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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We’ve heard concerns from several of you in Greenbrier County about precinct changes, voter purges, and more. That’s why we’re moderating a town hall discussion with the WV Secretary of State’s Office and the Greenbrier County Clerk’s Office in Lewisburg April 14. Get your questions answered!

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Applications are open for the Joseph Cohen Equity and Justice Fellowship! This fellowship provides paid experience in civil rights work to young people who are from a historically marginalized communities that are underrepresented in West Virginia advocacy and policy-making spaces.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We stand in solidarity with the Capital High School students who walked out today to protest ICE at the state Capitol, and we’re closely watching public officials who want them punished for exercising their free speech. Come for these kids and we’ll make sure they see you in court.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A federal court in West Virginia has warned state and federal officials they will be held in contempt and without qualified immunity protections if they continue to jail immigrants without showing cause. This is a win for the rule of law.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Trans youth like Becky Pepper-Jackson deserve the right to participate in school sports without facing discrimination. Tuesday, we'll be at the Supreme Court defending Becky and other trans kids' right to play. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

On January 13, our client Becky will have her case heard at the U.S. Supreme Court. Outside the court, we’ll be rallying for trans kids like Becky who just want to be part of a team and belong. Join us as we show up loud, united and impossible to ignore!

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice is again working in West Virginia after resigning from a police job in White Sulphur Springs last summer following public outcry. ACLU-WV investigative reporter Kyle Vass has the story. www.dragline.org/stories/offi...

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Officer Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Just Got Two More Police Jobs in West Virginia — Dragline

Public outcry erupted last July when news broke that Timothy Loehmann – the man who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in a Cleveland park in 2014 – was hired as a police officer by the City of White Sulph...

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A Court has dismissed our request to stop the WV National Guard deployment to D.C. but also warned that any future deployments to states where governors haven't requested the Guard may be unlawful. Troops should not be policing our communities. We'll continue to keep a close eye on this.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Applications open! The fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students, law students, and nontraditional students or citizen activists from historically marginalized communities that are underrepresented in West Virginia advocacy and policy-making spaces. www.acluwv.org/en/aclu-wv-e...

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ACLU-WV Equity & Justice Fellowship

Far too often, talented, hardworking young people who are directly impacted by the issues we fight for are funneled away from following their passions because they must prioritize paid work over

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Ever wanted to work on the front lines of some of the most important issues of our time, from the defense of our democracy, to abortion rights, trans rights, immigrants' rights, and more? We're hiring! www.acluwv.org/en/jobs/advo...

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ADVOCACY ASSOCIATE

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WEST VIRGINIA

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Tens of thousands of West Virginians lack access to clean drinking water. We continue to call on the State to prioritize the needs of people in our state, not the wants of religious institutions, in future decision-making.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The case challenging a $5 million WV Water Development Authority grant to an out-of-state religious school is coming to an end, with a Court declaring the original grant unconstitutional and the Authority agreeing that public funds will not be spent on religious education or advocacy.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The ACLU of West Virginia is aware of efforts made by a local college to intimidate protestors participating in an anti-ICE demonstration today off campus. Volunteers will be on the ground in Bethany today and will be watching closely.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The Trump administration is removing exhibits that reference slavery from Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, according to news reports. This government-mandated historical amnesia is the work of racist propagandists, not public servants.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

NEW: A court denied a motion to dismiss our lawsuit challenging the state’s unlawful granting of vaccine exemptions. We won’t stop saying it: The political whims of a governor don’t outweigh the law.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We applaud the Ohio County Board of Education for rejecting a proposal that would have allowed students to leave during school hours to undergo “biblical education” by an anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion religious organization. The constitution is clear: Our public schools are not Sunday schools.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Sending West Virginia troops to support President Trump’s attempt to sow fear in D.C. communities is unnecessary and inflammatory. It’s also an unlawful misuse of our state’s Guard members. We’ll see the governor in court.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Militarization will not make the nation’s capital safer (crime is already at a 30-year low) and more police will not solve homelessness; they will only make the problem worse.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

After the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain – which saw troops weaponized against U.S. citizens – legal battles shaped West Virginia’s laws to restrict governors’ abilities to deploy the Guard. Deployments outside our borders can only be for specific, enumerated purposes — none of which exist here.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

BREAKING: We won’t stand by while the governor sends vital National Guard resources out of state to participate in a political stunt by President Trump. We just filed a lawsuit on behalf of WV Citizen Action Group to halt deployment of the Guard to Washington, D.C.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Along with Mountain State Justice, we have filed a new lawsuit to halt enforcement of the governor’s executive order on vaccine exemptions. Our previous lawsuit was dismissed on technical grounds, but we will keep making the case that governors do not legislate by decree.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

BREAKING: We’ve reached a final agreement on behalf of our client, a Marshall University student whose legal status was unlawfully revoked by the Trump administration. Under the agreement, the administration is reversing the actions it took against our client, S.V., and will not repeat them.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

"My hope in writing 'American Teenager' was to illustrate what should already be self-evident: Trans kids are just kids, no different than any other kid ... deserving of the same respect afforded to everyone else on this planet." westvirginiawatch.com/2025/07/24/l...

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Listen to trans kids, not hateful propaganda • West Virginia Watch

West Virginia has banned trans kids from accessing necessary medical care and will now force teachers to out them to their families

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A Court has dismissed our lawsuit challenging Gov. Morrisey's vaccine executive order on a technicality that does not address the merits of our case. Governors cannot be allowed to legislate by decree. We will continue to pursue this issue.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

VICTORY: A court has ruled the WV Water Development Authority unconstitutionally granted funds to an out-of-state religious school. We’ve said all along it's inappropriate for public infrastructure money to fund religious education and advocacy. This is a big win for church-state separation.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

BREAKING: The Supreme Court announced it will hear our case challenging the state law banning trans students from participating in school sports. Lower courts were right to block this discriminatory law and others like it, and we will continue to defend the freedom of all kids to play.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Breaking: Our case challenging a $5 million grant in water development funds to a “radically Catholic” school in Ohio can move forward. Thousands in West Virginia lack clean water. Forcing them to fund this school’s religious mission with money meant for infrastructure is wholly inappropriate.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Join us as we head to D.C. to meet with Sens Capito and Justice to tell them how important Medicaid is to our state. Congress is moving on the "One Big Beautiful Bill" act, an ugly bill that would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid and deny coverage to some 65,000 West Virginians.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

We just filed suit along with Mountain State Justice to stop enforcement of Governor Morrisey’s vaccine exemption order. Governors do not rule by decree. We're suing to uphold the will of lawmakers.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

BREAKING: A court will continue to block the Trump administration from re-terminating legal records allowing our client, Marshall grad student S.V., to live and work in the U.S. S.V.’s records were restored last week after being unlawfully terminated.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

By a margin of 78 votes, Morgantown has upheld an ordinance criminalizing sleeping in public for people who have nowhere else to go. We are disappointed, but this vote does not change people's basic constitutional rights. We will watch enforcement of this ordinance closely. Our work continues.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Tomorrow is the Morgantown municipal election. We urge a “yes” vote on repealing the city’s so-called camping ban. No one should be locked up for being homeless.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

VICTORY: International students across the U.S. are having their legal statuses restored, including our clients at Marshall and WVU. The administration is backing down because they’ve been dragged to court across the country and lost again and again.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

BREAKING: WVU student Ali Sohail was falsely charged with a crime in 2023. The Trump administration cited the false charge when revoking his legal status earlier this month, plunging his life into chaos. We just filed a federal lawsuit on his behalf. We'll see the administration in court. Again.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

BREAKING: A judge has issued a temporary restraining order allowing our client, Marshall University grad student S.V., to remain in the country. The Trump administration had revoked his legal status just weeks before graduation. We won’t stop fighting until his status is permanently restored.

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ACLU of West Virginia @acluwv.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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