COLUMBUS - Yesterday the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter to Senator John Eklund stating the organization’s suggested amendments to Senate Bill 3, legislation that seeks to change certain drug offenses.
CLEVELAND - Today The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and the ACLU of Ohio filed a complaint in federal court against the City of Bedford (Ohio), which has enacted and is aggressively enforcing an unconstitutional and discriminatory ordinance known as a criminal activity nuisance ordinance, Bedfor
COLUMBUS—A new ACLU of Ohio report, issued today, finds that Ohio legislators introduced 137 bills in the last legislative session to send more people to the state’s already overcrowded prisons and jails.
CINCINNATI — Today, the ACLU of Ohio asked the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a March 2018 preliminary injunction against an unconstitutional abortion ban. The law criminalizes abortion when one of the woman’s reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
CINCINNATI — The ACLU of Ohio presented oral arguments today at the First District Court of Appeals to argue that the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas lacked the jurisdiction to issue an improper, sweeping ban on homeless encampments across Hamilton County.
COLUMBUS- On Wednesday, November 14, at 10:30am the ACLU of Ohio will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose Substitute Senate Bill 250, legislation that will discourage peaceful demonstrations or the mere exercising of one’s First Amendment rights.