ACLU of Arizona calls for independent investigation, urges witnesses to submit additional evidence.

A federal court has ruled that a far-reaching lawsuit challenging the profit motive at the core of Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture law can move forward because the plaintiff has properly asserted that policing for profit violates her constitutional rights.

PHOENIX—The ACLU of Arizona today filed a request with the City of Mesa for public records related to Mesa’s decision to enter into a contract with private prison operator CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America).

PHOENIX—A coalition of individuals who provide criminal defense counsel to the accused in Arizona filed a federal lawsuit today to block the enforcement of a statute that restricts their constitutionally protected freedom of speech.

PHOENIX — The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona is urging the Scottsdale City Council to support transgender students and deny a partnership application proposed by a charter school operator that has a discriminatory, anti-transgender policy.

PHOENIX — The American Civil Liberties of Arizona late Thursday filed a brief with the Arizona Supreme Court urging the justices to use the Arizona Constitution’s express right to privacy to protect Arizonans from government intrusion.

PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey today signed into law HB 2477, legislation that will meaningfully reform current civil asset forfeiture practices.

PHOENIX — The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit today demanding government documents about the on-the-ground implementation of President Trump’s Muslim bans.