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LINCOLN, Neb. – Secretary of State John Gale has agreed to settle a case brought in federal court by the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, the ACLU of Nebraska, and Friedman Law Offices.
The ACLU's Voting Rights Project, the ACLU of Nebraska, and Friedman Law Offices filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging a Nebraska law that established an unconstitutional and impermissible burden for independent candidates to access the ballot.
LINCOLN, Neb. – Yesterday Nebraska joined six other states in filing a lawsuit against the federal government to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The following is a statement from ACLU of Nebraska Executive Director Danielle Conrad:
The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every person, regardless of immigration status.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska today announced a lawsuit challenging the state’s execution protocol, asserting that state officials hastily developed new execution procedures in violation of Nebraska’s Administrative Procedure Act.
LINCOLN, Neb – Today the ACLU of Nebraska sent a letter to six Nebraska elected officials and one county sheriff after receiving complaints of Nebraska residents being blocked from government social media accounts.