Police stopped a car based on a vague race-based description of people who committed a robbery. Our amicus brief on behalf of clergy detailed the harm caused by such stops and urged to Court to create a...
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Sep 16, 2021
State v. Bailey
Criminal Legal System
Status: Open
Amicus brief addressing whether the retroactive application of the newly enacted crime-fraud exception to the marital communications privilege violates the ex post facto clauses of the federal and state...
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Sep 16, 2021
In re: Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive Nos. 2020-05 and 2020-06
Government Transparency
Status: Open
Police union challenge to AG directives ordering the public disclosure of the identities of officers sanctioned for serious disciplinary violations.
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Sep 16, 2021
State v. Andujar
Criminal Legal System
Status: Closed
In this novel case, the ACLU-NJ argued that the State’s unlawful and racial use of its law enforcement power against a qualified Black potential juror, by running a criminal background check on him and...
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Aug 19, 2021
Juan R. v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Closed
Challenge to mass transfers of individuals in ICE custody with existing attorney-client relationships to distant detention facilities
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Aug 17, 2021
Harris v. Newark
Criminal Legal System
Status: Open
The ACLU-NJ joined this case as amicus on the sole issue of whether a denial of qualified immunity to defendant law enforcement as part of a summary judgment motion is appealable on an interlocutory basis...