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A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina found that between 2017 to 2023, statewide law enforcement and school staff filed school-based complaints of disorderly conduct against Black students at four times the rate of their white counterparts.
The ACLU of North Carolina filed a motion yesterday in Norris v. Asheville, requesting that the Court enjoin the City from enforcing park bans issued to 15 individuals.
Today, a federal judge blocked two provisions of North Carolina’s Senate Bill 20, a sweeping law that severely restricts access to abortion and bans care after the 12th week of pregnancy in nearly all circumstances.
The latest draft of the state budget includes a paragraph allowing state legislators to decide what to do with their office’s records. The ACLU of North Carolina’s Director of Policy & Advocacy Liz Barber issued the following statement.
RALEIGH - Last week, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita S. Earls filed a lawsuit against the Judicial Standards Commission to defend “her First Amendment rights to speak on the subject of lack of diversity in our state’s courts.”
On Friday, August 25, Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Wiley Nickel (NC-13) joined leaders from the ACLU of North Carolina and Wake County small business owners to discuss the impact of abortion bans on the business community and the future of abortion access in North Carolina.