Preserving Liberty in the Commonwealth
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2024 Jail Voting Report: Expanding Pre-Trial Carceral Voting
The discourse concerning incarceration and voting generally focuses on felony disenfranchisement, which occurs after a defendant has been found guilty of a crime. But incarceration-based disenfranchisement...
Showing Up Matters
Our democracy has long been imperiled, and for more than 100 years the ACLU has embraced our charge to protect it.
Latest Press Releases
ACLU-KY AND KY POLICY FILE AMICUS WITH KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT IN TROUTT V THE BAIL PROJECT
The ACLU of Kentucky, along with independent, non-partisan research and policy organization KyPolicy, filed a motion for leave to file a “friend of the court” brief on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, supporting...
ACLU-KY and Pro Bono Co-counsel File Brief Challenging Kentucky's Statute of Limitations for Civil Rights Cases
Our legal team filed a challenge to Kentucky's statute of limitations for civil rights cases.
ACLU-KY Files Brief Supporting Us DOJ Consent Decree
The ACLU of Kentucky, on behalf of itself and 14 other community organizations, on Friday filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of the negotiated consent decree the US Department of Justice entered...
The legal fight to protect trans youth
Doe v. Thornbury - Challenge to Transgender Health Care Ban
We're suing in federal court to prevent the gender-affirming healthcare ban portion of Senate Bill 150, one of the worst anti-trans laws in the nation.
