At any given time, the ACLU of Wisconsin has thirty to forty active matters on its litigation docket. From municipalities infringing on individuals' free speech rights, to schools not taking race-based bullying seriously, to broader statewide issues.
Among the issues we work on are freedom of speech, freedom of religion, privacy, discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation or disability, police misconduct, censorship in school or libraries, fairness in application of school discipline, access to government documents, inhumane jail and prison conditions, and other issues of fair treatment by government.
In 2020, the ACLU of Wisconsin filed a discrimination complaint on behalf of Jessie Mchomvu, whose biracial son was continually targeted with persistent racial jokes and...
We filed a lawsuit in the Wisconsin Supreme Court seeking the release of elderly and vulnerable people from state prisons in order to avoid a dangerous outbreak that would further strain the state’s health...
In 2018, we reached a settlement with MPD to reform their unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices.
Petitioner Gerald Mitchell’s blood was drawn while he was unconscious at the direction of the police after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. The police did not have a warrant and conceded that...
As part of a complaint we filed in 2019, we asked the Greendale School District to investigate — and meaningfully act upon — a series of racist incidents in its...