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ACLU-OR and Parents Defending Schools and Libraries sent a joint public records request to the Canby School District, seeking information regarding their recent history of reconsidering and restricting access to select book titles, primarily written by LGBTQ+ people and Black and Latina women.
The ACLU of Oregon (ACLU-OR) joined National ACLU, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Lewis & Clark Law School Criminal Justice Reform Clinic in filing an amicus brief urging the Oregon Supreme Court to allow overloaded public defenders to withdraw from cases when overloaded.
ACLU Applauds Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s Marijuana Pardons, Calls on Other Governors to Follow
On behalf of Street Roots, the ACLU of Oregon today sent the City of Portland a notice of potential legal action in regards to the proposal of Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Dan Ryan to displace people who live on the streets and forcibly relocate them to mass camps.
The ACLU of Oregon's statement in response to the Yamhill County Circuit Court’s ruling in Shotts v. Newberg School District that the school district’s policy imposing content-based restrictions on displays violates Article I, section 8 of the Oregon Constitution.
PORTLAND, OREGON — Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, Pro-Choice Oregon, the ACLU of Oregon, and Forward Together Action released the following joint statement in response to today’s U.S.