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06.05.19
SCOTUS Grants State’s Request to Delay Appeal Process in Ohio Gerrymandering Case
COLUMBUS- The U.S. Supreme Court today granted the State’s request for an extension of time to submit its jurisdictional statement in its appeal of the trial court’s decision to throw out Ohio’s gerrymandered Congressional map. The ACLU of Ohio had urged the Court to uphold a June 28th deadline previously agreed upon by all parties, Read more…
Voting Rights
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05.30.19
Dads Reach Historic Paid Parental Leave Class Action Settlement with JPMorgan Chase
Chase to Pay $5 Million to Male Employees Who Allege They Were Denied Parental Leave on the Basis of Sex
COLUMBUS – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, and Outten & Golden LLP announced a first-of-its-kind class action settlement with JPMorgan Chase (Chase) on behalf of male employees who allege they were unlawfully denied access to paid parental leave on the same terms as mothers from 2011 to 2017. Under the proposed Read more…
Women's Rights
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05.28.19
Following ACLU Ohio Brief, Lyceum School Backs out of Lawsuit Challenging South Euclid’s Non-Discrimination Ordinance
Religious Freedom is Not a License to Discriminate
SOUTH EUCLID – Today, Tuesday, May 28, The Lyceum filed a notice to dismiss its own lawsuit, which had challenged South Euclid’s non-discrimination ordinance as infringing on its religious liberty. The withdrawal comes days after the ACLU of Ohio submitted a brief in opposition to the Lyceum’s motion for a Preliminary Injunction. “The Lyceum realized Read more…
LGBT Rights
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05.20.19
Mark T. Gavin, Sr., is ACLU of Ohio’s New Campaigns Director
COLUMBUS – Mark T. Gavin, Sr., a veteran community organizer, has joined the ACLU of Ohio as Campaigns Director. In this senior-level role, Gavin will lead a new, emerging staff team focused on building people power, and growing and mobilizing the ACLU of Ohio’s grassroots networks, especially working to achieve the ACLU’s criminal justice reform Read more…
General Civil Liberties
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05.15.19
ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Preterm File Lawsuit Challenging Ohio’s Near Total Abortion Ban
Extreme Law Takes Direct Aim at the Right to Abortion Guaranteed by Roe v. Wade
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Ohio, and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit today challenging a law banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Gov. Mike DeWine was the third governor to sign this type of abortion ban into law this year. As of now, a total of Read more…
Reproductive Freedom