ACLU-TN sent a letter to the Cannon County REACH after-school program explaining students' constitutional right to read religious texts of their own volition during free-reading periods.
In September 2013, ACLU-TN received several letters from inmates at the Rutherford County Jail and their relatives concerning a new postcard-only policy that limited inmates’ ability to receive any letters [...]
Cooperating Attorneys: Amanda C. Goad, Staff Attorney for ACLU LGBT Project ; Heather L. Weaver, Staff Attorney for ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief; Galen Sherwin, Staff Attorney [...]
ACLU-TN Concerns Addressed in Settlement Agreement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2011 CONTACT: Hedy Weinberg, ACLU of Tennessee, (615) 320-7142 NASHVILLE – The Sumner County Board of Education voted last [...]
(Case No. 3:11-cv-01037, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Trauger) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorneys: Tricia Herzfeld of Ozment Law; David Briley of Bone McAllester Norton; Patrick G. Frogge, of Bell [...]
(Case No. 3:11-cv-00624, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Campbell) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Irwin Venick, of Dobbins, Venick, Kuhn & Byassee Plaintiffs: The Contributor, Calvin Hart, Andrew Harrington Defendants: [...]
(Case No. 3:11-cv-00270, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Knoxville, Judge Varlan) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Timothy A. Housholder, of Gilreath & Associates, Plaintiffs: Rose Williams Defendants: City of Sevierville In the [...]
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Bruce Kramer The author of the blog Tennessee Labor Coverage had been covering attempts to dissolve the collective bargaining rights of Memphis sanitation workers and to privatize [...]
(Case No. 3:11-cv-00408, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Sharpe) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorneys: George Barrett and Scott P. Tift of Barrett Johnston. Plaintiffs: ACLU-TN, Jane Doe as the Natural [...]
(Case No 3:10-0793, U.S. District Court, Western District, Memphis, Judge Anderson) ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Edmund J. Schmidt III, Law Offices of Eddie Schmidt Plaintiffs: Richard Jones Defendants: Phil Bredesen, Governor [...]
