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Smart Justice Vermont Campaign Marks Five Years of Historic Reforms

Campaign has helped drive forty percent drop in state prison population, groundbreaking racial justice initiatives and police reforms

January 19, 2023

Lawsuit Challenges Rights Violations by Bennington Police Officials

Dishonest and coercive tactics part of unlawful arrest, interrogation, and search by police department with troubled history

January 18, 2023

ACLU Client Files Suit After Being Barred from City Property Without Due Process

Newport case is another example of local officials unconstitutionally excluding Vermonters from public spaces

January 10, 2023

ACLU Supports Legal Defense of Montpelier Resident Forcibly Ejected from City Council Meeting

Case implicates core First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly, and petitioning government

January 5, 2023

ACLU Statement on Passage of Proposal 5, the Reproductive Liberty Amendment

Vermont voters have passed Proposal 5, the Reproductive Liberty Amendment, which was presented as a ballot measure in Vermont’s general election. This ensures reproductive rights are protected in Vermont--including the right to access abortion

November 8, 2022

ACLU Statement on Transphobic Harassment of Randolph Student

Reports of targeted harassment and bullying directed towards a trans student at Randolph Union Middle/High School are deeply upsetting and, unfortunately, all too common in Vermont and across the country

October 4, 2022