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ACLU of Arizona Names Noted Criminal Defense Lawyer as Legal Director
August 31, 2016  -- Kathy Brody has joined the ACLU of Arizona as the organization’s legal director. 
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End of the Line for Anti-Abortion Law Forcing Doctors to Mislead Women
August 23, 2016 -- In a victory for women, a federal district court today officially closed a case that resulted in the repeal of an Arizona law aiming to restrict medication abortions.
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ACLU Statement on Criminal Contempt Referral for Arpaio
Aug. 19, 2016 -- .S. District Court Judge G. Murrary Snow today issued an order in the ACLU racial profiling class action lawsuit Melendres v. Arpaio recommending that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Chief Deputy Jerry...
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Court Orders Release of Graphic Photos of Arizona Border Patrol Detention Facilities and Damning Expert Witness Testimony
August 8, 2016 -- Order follows attempts by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to keep evidence of unconstitutional detention conditions from the public
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Healthcare Providers Challenge Arizona Law Designed to Exclude Abortion Providers from State’s Medicaid Program
Healthcare Providers Challenge Arizona Law Designed to Exclude Abortion Providers from State’s Medicaid Program Law Unfairly Discriminates Against Abortion Providers and Threatens Low-Income Women’s Access to Reproductive Healthcare FOR...
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ACLU Proposes Remedies in Arpaio Contempt of Court Proceedings
May 27, 2016 -- The ACLU today filed a memo with a federal court describing its proposed remedies for the contempt of court findings against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other agency officials.
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ACLU Comment on Lawsuit Filed By Arizona Department of Education and Others Challenging Obama Administration Transgender Guidance
May 25, 2016 -- With this shameful attack on transgender young people, Arizona has yet again identified itself as a place where the most powerful willingly target society’s most vulnerable for discrimination. 
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Sheriff Arpaio, Other MCSO Deputies Found in Contempt
May 13, 2016 -- Sheriff Apraio and other MCSO officials were found in contempt of court today, for violating orders in the ACLU's racial profiling case Melendres v. Arpaio.
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ACLU Investigation Reveals Rights Violations in SB 1070 Enforcement
May 2, 2016 -- Tucson Police and Border Patrol Unlawfully Extending Stops, TPD Records Show
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Federal Appeals Court Reaffirms Arizona Unconstitutionally Denied Driver’s Licenses to Immigrant Youth
April 6, 2016 -- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that permanently blocks Arizona from denying driver’s licenses to immigrants who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
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ACLU Blog

The Women Behind the 19th Amendment Had a Grander Vision Than Just the Right to Vote
August 30, 2016
Many people forget the original intent of the 19th Amendment: true equality for women under the Constitution. Last week we commemorated Women’s Equality Day, a celebration of the anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....
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