News & Commentary

The Trumpcare bill currently being considered by Congress is bad for Alaskans. The ACLU of Alaska and the Disability Law Center teamed up to give Rep. Don Young five good reasons why he should vote against it.

Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska filed suit to stop the unconstitutional recall effort against three Homer city council members for doing nothing more than exercising their free speech rights.

Thank you to Prof. Jason Brandeis for inviting ACLU of Alaska's Legal and Policy Director Tara Rich to speak in his Civil Liberties class at UAA! The class seemed very excited to hear about the work the ACLU of Alaska is doing and to get their own pocket Constitutions. 

Today we joined several other affiliates in filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding government documents from regional Customs and Border Protection offices.

The ACLU of Alaska announced today that Casey Reynolds and Laura Herman have joined our staff as our Communications Director and Director of Philanthropy, respectively.

The ACLU of Alaska announced James Flemings of Bethel and Valerie Ni hEideain of Wrangell as its 2016 Joan Hamilton Memorial Scholarship winners today. The scholarship provides financial support for students who are working towards a legal career advocating for the rights of Alaska Native and rural communities.

This morning, we joined 49 other ACLU affiliates around the country to expose how Customs and Border Protection officials are violating federal court orders and continuing to implement President Trump's unlawful immigration ban.

This afternoon, we sent a letter to the Juneau Assembly advising that their proposed ban on camping downtown may violate the Constitution's protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

The ACLU of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the Kenai Peninsula Borough on behalf of two Kenai residents who are unconstitutionally barred from giving an invocation before the KPB Assembly due to the Assembly's new invocations policy.