Preserving Liberty in the Commonwealth

Kentucky Families Ask SCOTUS to Block Ban on Healthcare

VICTORY! Supreme Court Rules Change of Venue Law Unconstitutional

We're Hiring a Deputy Director!

ACLU-KY Asks State Elections Board for Clearer Absentee Ballot Guidance

Last year, we received several reports from voters across the state that poll workers and clerks were unclear about wether people could vote in person after requesting an absentee ballot.

Visible and Invisible Scars: Reflections on 9/11

Our executive director, Amber Duke, shares her own memories of September 11, 2001, and the attacks on civil liberties that followed.

ACLU-KY Asks DOJ To Investigate Kentucky Juvenile Detention Center

The ACLU-KY legal team requested the Department of Justice investigate the Adair Regional Detention Center, citing multiple issues that put children there at risk of physical and mental harm.

Kentucky Families Will Urge US Supreme Court to Block Ban on Essential Healthcare for Transgender Youth

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and National Center for Lesbian Rights, on behalf of Kentucky parents, will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of...

October 31, 2023

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Change of Venue Law Unconstitutional

The Kentucky Supreme Court today struck down Senate Bill 126, a change of venue law allowing any party to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law to unilaterally transfer the case from...

September 28, 2023

ACLU of Kentucky and NCLR Statement on Sixth Circuit Decision to Reverse Injunction in Transgender Youth Health Care Ban Case

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today declined to lift the stay of the preliminary injunction in Doe v Thornbury, our case regarding medically necessary care for transgender youth in Kentucky. The ban on...

The legal fight to protect trans youth

Following the Kentucky General Assembly's passage of Senate Bill 150, our legal department has filed Doe v Thornbury to protect trans youth in Kentucky.