COLUMBUS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Columbus over a 2012 permit ordinance that made it harder for political groups to exercise their First Amendment rights in public.
CLEVELAND – Today the ACLU of Ohio called on the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) to put an end to their practice of shutting down the electricity at Ohio correctional institutions in exchange for money from KOREnergy Ltd. a private energy contractor.
CLEVELAND – Police departments across the country are expanding their use of automatic license plate readers (ALPR’s) to track the location of American drivers, but few have meaningful rules in place to protect drivers’ privacy rights, according to documents compiled in a new ACLU report titled
CLEVELAND, OH – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
CINCINNATI – Today, the ACLU of Ohio released Adding It Up, a report that analyzes “pay-to-stay” programs at three Ohio jails (Fairfield County Jail, Hamilton County Jail and Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail), and concludes that charging inmates for their incarceration is not the revenue
CLEVELAND, OH – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) struck down the core of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In United States v.