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New Louisiana law barring people from approaching police officers seen as First Amendment threat
A new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach police officers engaged in their official duties will likely face a legal challenge due to its encroachment on First Amendment rights, the head of a statewide criminal defense attorney group predicts. -
Challenge to Louisiana congressional districts can move forward after high court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court last month breathed new life into a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of Louisiana’s current congressional district map. -
Oral arguments over legality of Louisiana's congressional redistricting map wrapped up
The parties in a federal lawsuit challenging the Louisiana Legislature’s approval of a congressional redistricting map concluded their oral arguments last week, leaving Judge Shelly Dick to decide if the plan illegally dilutes the power of Black voters. -
Civil rights groups urge governor to veto legislature's congressional redistricting maps
Civil rights groups have sent a letter to Gov. John Bel Edwards urging him to veto bills passed by the legislature that they say would fail to expand minority representation in Louisiana congressional districts. -
Settlement reached in Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office case regarding 'cruel unlawful tactics'
A historic settlement was reached in a lawsuit that ends the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office's long-standing use of fake subpoenas and intimidation to coerce victims and witnesses to do things against their will. -
Fairness, competition sought as Louisiana kicks off redistricting process
Louisiana lawmakers launched the once-every-decade redistricting process last week during a joint legislative meeting as interest groups pressed for districts that are more racially representative and competitive. -
Neighborhood security districts seen as lacking accountability in New Orleans bias lawsuit
A federal lawsuit filed by a Black New Orleans resident who accuses police officers of making an illegal, racially motivated traffic stop last year is raising new concerns about quasi-public neighborhood security districts formed under state law. -
Jefferson Parish school officials, family to seek settlement in BB gun suspension case
The Jefferson Parish School Board and the family of a fourth-grader who was suspended for briefly moving a BB gun last year during an online class will take part in settlement talks in May to resolve a federal lawsuit. -
Only the legislature has power to deal with public defender caseload burdens, court rules
The state legislature, and not the Louisiana Supreme Court, must decide whether the state should spend more money and resources on reducing the caseloads of public defenders, the high court decided this month. -
ACLU sues Louisiana for records on 'secretive state panel' on COVID-19 prisoner release
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the state of Louisiana for records on a “secretive state panel” that decided which prisoners should be released from state prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
ACLU of Louisiana launches 'Justice Lab' to combat police misconduct
NEW ORLEANS – Partnering with top-tier private law firms and legal clinics across the country, the ACLU in Louisiana is taking on police misconduct. -
Fifth Circuit hears arguments over DA's use of fake subpoenas
In a hearing before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month, the ACLU and the Civil Rights Corps argued that Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro and individual prosecutors in his office should be held accountable for sending victims and witnesses fake subpoenas. -
ACLU claims ICE and Homeland Security parole denials have 'devastating impact'
Following a lawsuit filed by the ACLU in 2018, which alleged that ICE and Homeland Security were issuing blanket denials of parole, 150 individuals took part in a hunger strike at a Louisiana ICE correctional center. -
New Orleans' 'clean zones' are constitutionally problematic, Loyola law professor says
The ACLU of Louisiana filed a lawsuit on April 8 after an environmental activist was arrested, claiming the arrest was a violation of his First Amendment rights. -
Judge approves settlement with Bossier Parish Schools stemming from allegations of promoting religion
A federal judge has approved a settlement that states a public school in Louisiana has been promoting religious messages in the classroom. -
ACLU applauds lawsuit against Orleans Parish District Attorney's office for allegedly issuing fake subpoenas
A judge is permitting a federal lawsuit alleging the use of fake subpoenas by the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office to go forward. -
ACLU of Louisiana supports lawsuit's quest for accountability in police shooting
BATON ROUGE – A man who was arrested in August after a traffic stop has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the Baton Rouge Police Department is guilty of numerous wrongdoings, including violation of his constitutional rights and putting his life in danger by making him the subject of a manhunt. -
ACLU calls state prison system's over-detention crisis 'unacceptable and unconstitutional'
A series of lawsuits are being filed on behalf of inmates that have been kept in Louisiana prisons for periods of time, ranging from weeks to years, after their release dates. -
Inmates were left to die from Hep C, ACLU claims in lawsuits
A number of lawsuits claim that, despite suffering from a serious health condition that required treatment, Louisiana prisons inmates were instead left to die. -
ACLU calls teacher's arrest at Vermilion Parish School Board meeting a 'heavy-handed attempt to silence dissent'
A middle school teacher in Kaplan and the Louisiana attorney general have filed a lawsuit against the Vermilion Parish School Board claiming the teacher was forcibly removed from a school board meeting for respectfully disagreeing.