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Apr 22, 2015

Protecting Voting Rights at the State Supreme Court

Today cooperating attorney William E. Christie presented oral argument to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the state’s appeal of Guare, et al. v. State of New Hampshire.
At issue is Senate Bill 318,...

By Paul

Apr 9, 2015

Opinion of the Justices (Domicile for Voting Purposes)

The NH House of Representatives requested a legal opinion from the NH Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of House Bill 112. The ACLU-NH filed a brief stating the requirements imposed are not only...

Apr 8, 2015

ACLU-NH Joins Unusual Allies in Call for Criminal Justice Reform

On March 26^th hundreds of people from dozens of organizations came together in Washington D.C. with one task in mind—to express shared commitments to reforming our nation’s broken criminal justice...

Mar 30, 2015

ACLU Settles Case Against Nashua on Behalf of Homeless Client Who Spent 33 Days in Jail Just for Walking in a Park

On March 4, 2015, the City of Nashua formally agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a civil claim made by a poor and...

Mar 14, 2015

Pendleton v. Town of Hudson et al.

ACLU-NH filed a lawsuit seeking to end the unconstitutional practice of detaining, harassing, threatening, dispersing, and citing panhandlers in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments of...

Mar 13, 2015

Pendleton v. City of Nashua et al.

The ACLU-NH secures the dismissal of criminal charges against a man who is homeless and charged with criminal trespassing for walking in a park adjacent to the Nashua public library, violating his First...