Press Releases

04.15.19

Profiteering and Misconduct in Ohio’s Mayor’s Courts

ACLU of Ohio Publishes New Groundbreaking Report

COLUMBUS—A new ACLU of Ohio report, issued today, finds that a substantial proportion of Ohio’s nearly 300 mayor’s courts operate in ways that suggest they prioritize money over justice. The report, Off The Record: Profiteering and Misconduct in Ohio’s Mayor’s Courts, illustrates that many of these courts subvert justice, generate revenue, lack accountability, and have Read more…

Criminal Justice

04.11.19

ACLU of Ohio to Challenge Total Abortion Ban

Similar Versions of Blatantly Unconstitutional Legislation Stand 0-4 in Federal Court

COLUMBUS- The ACLU of Ohio announced today that it will file a lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 23, legislation that would ban all abortions in the State of Ohio. Governor Mike DeWine is expected to sign the bills in the coming days. The named plaintiff in the lawsuit will be Northeast Ohio based abortion care provider, Read more…

Reproductive Freedom

04.02.19

C. Raphael Davis-Williams Joins ACLU of Ohio as its First Director of Equity and Inclusion

COLUMBUS –The ACLU of Ohio welcomes C. Raphael Davis-Williams as its new Director of Equity and Inclusion. A graduate of OSU’s Moritz College of Law, Davis-Williams has been a civil rights attorney in Columbus, Ohio, for nearly a decade, focusing on employment law, fair housing, and police misconduct. A former television news reporter in Texas, Read more…

General Civil Liberties

03.28.19

ACLU of Ohio Joins Challenge to Summit County’s Panhandling Ordinance

AKRON – Today, March 28, the ACLU of Ohio filed an amended complaint in a case challenging a Summit County ordinance, enacted in December of 2018, which criminalizes giving or receiving donations near roadways; a thinly disguised effort to effectively ban panhandling from much of the county. The ACLU argues that the ordinance unconstitutionally burdens Read more…

Free Speech

03.26.19

ACLU of Ohio Urges Wholesale Rejection of Fetal Tissue Bill; Equates it to Legislative Harassment

COLUMBUS- This morning at 9:30am the ACLU of Ohio will testify before the Senate Health, Human Services & Medicaid Committee to oppose Senate Bill 27, legislation that requires abortion care providers to cremate or bury fetal remains to “honor the unborn.” This bill serves no legitimate medical purpose and is an obvious attempt to make Read more…

Reproductive Freedom