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The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has asked the Colchester Board of Selectmen to reject a youth curfew proposed for certain public areas of town. In a letter, the ACLU warned that such a curfew would violate the constitutional rights of young people and their parents.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed today that Quinnipiac University fails to provide equal athletic opportunities for women, agreeing point by point with a 2010 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill.
A federal judge in Hartford has ruled that denying federal benefits to same-sex spouses under the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, an opinion praised and supported by the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut.
A General Assembly committee has approved a bill on school bullying that includes a provision that the ACLU of Connecticut thinks unconstitutional. ACLU-CT will continue efforts to amend out of the bill a provision that would imply schools’ authority over what children do at home.
The Enfield Board of Education has agreed not to hold graduations in a Bloomfield church in order to settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Connecticut and Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut strongly commended Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for his veto of Public Act No.