, Senate Minority Leader Mike Dmitrich, House Speaker Greg Curtis, House Majority Leader Jeff Alexander, and House Minority Leader Ralph Becker

Read Utah’s response to the survey conducted by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators

9/6/05: ACLU of Utah urges Congressman Rob Bishop to support the Senate version of the PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill and to reject the House version

4/26/05: ACLU of Utah commends Utah Senator Bob Bennett for opposing the flag desecration amendment and encourages him to remain strong in his opposition

5/15/04: Response to follow-up questions from Senator Orrin Hatch on the Salt Lake City field hearing, “Preventing and Responding to Acts of Terrorism: A Review of Current Law,” held on April 14, 2004

4/14/04: Testimony on “Preventing and Responding to Acts of Terrorism: A Review of Current Law,” before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

6/10/02: ACLU of Utah urges Senator Orrin Hatch to attend a hearing on the death penalty