This case concerns an individual arrested and prosecuted under a statute previously ruled unconstitutional, raising the important question of whether the officer in question acted under a “reasonable belief” that their conduct was authorized by law.
Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a momentous decision that ended this nation’s long history of government-sanctioned discrimination against same-sex couples in the context of marriage. The ACLU, which represented several plaintiffs in that case, is proud to have been a part of such a historic decision that welcomed same-sex couples fully into the American family.
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The ACLU-NH filed a motion to dismiss criminal charges brought by an overly broad law passed in 2009 that restricts the legal and constitutionally-protected speech of all registered sex offenders in New Hampshire.
On September 1, 2015, the ACLU-NH filed an amicus brief in support of the disclosure to the Valley News, the Union Leader Corporation, and Hearst Properties, Inc. (including WMUR-TV) of the four (4) videos depicting the events surrounding the fatal police shooting of Hagen Esty-Lennon.
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