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06.27.19
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Gerrymandering Ruling
WASHINGTON — In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has found that partisan gerrymandering cases are a political question, meaning the doors of the court have been closed to litigants. A federal court recently struck down Ohio’s congressional map in an American Civil Liberties Union challenge, ordering a new map be drawn before the 2020 Read more…
Voting Rights
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06.12.19
Cleveland Must Keep Pushing Toward Police Reform, Distance Itself from Timothy Loehmann and DOJ’s National Public Safety Partnership
CLEVELAND, OH — Today the ACLU of Ohio released a statement urging Cleveland to continue on a path of reform and reject recent developments that would disrupt progress: participation in the DOJ’s National Public Safety Partnership, and the possible reinstatement of Timothy Loehmann, the officer who killed Tamir Rice. “Cleveland must move forward, not backward. Read more…
Police Practices, Racial Justice
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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