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The ACLU of Alaska works tirelessly in the courts to defend your constitutional rights and expand your civil liberties. We specialize in impact litigation, which means that we carefully and thoughtfully represent clients in lawsuits that have the potential to not just help them, but also a large number of Alaskans.

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Oct 28, 2019

Hardy v. Nome

Status: Victory!

UPDATE: On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the ACLU of Alaska, the ACLU's Racial Justice Program, and Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman, LLP filed suit against the City of Nome,...

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Aug 7, 2019

Roberts v. City of Fairbanks (Fairbanks 4 Civil Rights Claim Appeal Amicus)

Status: Victory!

Marvin Roberts, Eugene Vent, Kevin Pease, and George Frese (the Fairbanks Four) collectively spent more than 70 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. Their wrongful convictions were obtained as a...

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Jul 17, 2019

ACLU of Alaska v. Dunleavy

Status: Closed

The ACLU of Alaska filed suit against Governor Dunleavy to block his administration’s attempt to punish the Alaska Court System by vetoing $334,700 in its 2020 budget because the Alaska Supreme Court ruled...

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Jan 28, 2019

Basey v. State of Alaska

Status: Lost

On January 28. 2019, the Alaska Supreme Court asked the ACLU of Alaska to submit an amicus brief addressing questions in this case and the ACLU of Alaska did so on May 31, 2019.

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Jan 10, 2019

Blanford and Bellville v. Dunleavy

Status: Victory!

Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his Chief of Staff Tuckerman Babcock demanded that Drs. Blanford and Bellville, along with hundreds of other state employees, pledge allegiance to Gov. Dunleavy’s political agenda...

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Nov 27, 2018

Hall v. Alaska DOC

Status: Victory!

Brian Hall is a prisoner at Goose Creek Correctional Center (“GCCC”) who is a member of the Cherokee Nation, a Native American tribe. Mr. Hall seeks to wear his bandanna and a bear claw medallion as outward...

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