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Richmond, VA - ACLU of Virginia released the following statements in response to the State Board of Elections' mandate that registrars purge their voter rolls:
Richmond, VA - Rebecca Glenberg, Legal Director of the ACLU of Virginia, released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision today not to review the Fourth Circuit's ruling striking down Virginia's sodomy statute:
Richmond, VA – Yesterday, the ACLU of Virginia sent a letter to the Interim Superintendent of Richmond Public Schools seeking information about the prayer events to be held on Saturday, October 5 in forty-five Richmond Public School buildings. The letter also urged the Interim Superintendent to
Richmond, VA - Today, the ACLU of Virginia, along with a coalition of civil rights organizations, submitted letters to the candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General of Virginia asking that they commit to ending disenfranchisement in Virginia.
Richmond, Va. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled today that two college newspapers must be permitted to carry alcohol advertising, in spite of an Alcohol Beverage Control Board (ABC) regulation prohibiting most alcohol ads in college student publications.
Richmond, VA - The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that “liking” a Facebook page constitutes protected speech under the First Amendment. The decision reversed the federal district court, which ruled that “liking” a Facebook page is “insufficient speech” to merit constitutional protec