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The ACLU is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal & advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about the ACLU & its affiliated org, the ACLU Foundation.

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Joined June 2010
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ACLU of Colorado
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We’ll keep fighting this partisan and politically motivated censorship. Students deserve to have access to a diversity of ideas and viewpoints in their school libraries. Learn more:
aclu-co.org
The ACLU of Colorado, representing C.C., a student at Elizabeth High School, E.S., a student in the Elizabeth School District (ESD), the NAACP – Colorado – Montana – Wyoming State Area
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ACLU of Colorado
8 months
Depriving students of access to books in their school library because of the board’s disagreement with the ideas in them violates both the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Free Speech Clause of the Colorado Constitution.
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ACLU of Colorado
8 months
The school board made no secret of its disdain for the removed books. In one email, a board member explained that LGBTQ+ content “doesn’t belong in any school.” At a public board meeting, board members called Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye “disgusting.”.
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ACLU of Colorado
8 months
Many of the removed books were by Black, Brown, and LGBTQ+ authors. Many also featured Black, Brown, and LGBTQ+ characters.
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ACLU of Colorado
8 months
BREAKING: We sued the Elizabeth School District after they removed 19 books from school libraries. This violated federal and state constitutional free speech protections.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
NOTE: This is a revised thread. The previous thread read: "Additionally, municipal courts are set up to endanger the constitutional rights of people who appear before them.".
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
We’re asking the Colorado Supreme Court to reaffirm equal protection doctrine and reverse the municipal court’s decision.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
Additionally, municipal courts have structural issues that endanger the constitutional rights of people who appear before them. They also target vulnerable members of our communities, including unhoused people and people with disabilities.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
Instead of being charged under state law for petty theft, she was charged under the Westminster Municipal Code. This sentencing disparity violates the equal protection guarantee of the Colorado Constitution and state preemption laws.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
We filed a brief alongside @FreedomFundCO in support of a defendant facing a jail sentence 36 times longer and fines nine times higher than allowed by state law.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
We’re asking the Colorado Supreme Court to reaffirm equal protection doctrine and reverse the municipal court’s decision.
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@ACLUofColorado
ACLU of Colorado
9 months
Municipal courts are also set up to endanger the constitutional rights of people who appear before them. They target vulnerable members of our communities, including unhoused people and people with disabilities.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
Instead of being charged under state law for petty theft, she was charged under the Westminster Municipal Code. This sentencing disparity violates the equal protection guarantee of the Colorado Constitution and state preemption laws.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
While CBI is allowing for an external audit, it only covers a two-year timeframe. Any rigorous investigation must encompass the full period of Woods’ misconduct.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
During our investigation, we found that CBI did not comply with federal funding requirements designed to prevent wrongdoing.
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ACLU of Colorado
9 months
Since 2014, CBI allowed Woods to alter forensic evidence. 809 impacted cases have been identified so far. Defendants may have lost the only evidence proving their factual innocence. Victims that endured invasive forensic exams may have lost their chance to identify perpetrators.
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