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In response to Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares’ opinion on the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) model policies for the treatment of transgender and nonbinary students, ACLU of Virginia Legal Director Eden Heilman issued the following statement:
Spotsylvania County School Board became the first school board in the Commonwealth to enact the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE)’s 2023 model policies for the treatment of transgender and nonbinary students.
Today the ACLU of Virginia, Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition, and the National Immigration Project sued ICE on behalf of three men whom ICE is still detaining months after they won their immigration cases.
Today the Youngkin administration's Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) announced its decision to replace existing policies regarding the treatment of transgender students in Virginia public schools with new policies that will harm and endanger trans youth.
Today the Supreme Court of Virginia issued a ruling in Prease v. Clarke, finding that the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) unlawfully extended Mr. Prease’s incarceration by withholding earned sentence credits that he earned while in prison.
Protect Democracy, ACLU of Virginia, and WilmerHale filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in federal court challenging the Virginia Constitution’s felony disenfranchisement. The case claims that Virginia is in violation of the 150-year-old federal law that established the terms of Virginia’s readmission