ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Yesterday, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert Brack ruled that an anti-panhandling ordinance passed by the Albuquerque City Council in 2017 violates First Amendment Free Speech protections.
The ACLU of New Mexico filed a discrimination complaint yesterday with the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of Selene Alverio, a deaf woman who was denied an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter by the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court.
Letters sent to New Mexico municipalities part of a nationwide campaign to end bans on asking for donation
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Yesterday a U.S. District Court judge signed a stipulated order, sanctioning the City of Albuquerque for violating a February court order to not enforce an ordinance restricting speech on medians, freeway entrances, and exit ramps while litigation about the ordinance was ongoing.
Today, on the 19th anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School, we stand with students and teachers who choose to walk out and exercise their freedom of speech about a matter that affects them personally and deeply.
Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico sent a letter to New Mexico school district superintendents urging them to do as the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education did, and commit to supporting students and staff in a nation-wide walkout scheduled for March 14.