One of the main ways the ACLU of Illinois works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. Litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which our adept legal team fights for equality and civil rights throughout the state. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years.
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In 2024, the elected Sheriff of Jefferson County Illinois, Jeff Bullard, led an effort to fund and place a nearly seven-foot monument featuring a Protestant version of the Ten...
The National ACLU, ACLU of Illinois, and a number of partner organizations that advocate for people who are incarcerated, survivors of gender-based violence, or both filed an amicus...
In this case, this Property Casualty Insurers Association (PCIA) seeks to block the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2013 “disparate impact” rule for the...
In June 2024, we filed a class action lawsuit challenging conditions at the Mary Davis Detention Home on behalf of two young people confined there, J.B.H. and A.M. The...
The City of Chicago was selected to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August 2024. Many groups view national political conventions– which draw...
When people seek health care, they do not expect that the treatment and information they are receiving is being limited by others’ religious beliefs. However, on a daily...