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ACLU Challenges Alabama Voter Disenfranchisement Laws In Court (07/21/2008)
MONTGOMERY, AL – The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Alabama filed a lawsuit today challenging the state's voter disenfranchisement laws and practices as unconstitutional. According to its state constitution, Alabama may deny voting rights to individuals who have been convicted of felonies involving "moral turpitude." Although this term is not defined, the constitution clearly states that only the legislature can decide which felonies qualify under this category. In its lawsuit today, the ACLU charges that the state is disfranchising thousands of Alabamians under a much broader category of convictions than is permissible under the constitution, relying in part on an unlawful opinion issued by Alabama's attorney general.

ACLU Tells Alabama RV Park to Stop Discriminating Against People with HIV (07/16/2007)
MONTGOMERY, AL – The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the owner of the Wales West RV park in Silverhill, Alabama today demanding that it stop discriminating against people with HIV by barring people with the disease from using the swimming pool, showers and other common areas of the park without a letter from a doctor. 

Federal Judge Tells Local Alabama Property Manager to Stop Sexual Harassment (02/23/2007)
MONTGOMERY, AL – The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama today hailed a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins against Jamarlo GumBayTay, an agent of Elite Real Estate Consulting Group, ordering him to cease the sexual harassment of a renter and stop any and all actions to evict her.

New Report Finds Fatal Flaws in Alabama's Death Penalty (10/20/2005)
MONTGOMERY, AL - According to a major new report, structural and procedural flaws in Alabama's criminal justice system stack the deck against fair trials and appropriate sentencing for capital defendants. The report, released today by the American Civil Liberties Union, details unfair and discriminatory practices in the state's administration of the death penalty.

ACLU of Alabama Condemns Proposed Bill that Would Ban State Funds for Lesbian and Gay Books (12/02/2004)
BIRMINGHAM, AL - The bill proposed by Representative Gerald Allen that would ban books about gay and lesbian people from public libraries is bad public policy, unconstitutional and just plain wrong. If passed, Alabama's libraries would be robbed of works by celebrated authors such as Herman Melville, Tennessee Williams, Willa Cather, Carson McCullers, John Cheever, Alice Walker, James Baldwin, Truman Capote and Gore Vidal, to name a few on what will be a very long list.

ACLU Applauds Alabama's Move to Open Rehabilitative Programming to HIV+ Prisoners (01/19/2004)
MONTGOMERY, AL- The American Civil Liberties Union commends the reversal of a nearly 20-year-old segregation policy within the Alabama Department of Corrections that led to today's integration of HIV+ prisoners into educational and vocational training programs.

ACLU Condemns Alabama Judge's Defiance of Federal Order to Remove Ten Commandments Monument from Courthouse (08/14/2003)
MONTGOMERY, AL - The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama today condemned Chief Justice Roy Moore's announcement that he will defy a court order to remove a two-ton Ten Commandments display from the grounds of the state court building.

ACLU and Alabama Prison Project Release Report Urging Community Corrections as Cost Saving Measure (04/29/2003)
MONTGOMERY, AL-Citing Alabama's budget crisis and dangerously overcrowded prisons, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Alabama Prison Project today released a new budget analysis highlighting a potential savings of $300,000 to $400,000 if the state accepted prisoners living with HIV into existing community-based corrections programs.

ACLU Applauds Alabama Governor for Prison Reform Efforts and Suggests Ways to Further Positive Steps (04/09/2003)
WASHINGTON-The American Civil Liberties Union today commends the actions of Alabama Governor Bob Riley and state legislators who moved to address the crisis in the state's prison system by approving an emergency appropriations bill for the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Alabama's Chief Judge Ordered to Remove Ten Commandments Monument from Courthouse (11/18/2002)
MONTGOMERY, AL -- A monument to the Ten Commandments displayed on the grounds of the state judicial building here was ordered removed today by a federal district judge who said the display "crossed the line."

Gay Teacher Wrongfully Fired, ACLU Charges (05/07/2002)
BIRMINGHAM, AL--I always wanted to be a teacher. For me, no other job compares to giving kids the skills, confidence and stability they need to develop into happy, healthy adults. 

ACLU Says Proposed Student Drug Testing Policy Puts Students At Risk (07/12/2001)
MONTGOMERY, AL--The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama has serious concerns about a proposed drug testing policy at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. The policy would require that all students provide samples of their hair for drug testing. 

Sex Toys: Therapy for Some, Symbols of Indecency to Others (11/27/2000)
LOS ANGELES -- The sexual choices of Alabamans are being limited by an 1998 obscenity law that outlaws the sale of "any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs"--that is to say, adult sex toys, the Los Angeles Times reported today.

In Long-Awaited Victory, High Court Vacates Alabama Decision Allowing Public School Prayer (06/26/2000)
MONTGOMERY, AL -- The American Civil Liberties Union today welcomed a Supreme Court order essentially reversing a ruling that let public school students in an Alabama county lead group prayers at graduations, assemblies and sports events.

ACLU Seeks Supreme Court Review of Ruling in Alabama School Prayer Case (12/03/1999)
MONTGOMERY, AL -- Acting on behalf of a former school principal and his son, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn portions of a lower court ruling that allow evangelists and others to lead schoolchildren in prayer.