Check out the latest news on ACLU-TN’s efforts to protect and promote civil liberties and civil rights in Tennessee.
We and our partners sent letter to Shelby County officials demanding that the county stop bail practices that violate the constitutional and statutory rights of people arrested in Shelby County.
We and our partners filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Tennessee law excluding transgender youth from participating in school sports.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit blocked a Tennessee ban on abortion starting at approximately six weeks into pregnancy.
Learn more about elected prosecutors' power to shape the criminal legal system and incarceration rates, and to advocate for district attorney transparency and accountability.
A federal court ruled that a decree requiring the Shelby County sheriff to fix dangerous pandemic conditions at the jail must remain in place.
A federal judge today blocked a new law requiring businesses that allow trans-inclusive public restrooms to post a government-prescribed warning sign.
We filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Tennessee law that would require businesses that allow transgender people to use the restroom that matches their gender to post a government-prescribed warning sign.
ACLU-TN comment on the governor censoring academic discussions about American history, race, and gender in Tennessee public-school classrooms.
We sent a letter urging Governor Lee to veto legislation that would censor academic discussions about American history, race, and gender in Tennessee classrooms.
ACLU-TN sent a letter to Gov. Lee urging him to veto legislation that would unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people in public schools and businesses.
