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May 17, 2017
ACLU of Missouri Statement on Free Speech Rights of Hazelwood Students
Hazelwood School District’s decision to retaliate against its students for their peaceful expressive activity is unacceptable and violates their First Amendment and due process rights.
May 16, 2017
ACLU of Missouri Statement on Suspension of Hazelwood West Students
Our schools should demonstrate the American value of free speech to the leaders of tomorrow. We should encourage young people to participate in democracy – not punish them for thoughtfully and peacefully expressing their First Amendment rights as the students at Hazelwood West High School did,” said Jeffrey Mittman, executive director of the ACLU of Missouri. “Nearly 50 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines that students do not ‘shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.’”
May 12, 2017
Statement from ACLU on Favorable Ruling For Missouri Inmates Challenging Lack of Treatment for Hepatitis C
May 12, 2017
May 12, 2017
Statement from ACLU on Favorable Ruling For Missouri Inmates Challenging Lack of Treatment for Hepatitis C
May 12, 2017
May 11, 2017
Statement from the ACLU of Missouri on Investigation of Sheriff Corey Hutcheson
We are encouraged that Attorney General Josh Hawley is committed to investigating the claims of unconstitutional and inhumane treatment of inmates at the Mississippi County Jail.
Apr 28, 2017
Protect Women from Discrimination, Stop SB 43 and SB 45
If the Missouri Legislature has its way this year, it will soon be easier to discriminate against women in the state than anywhere else in the nation.
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