The plaintiffs in Stinson v. Fayetteville School District No. 1 filed a motion to amend their complaint on Friday, seeking to add the Conway School District as a defendant in their federal lawsuit against a new Arkansas law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.

Today, four civil rights organizations sent a letter to public school superintendents across Arkansas, warning school districts not to implement Act 573.

In a victory for religious freedom and church-state separation, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction today in Stinson v. Fayetteville School District No. 1.

Officials sent Abdul Maalik Muhammad to a dangerous federal prison to shut down his legal advocacy, lawsuit claims.

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth to remain in effect.

A multifaith group of seven Arkansas families with children in public schools filed suit in federal court today to block a new state law requiring all public elementary and secondary schools to “prominently” display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library.

Today, the ACLU of Arkansas and the ACLU filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Arkansas State Conference NAACP and the Arkansas Public Policy Panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, calling on the full court to rehear a case that threatens to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act.

Two Arkansas grassroots groups moved to intervene today in an ongoing lawsuit to defend the First Amendment rights of Arkansans who use the ballot initiative process to organize, speak out, and propose new laws.