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Sending a child to adult court without first having a hearing isn't just harmful, it's unconstitutional The auto decline law adopted in 1997 is unconstitutional and we are urging the Court to overturn it.	PSA to Student Protestors: You Have Rights Washington Law Protects Against Suspensions for Walkouts	It’s time to stop wasting money on our state’s most commonly charged crime What if there was a criminal charge that was ineffective, unfair, and cost taxpayers billions?	They Rocked the Casbah, We Rock the Constitution We're sponsoring International Clash Day. The ACLU and the Clash as more alike than you might think
Having a Disability Shouldn’t Mean You Can’t Have a Baby A Washington disability rights activist speaks out about the sterilization of disabled people	In Memoriam: Floyd Jones Floyd Jones, a longtime ACLU-WA donor & one of the dearest men you could ever meet, has passed away	Our Priorities for the 2018 State Legislature We are hard at work in Olympia defending and extending civil liberties and rights.	State Supreme Court: Employer cannot use a job applicant’s anti-discrimination lawsuit as a reason not to hire him State Supreme Court rules it is illegal for prospective employers to retaliate against applicants
Solitary confinement is especially harmful to juveniles and should not be used to punish them Youth placed in care of juvenile facilities must not be put in solitary confinement	ACLU-WA urges Ninth Circuit to uphold ruling that county jails have no business holding people for ICE Yakima County violated the right to be free on bail.

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