Fight For Justice & Equality in Vermont
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The Gavel: A SCOTUS Primer (Issue 1)
Through this series, we'll be demystifying Supreme Court procedures, introducing you to some of the most important civil rights and civil liberties cases of the year, summarizing oral arguments, and breaking down the big decisions, including their impact on Vermonters—all in language that is (hopefully) a bit easier to understand.
The road to justice runs through Vermont
This spring, Vermont—and with it, our small ACLU affiliate—found itself as an unlikely epicenter in President Trump’s efforts to silence, intimidate, and deport noncitizens for their constitutionally protected speech. Our work fighting for Mohsen and Rümeysa continues this fall.
In her own words: Rümeysa Öztürk's remarks following the Second Circuit hearing
Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, it was my writing—this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper—that led to my arrest and ultimately landed me in a damp and crowded for-profit ICE prison for 45 days this spring.
Building a Firewall for Freedom
Vermont has some of the strongest protections for civil rights and civil liberties in the country, but there is more we must do to counter those who seek to turn back the clock on the progress we have made together.
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Today, years of hard-fought civil liberty protections are under threat.
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