News & Commentary
Feb 03, 2016
ACLU of Indiana Settles Suit over Arrest of Woman Taking Photographs
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana settled a lawsuit on behalf of a Whiting woman who was arrested while she was taking pictures of a house fire.
Jan 12, 2016
Jane Henegar: Historic balance of rights must be struck for LGBTQ Hoosiers
You may have heard Governor Pence, in his State of the State address, challenging all of us to find a way in which religious liberty can co-exist alongside civil rights laws, including civil rights laws updated to protect gay and transgender Hoosiers.
Dec 09, 2015
Stepping in for Hep C patients whose lives are at risk
A Fort Wayne mom who has early-stage Hepatitis C is one of thousands of individuals across Indiana whose lives could possibly be saved through an ACLU of Indiana class-action lawsuit filed in November, 2015.
Dec 09, 2015
State Can't Enforce Ballot Selfie Law
On October 20, 2015, Judge Sarah Evans Barker ruled on our challenge to an Indiana law, that would have made it a level six felony for a voter to take a ballot "selfie" at the polls or to share it on social networks.
Dec 09, 2015
Final Judgment in Planned Parenthood Case Protects Access to Health Care in Lafayette
On January 7, 2015, after more than a year in which the fate of a Lafayette, Ind. health center was in potential jeopardy, a federal judge put to rest the question of whether the state of Indiana can constitutionally implement a law that regulates a clinic offering non-surgical abortion more strictly than physicians' offices providing the exact same procedure.
Dec 09, 2015
Secrets, Lies and Cover-Ups: How the Government Spied on Me and (Almost) Got Away With It
First Wednesdays in Bloomington, Dec. 2, 2015: "The Not-So-Private Lives of Hoosiers: How Technology is Threatening our Privacy." Panel included (L-R) Indiana University Professors Christine Von Der Haar, Fred Cate, Scott Shackelford and Kelly Eskew (not pictured). Photo by Katelyn Rowe, The Indiana Daily Student.
Dec 08, 2015
Adoption of Severely Disabled Grandchildren Should Not Reduce Couple's Benefits
In October 2015, the ACLU of Indiana brought a lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Child Services on behalf of a Greene County couple, Julie and David Arthur, who have been providing care for their three special needs grandchildren.
Dec 04, 2015
'Christmas Spectacular' Live Nativity Scene Ruled an Endorsement of Religion
A child and his father, along with the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the ACLU, won a preliminary injunction on December 2, 2015 to stop Concord Community Schools in Elkhart County from putting on a live nativity scene as part of its 2015 "Christmas Spectacular."Public school curriculum must always serve a secular educational purpose.The ru
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