News & Commentary
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
Sep 09, 2015
Winning our Challenge to Marion County's Judicial Election System
On Sept. 9, 2015, the ACLU pf Indiana won a challenge to Marion County's judicial election system in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The lawsuit had been brought in Nov., 2012 by Common Cause Indiana, and challenged the constitutionality of Indiana Code _ 33-33-49-13, which resulted in each major party nominating candidates for only one half of judicial vacancies.
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