The ACLU of Tennessee stands up for equality, fairness and justice in the courts. Through our impact litigation and other legal advocacy, we’re fighting for you. ACLU’s legal advocacy in Tennessee spans from the historic Scopes “Monkey Trial” and representation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the sanitation workers’ march in Memphis, to ensuring access to private prison records, protecting families’ religious freedom rights, advocating for gay and lesbian parents who were denied visitation with their children, defending voters’ right to have their ballots counted, and much more. You can learn more about specific cases below.
In November 2020, ACLU-TN filed an amicus brief with the Tennessee Supreme Court in support of Appellant Tyshon Booker, who at age seventeen was tried as an adult and convicted of first-degree murder (“...
In November 2022, the Davidson County Election Commission failed to properly issue ballots for the upcoming state and federal congressional elections. Redistricting splintered previous precincts in Davidson...
Luc Esquivel is a 14-year-old freshman at Farragut High School in Knoxville, TN who has been looking forward to trying out for the boys’ golf team, but his plans were derailed when Gov. Bill Lee signed SB...
In 2021, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted HB 1182/ SB 1224 (“the Act”), which forces businesses and other entities with public restrooms to post a government-mandated warning sign with large red and...