Case & Project Updates

ACLU & UNC School of Law Release Report on 287g
Courting Justice: A Celebration of International Human Rights Day
Create the Change Community Survey Available Online!
Discrimination Complaint Filed Against Wake County Schools
Hazleton, PA Anti-Immigrant Law Is Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules

Press Release from the American Civil Liberties Union on the sweeping decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, striking down as unconstitutional the city of Hazleton's law that would punish landlords and employers who are accused of renting to or hiring anyone the city classifies as an "illegal alien."
Highlights
Letter to Zebulon Police Chief and Wake County Sheriff Re: Illegal Checkpoints
SaveFreemanBeach.Com
Statement of Support for the Trail of Dreams
Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Act, Court Upholds Full and Equal Right to Vote
Wake County School Board Votes 5-4 to Dismantle the Diversity Policy

Recent News Coverage

Early agreements on Florida redistricting favor incumbents

Monday, December 5, 2011

Miami Herald

A handful of proposed Senate boundaries, modeled on NAACP plan, may head to court.
NC Redistricting Hearing to Focus on Speed of Case

Monday, December 5, 2011

News and Observer

Advocacy groups, Democratic elected officials and voters challenging North Carolina's new redistricting plans want rulings on their legality by mid-February.
Anti-lingering ordinance rescinded in Carrboro

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Indy Week

The Carrboro Board of Alderman voted unanimously to end the town’s anti-lingering ordinance Tuesday.
Protest To Challenge Carrboro Loitering Law

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Raleigh News & Observer

The Raleigh News & Observer covers the press conference challenging Carrboro's anti-loitering ordinance in Carrboro, which makes it harder for day laborers to find work. SCSJ staff attorney, Christopher Brook, who continues to work with community members to urge the town to rescind the ordinance, states 'we're intentionally violating the ordinance' to show how much free speech it prohibits.

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