Indianapolis teacher drops lawsuit challenging state’s sex ed ban
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita called the dismissal a “major win” and “a victory for parents’ rights and common sense.”
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Marion County judge blocks state’s near-total abortion ban in religious freedom case
The ruling comes more than three years after the underlying lawsuit was filed, in which plaintiffs argued the state’s abortion ban constituted a “substantial burden” to their religious beliefs under the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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Birth certificate changes for seven transgender Hoosiers are in limbo
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun, Attorney General Todd Rokita and the Indiana Department of Health are fighting against court orders granting the changes.
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Bill aims to protect data privacy: Law looks for balance between rights of consumers, businesses
A new state law passed earlier this year, Senate Enrolled Act 5, has set up a framework for Hoosier consumers to find what personal information of theirs is being collected and what companies are doing with that data.
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Web Exclusive: Governments, politicians face 1st Amendment suits over social media use
Kingsford Heights, Indiana, has something in common with a growing number of smaller communities: Its town council is facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of its residents — not at the ballot box or in a church, but on Facebook.
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Monroe County resident sues Indiana AG investigator for threatening prosecution over political Facebook posts
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana on behalf of plaintiff Lee Lawmaster, who said the investigator threatened to pursue legal action against him over certain Facebook posts.
IDOC to pay Miami Correctional inmates $1.2M for ‘abusive’ conditions
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana made the settlements with the the Indiana Department of Correction on behalf of 31 inmates.
7th Circuit denies challenge to Indiana sexuality instruction law
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the decision on Tuesday, ruling that the plaintiff did not demonstrate a likelihood of success on her protected speech or vagueness claims.
Federal court finds Indiana DHS unlawfully discriminated against people with disabilities
In orders this week, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled that Indiana DHS violated the Fair Housing Act, Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act when it attempted to reclassify several nonprofit recovery homes as commercial structures.
Rokita, Braun push for Ten Commandments monument to be placed on Statehouse lawn
If the motion were accepted, it would overturn an over 20-year-old injunction stemming from a lawsuit filed by the Indiana Civil Liberties Union (now known as the ACLU of Indiana) to prevent the monument’s placement, an effort the ICLU argued would constitute an unlawful establishment of religion.
Three years after injunction, religious freedom lawsuit against Indiana abortion ban nears decision
A Marion Superior Court judge heard final arguments Tuesday over whether the abortion law violates the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Federal court rejects request to stop Indiana’s denial of trans birth certificates
The court said it rejected the ACLU’s request because it is unlikely to prevail on arguments that Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and the state’s vital records director violated the Fourteenth Amendment rights of two transgender Hoosiers.
ACLU of Indiana parts ways with executive director
Chris Daley, who joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana as executive director less than two years ago, has parted ways with the organization “following a mutual decision” between Daley and the ACLU of Indiana’s board of directors, the group announced Friday morning.
ACLU sues ISU for terminating work-study funding for Pride Center employees
The lawsuit alleges the university violated the First Amendment when it terminated funding for student workers at a local non-profit organization that supports LGBTQ+ individuals.
7th Circuit upholds ruling allowing moms to be paid caregivers for two medically fragile kids
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction on the state’s Medicaid administrator this week, blocking a policy change that the plaintiffs argued violates federal anti-discrimination laws by risking the institutionalization of two medically fragile children.
ACLU sues governor’s office over change to IU board of trustees
The lawsuit challenges a new budget provision that gives the governor full control over Indiana University’s board of trustees. Previously, three members of the nine-person board were elected by IU alumni and the governor appointed the others.
ACLU sues federal government for revoking legal status of Indiana international students
The lawsuit alleges the federal government unlawfully terminated the legal status of seven international students enrolled at Indiana universities.
7th Circuit denies rehearing of Indiana ban on gender-affirming care
The denial means the ban remains in effect while litigation challenging the law is still pending before the U.S. District Court in Indianapolis.
Theaters represented by ACLU sue NEA over ‘gender ideology’ policy
Several arts organizations represented by the American Civil Liberties Union are suing the National Endowment for the Arts over a new policy that aligns with President Donald Trump’s executive order that called for agencies to end federal funding of “gender ideology” and for the federal government to define sex as only male or female.
ACLU sues Indiana State University for allegedly canceling pride festival on campus
The ACLU of Indiana is suing Indiana State University for allegedly canceling a pride festival typically held on its campus and requesting instead that the event be held elsewhere.
Sister, former lawyer decry upcoming Indiana execution; prosecutor conflicted
Joseph Corcoran’s legal team is asking a federal judge to step in and pause the execution to allow for a hearing and review of their claims that putting the inmate to death is unconstitutional.
State justices won’t immediately decide if abortion law violates religious freedoms
The trial court’s preliminary injunction against the state’s abortion law remains in effect for a small group of women after the Indiana Supreme Court for now refused to hear state officials’ appeal.
7th Circuit Court rules Indiana can keep ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors will stay in place, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in reversing a district court’s injunction that would have prevented the state’s law from going into effect.
Federal judge rules FSSA must provide modified relief for families in attendant care lawsuit
The last two parents of medically fragile children receiving state payments for attendant care will transition to Structured Family Caregiving with everyone else following a Friday court ruling. But the federal judge presiding over the attendant care lawsuit ruled that FSSA must “arrange” for families to receive in-home skilled nursing services on top of that program.