We’ve heard concerns from several of you in Greenbrier County about precinct changes, voter purges, and more.
That’s why we’re moderating a town hall discussion with the WV Secretary of State’s Office and the Greenbrier County Clerk’s Office in Lewisburg April 14.
Get your questions answered!
Applications are open for the Joseph Cohen Equity and Justice Fellowship!
This fellowship provides paid experience in civil rights work to young people who are from a historically marginalized communities that are underrepresented in West Virginia advocacy and policy-making spaces.
We stand in solidarity with the Capital High School students who walked out today to protest ICE at the state Capitol, and we’re closely watching public officials who want them punished for exercising their free speech.
Come for these kids and we’ll make sure they see you in court.
A federal court in West Virginia has warned state and federal officials they will be held in contempt and without qualified immunity protections if they continue to jail immigrants without showing cause.
This is a win for the rule of law.
Absentee voter fraud is exceedingly rare and has never altered the outcome of an election in West Virginia.
This isn't about preventing fraud. It's about making it harder for everyone to vote.
Happening now: ICE is causing fear and chaos in West Virginia communities. It's crucial that you know your rights if you find yourself as a bystander to enforcement activity.
Trans youth like Becky Pepper-Jackson deserve the right to participate in school sports without facing discrimination.
Tuesday, we'll be at the Supreme Court defending Becky and other trans kids' right to play.
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On January 13, our client Becky will have her case heard at the U.S. Supreme Court. Outside the court, we’ll be rallying for trans kids like Becky who just want to be part of a team and belong. Join us as we show up loud, united and impossible to ignore!
The officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice is again working in West Virginia after resigning from a police job in White Sulphur Springs last summer following public outcry.
ACLU-WV investigative reporter Kyle Vass has the story.
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“Imagine if the president, Congress and governors wanted to throw resources that would actually address poverty, homelessness, hunger and crime."
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Past measures have not fixed the long-standing issues of violence towards Black people by Charleston Police. It’s time for a reckoning.
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A Court has dismissed our request to stop the WV National Guard deployment to D.C. but also warned that any future deployments to states where governors haven't requested the Guard may be unlawful.
Troops should not be policing our communities. We'll continue to keep a close eye on this.
Applications open! The fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students, law students, and nontraditional students or citizen activists from historically marginalized communities that are underrepresented in West Virginia advocacy and policy-making spaces.
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Ever wanted to work on the front lines of some of the most important issues of our time, from the defense of our democracy, to abortion rights, trans rights, immigrants' rights, and more? We're hiring!
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Tens of thousands of West Virginians lack access to clean drinking water. We continue to call on the State to prioritize the needs of people in our state, not the wants of religious institutions, in future decision-making.
This is a win for church-state separation. The First Amendment isn't a suggestion; it's the law.
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The case challenging a $5 million WV Water Development Authority grant to an out-of-state religious school is coming to an end, with a Court declaring the original grant unconstitutional and the Authority agreeing that public funds will not be spent on religious education or advocacy.
The ACLU of West Virginia is aware of efforts made by a local college to intimidate protestors participating in an anti-ICE demonstration today off campus.
Volunteers will be on the ground in Bethany today and will be watching closely.
The Trump administration is removing exhibits that reference slavery from Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, according to news reports.
This government-mandated historical amnesia is the work of racist propagandists, not public servants.
NEW: A court denied a motion to dismiss our lawsuit challenging the state’s unlawful granting of vaccine exemptions.
We won’t stop saying it: The political whims of a governor don’t outweigh the law.
We applaud the Ohio County Board of Education for rejecting a proposal that would have allowed students to leave during school hours to undergo “biblical education” by an anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion religious organization.
The constitution is clear: Our public schools are not Sunday schools.
Sending West Virginia troops to support President Trump’s attempt to sow fear in D.C. communities is unnecessary and inflammatory. It’s also an unlawful misuse of our state’s Guard members.
We’ll see the governor in court.
Militarization will not make the nation’s capital safer (crime is already at a 30-year low) and more police will not solve homelessness; they will only make the problem worse.
After the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain – which saw troops weaponized against U.S. citizens – legal battles shaped West Virginia’s laws to restrict governors’ abilities to deploy the Guard.
Deployments outside our borders can only be for specific, enumerated purposes — none of which exist here.
BREAKING: We won’t stand by while the governor sends vital National Guard resources out of state to participate in a political stunt by President Trump.
We just filed a lawsuit on behalf of WV Citizen Action Group to halt deployment of the Guard to Washington, D.C.
Along with Mountain State Justice, we have filed a new lawsuit to halt enforcement of the governor’s executive order on vaccine exemptions.
Our previous lawsuit was dismissed on technical grounds, but we will keep making the case that governors do not legislate by decree.
BREAKING: We’ve reached a final agreement on behalf of our client, a Marshall University student whose legal status was unlawfully revoked by the Trump administration.
Under the agreement, the administration is reversing the actions it took against our client, S.V., and will not repeat them.
