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Know Your Rights Guide: Protests

Document, Published: 
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
This guide covers the legal protections you have while protesting or otherwise exercising your free speech rights in public places. Although some of the legal principles are firmly established, as with many areas of law, free speech law is complex and continually developing. 
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Efforts to censor student expression are on the rise, nationally and in Washington  

Published: 
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Educators are grappling with ways to teach topics like race, gender, and sexuality. But rather than embracing open dialogue about these issues, state legislatures and lawmakers throughout the country are working to limit the way schools discuss them. 
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Automated Decision Systems and Entrenched Biases in Jury Pool Selection

Published: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
In Washington state, several courts use automated decision systems, including applications that are controlled and kept secret by corporations to form jury pools.
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celebration kit

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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rewatch

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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Join us square 1

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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image for square 1

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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Register Here - Celebration 2022

Published: 
Monday, September 19, 2022
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ACLU of Washington statement honoring Sandy Williams, Spokane civil rights activist and publisher of the Spokane Black Lens

Published: 
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
“We are devastated at the tragic loss of Sandy Williams, a bright light in the fight for truth, racial justice and equity in Spokane and in Washington. Sandy touched the lives of so many in Spokane and across the state."
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ACLU Files Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act  

News Release, Published: 
Thursday, August 18, 2022
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with 12 ACLU state affiliates and represented by Cooley LLP, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today urging the court to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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