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Due Process
Ensuring that every person in the United States receives due process of law, i.e. all of the legal rights granted to him or her by law, is one of the ACLU’s most important goals.Americans' most basic constitutional rights are severely threatened when people's ability to go to court is restricted or denied. The due process and equal protection clauses embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every "person," and are not limited to U.S. citizens. The ACLU works to preserve due process and uphold the integrity of our justice system. The ACLU of Colorado has worked to preserve due process of law in various cases concerning detention proceedings for protestors and bystanders arrested en masse during the DNC, attorney visits to prisoners, and procedures for granting and revoking prisoners’ religious diets.
Related Cases
2010-07
Homeless persons in Boulder are at risk of being prosecuted under a city ordinance that prohibits “camping.” The law prohibits sleeping outside with “shelter,” which Boulder defines to include any protection from the elements other than clothing. READ MORE >
2009-15
This suit, filed on behalf of Colorado resident Luis Quezada, asserts that Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink illegally imprisoned the ACLU’s client for 47 days in 2009 simply because federal immigration authorities suspected that Mr. Quezada was here in violation of federal immigration laws. READ MORE >
2009-03
The City of Colorado Springs had a long history of conducting “sweeps” of public parks and other public areas where the City’s homeless commonly slept, ostensibly for cleaning up the parks and discarding trash. READ MORE >
Related Legislation
No.HB 1352
The bill changes the classification, scope, definitions, and other specific provisions of certain drug-related crimes and the crime of fraud and deceit. READ MORE >
Civil Liberties at the Colorado Capitol
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