The ACLU of Connecticut takes an active role in every session of the state legislature to support bills that advance civil liberties and oppose those that do not. We have testified before the legislature hundreds of times and have taken leading roles in the struggles to repeal the death penalty, fight racial profiling, challenge police practices, advocate for decarceation and an end to discrimination against people living with a criminal record, protect and expand LGBTQIA+ rights, and prevent encroachment on the right to free speech.
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To balance between unnecessarily excluding people with a criminal record from suitable jobs and the need to ensure pyrotechnic safety, the ACLU-CT proposes that DESPP utilize a balancing test like the one...
The ACLU-CT asks this Committee to expand absentee voting during times of general illness, through the November 2022 election and beyond, and keep in place essential emergency provisions allowing voters to...
House Bill 5248 is the opportunity for Connecticut to require job licensure boards to make a determination based on a person, not a background check result. We will all benefit if we stop blocking people’s...
We're committed to policy solutions that protect marginalized communities from violence. We cannot, though, support efforts that increase violence by increasing existing overpolicing of marginalized...