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ACLU of Colorado and Colorado Freedom Fund (CFF) sent a letter to municipal councils following a recent Colorado Supreme Court decision that determined local sentences harsher than those outlined in state law for the same conduct are illegal and unenforceable.

Despite numerous calls from its constituents to vote no on this new contract, Denver City Council voted to allow Mayor Mike Johnston to abruptly switch from one dragnet surveillance corporation to another...

An 8-1 ruling from the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) against Colorado's ban on conversion therapy on youth under the age of 18 could open the door to stripping protections away from LGBTQ+ youth in the country. The case now returns to the lower courts. 

The first year of the Trump administration's second term played out as we feared it would, with an onslaught of attacks on civil rights. The abuses of federal power were most profoundly seen in our immigrant communities in Colorado, and across the United States. This was not unexpected. The ACLU of Colorado, as well as our national office and other state affiliates, prepared for the possibility of President Trump's second term. With lessons gained from his first term, we were equipped to respond to these escalating attacks with litigation, community organizing, and policymaking.