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Federal courts in Virginia have dismissed claims based on “state secrets” doctrine
The ACLU today petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review the case of Khaled El-Masri, an innocent German citizen who was a victim of the government’s unlawful “extraordinary rendition”
Haynesville, VA – The ACLU of Virginia today asked the warden at Haynesville Correctional Center in Richmond County to immediately rescind a recently implemented hair policy that appears to discriminate against African-American employees.
ACLU of Virginia Joins Nationwide Day of Action for Reproductive Rights -- Urges Supporters to Call Members of Congress Today to Support Freedom of Choice Act
Richmond, VA — In the wake of its decision last week upholding a federal law banning so-called partial birth abortions, t
Policy change follows threat of lawsuit from ACLU of Virginia
Hampton, VA —Following the threat of a lawsuit from the ACLU of Virginia last week, the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center has announced that, beginning today, it will allow patients held in its psychiatric ward