ATHENS — Ohio University junior Micaela Beatham-Garcia has been named as a member of the prestigious 2021 Newman Civic Fellowship Cohort. Beatham-Garcia is the Director of the ACLU of Ohio campus chapter and a pre-law associate at the Center for Law, Justice, and Culture.
CINCINNATI — The full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an en banc ruling today, reversing a 2018 district court and a 2019 Sixth Circuit three judge panel decision in Preterm v.
COLUMBUS — Today the ACLU of Ohio and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center filed a lawsuit challenging the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s (ODRC) policy of garnishing money from prisoners’ COVID-19 relief funds to pay a fines, fees, costs, and other debts to courts and state ag
CINCINNATI — Dr. Ebony Speakes-Hall, a longtime justice advocate and national leader in the field of social work, was elected president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio on March 20, becoming the first African-American woman to lead the organization’s 23-member board of directors.
CINCINNATI — Today, an Ohio judge granted a preliminary injunction, temporarily halting enforcement of a fetal tissue disposal requirement which was signed into law by Governor DeWine in December of last year.
ATHENS — Today, ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to Ohio University Provost Elizabeth Sayrs and Dean Florenz Plassmann expressing our "serious concerns" about the potential defunding of Ohio University's Center for Law, Justice, and Culture.