Plaintiffs in Asheville Park Bans Case Sign Settlement Agreement with City of Asheville
Plaintiffs in Norris v. Asheville, represented by the ACLU of North Carolina, have signed a settlement agreement with the City of Asheville.
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ACLU of North Carolina Responds to Governor Cooper’s Veto of House Bill 237
Reighlah Collins, Policy Counsel for the ACLU of North Carolina, shared a statement on Governor Cooper’s decision to veto House Bill 237.
ACLU of North Carolina Urges Governor Cooper to Veto House Bill 834
ACLU of North Carolina Director of Policy & Advocacy Liz Barber sent a letter to Governor Roy Cooper encouraging him to veto House Bill 834, “Juvenile Justice Modifications,” which would significantly roll back protections for minors in the Raise the Age law.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Impacted Physician Ask Federal Court to Permanently Block Aspects of NC Abortion Ban
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina held a summary judgment hearing in an ongoing legal challenge to several provisions of the state’s abortion ban that took effect last year.
ACLU CELEBRATES WIN FOR THE RIGHT TO FAIR WAGES FOR WORKERS WHO ARE INCARCERATED
In a win for the rights of people who are incarcerated to fair wages for their labor, the Fourth Circuit ruled this week that, in some circumstances, the Fair Labor Standards Act (the nation’s leading minimum wage law) should apply when incarcerated workers are working outside prison walls.
Judge Determines NC Department of Adult Correction Violated Transgender Woman’s Eighth Amendment Rights
A federal judge has issued a decision in Zayre-Brown v. NC Department of Adult Correction (DAC), ruling that the state’s process for evaluating whether gender-affirming surgery is medically necessary for incarcerated individuals is unconstitutional.