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Fourth Circuit Upholds Fredericksburg Prayer Policy
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor says Fredericksburg’s requirement that meeting-opening prayers be nonsectarian is constitutional
Richmond, VA -- A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld Fredericksburg City Council’s policy requirin
State Agrees Not to Enforce New Social Security Number Dissemination Law against Privacy Rights Advocate
ACLU says new law infringes on free speech rights.
Richmond, VA - In federal court today, a lawyer with the Office of the Virginia Attorney General agreed temporarily not to enforce a new state law against privacy activist B.J. Ostergren.
ACLU Report Assesses 2008 Legislative Session
Richmond, VA - The ACLU of Virginia today released its annual review of the Virginia legislative session.
ACLU Seeks Information on Loudoun County’s Plan to Conduct Citizenship Background Checks
Civil Liberties Group Says Policy May Lead to Profiling Based on National Origin
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA – The ACLU of Virginia has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Loudoun County Sheriff seeking documents related to recently announced plans to conduct citizenship
ACLU Challenges Law Masking State's Failure to Prevent Social Security Numbers from Appearing in Publicly-Accesible Internet Records
Lawsuit says statute prohibiting dissemination of Social Security Numbers infringes on free speech without protecting privacy
Richmond, VA - The ACLU of Virginia today filed a lawsuit in federal court in Richmond on behalf of privacy advocate B.J.