Today, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Ohio filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in a lawsuit by Plaintiff-Appellants (the “parent group”) challenging Olentangy Local School District’s (the “District”) student speech policies. 

Today, the Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 104, an anti-trans bathroom bill requiring individuals in primary and secondary schools as well as institutions of higher education to use restrooms and other facilities that align with their sex assigned at birth.

Today, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas issued a permanent injunction blocking Ohio’s 2019 six-week abortion ban from taking effect, marking the first permanent injunction stemming from Ohio’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment, which took effect in December 2023.

Today, we sent a letter to Secretary LaRose outlining how his removals of purported “noncitizens” from the voter rolls violate the National Voter Registration Act because they are being conducted during the 90-day period prior to a federal election. 

Today, the ACLU of Ohio, the National ACLU, All Voting is Local, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Common Cause Ohio, and the League of Women Voters of Ohio sent a letter to Secretary of State Frank LaRose regarding the potential disenfranchisement of naturalized citizens.

The ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to Waynesville Village Council regarding the unconstitutional, discriminatory treatment against Mr. David Nation, an applicant for a vacant Village Council seat who was denied the position because of his sexual orientation.

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Ohio, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, League of Women Voters of Ohio, and Common Cause Ohio today sent a letter to Secretary Frank LaRose regarding improper removals of voters from the rolls.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Ohio filed an amicus brief today to the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Ohio chapter of the NAACP challenging Secretary Frank LaRose's new directive curtailing the use of drop boxes