Know Your Rights | Students’ Rights | ACLU - American Civil …
WEBCourts have upheld students’ rights to wear things like an anti-war armband, an armband opposing the right to get an abortion, and a shirt supporting the LGBTQ community. Schools can have rules that have nothing to do with the message expressed, like dress codes. So, for example, a school can prohibit you from wearing hats — because that ...
Know Your Rights | LGBTQ Rights - ACLU
WEBYour rights. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 bans discrimination on the basis of sex by public schools, and the Supreme Court held in 2020 (Bostock v.Clayton County) that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is sex discrimination. Thus, Title IX prohibits students from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
LGBTQ Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBThe ACLU has a long history of defending the LGBTQ community. We brought our first LGBTQ rights case in 1936. Founded in 1986, the Jon L. Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović LGBTQ & HIV Project brings more LGBTQ rights cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national organization does and has been counsel in seven of the nine LGBTQ rights cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided.
Know Your Rights | Disability Rights | ACLU - American Civil …
WEBYour rights. Federal law protects people with disabilities from discrimination in employment. You do not have to inform an employer of your disability when you apply for a job, including if you apply online, or when you are hired — even if later you need a reasonable accommodation. If you can do the job, it is unlawful for an employer to ...
Race, Ethnicity, or National Origin-Based Discrimination
WEBIt is illegal discrimination if a person or a company intentionally treats you differently based on your race, ethnicity, or national origin. For example, a landlord violates the law if you apply to rent an apartment and are told that the landlord doesn’t rent to Black people. Likewise, it is illegal for an employer to refuse to hire a person ...
Know Your Rights | Stopped by Police | ACLU - American Civil …
WEBBeing stopped by police is a stressful experience that can go bad quickly. Here we describe what the law requires and also offer strategies for handling police encounters. We want to be clear: The burden of de-escalation does not fall on private citizens — it falls on police officers. However, you cannot assume officers will behave in a way that protects your safety or that they will respect ...
About the ACLU | American Civil Liberties Union
WEBThe ACLU stands on principle. The ACLU protects the personal liberties we all cherish. The ACLU defends freedom every day all across America in every state. The ACLU has been at the center of nearly every major civil liberties battle in the U.S. for more than 100 years. This vital work depends on the support of ACLU members in all 50 states and ...
The United States Bill of Rights: First 10 Amendments to the ...
WEBMay 8, 2017 · PreambleFirst AmendmentSecond AmendmentThird AmendmentFourth AmendmentFifth AmendmentSixth AmendmentSeventh AmendmentEighth AmendmentNinth AmendmentTenth AmendmentPreambleCongress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at …
Prisoners' Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBFar too many prisoners are held in conditions that threaten their health, safety, and human dignity on a daily basis. Tens of thousands of prisoners are held in long-term isolated confinement in “supermax” prisons and similar facilities. The devastating effects of such treatment, particularly on people with mental illness, are well known.
Bail Reform - American Civil Liberties Union
WEBThis bail system has increased the jail population and made America's incarceration problem worse. According to a report by the Vera Institute for Justice, the number of annual jail admissions doubled in the past three decades to 12 million, and the average length of stay increased from 14 to 23 days. The ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice is ...
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