The ACLU of Arkansas today stands in firm opposition to the proposed changes to identity documentation that threaten the safety and dignity of transgender, non-binary, and intersex Arkansans.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals today announced it will not rehear the high-profile voting case, Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment. 

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arkansas is excited to announce the appointment of John C. Williams as the new Legal Director, effective November 2023.

In a victory for civil rights and medical ethics, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arkansas has successfully settled its case for detained plaintiffs for the controversial administration of the antiparasitic drug Ivermectin to people in the Washington County Detention Center.

The ACLU of Arkansas is closely monitoring the Arkansas Department of Education’s attempt to scrutinize and potentially censor Advanced Placement African American Studies courses in six school districts across the state.

Today a federal district court in the western district of Arkansas granted a motion to temporarily block portions of Act 372 from taking effect. The law was set to go into effect on August 1.

Arkansas’s so-called “Social Media Safety Act” stifles freedom of expression online by requiring users to verify their ages and, if under 18, obtaining explicit parental consent before using social media. 

A federal district court judge has struck down and permanently enjoined an Arkansas law that aimed to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth, finding the law violates the Constitutional rights of transgender youth, their parents, and their medical providers.