Press Releases

ACLU Statement on Vermont’s Response to Title VI Certification Request

The Trump administration’s goal here is no secret: it has openly announced its intention to brazenly weaponize Title VI as leverage to coerce schools into abandoning speech, ideas, and practices the administration does not like through an interpretation of the statute that prohibits DEI.

ACLU Client Settles Case Against Vermont State Police Over Unconstitutional Arrest

Gregory Bombard’s First Amendment rights were violated after an unnecessary traffic stop and retaliatory arrest in 2018 

ACLU Statement on Shooting of Palestinian Students in Burlington

Vermont can and must strive to be a place where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, no matter their race, national origin, or cultural identity.

Former Bennington Residents File Lawsuit Against Town

Racial discrimination and retaliation violated Vermont law and state constitution, compelled family to leave Bennington