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Feb 22, 2022

Op-Ed: For the Overdose Epidemic, Stop Leaving Public Health Tools in the Toolbox

Last year, Vermont lost over 200 of our friends, neighbors, and family members to drug overdoses. This is an unprecedented and tragic record for overdose deaths here. It seems as if this horrendous reality...

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Feb 17, 2022

Guest Blog: "Won't you pleas, pleas, help me" by Robert Sand

The criminal legal system has become a conveyor belt of plea agreements. Even though the right to trial by jury, enshrined in the Sixth Amendment, was meant to safeguard against tyrannical government...

Jan 27, 2022

How to Support Reproductive Freedom This Year

Updated 2/8/2022: Today the Vermont House of Representatives voted to pass the Reproductive Liberty Amendment. Next, it goes to the ballot in November 2022.

Jan 26, 2022

An Update on our Campaign to End Qualified Immunity

The Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee has now held two hearings on S.254, a bill that would end qualified immunity in Vermont. Qualified...

End Qualified Immunity: A Legislative Update

Jan 14, 2022

Our Priorities for the 2022 Legislative Session

As the Vermont legislature begins their 2022 session, the ACLU of Vermont is excited to work with legislators to advance and defend the civil liberties of everyone that calls our state home.

Dec 15, 2021

It's time to end qualified immunity in Vermont

Vermonters agree that when police violate someone’s civil rights, they should be held accountable for their actions and victims should get the justice they deserve. Qualified immunity prevents those things...