Keeping Mountaineers free. Always.https://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3mj3aijr2522fWe’ve heard concerns from several of you in Greenbrier County about precinct changes, voter purges, and more. That’s why we’re moderating a town hall discussion with the WV Secretary of State’s Office and the Greenbrier County Clerk’s Office in Lewisburg April 14. Get your questions answered!09 Apr 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3aijr2522fhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3mgx27kbdi227Applications are open for the Joseph Cohen Equity and Justice Fellowship! This fellowship provides paid experience in civil rights work to young people who are from a historically marginalized communities that are underrepresented in West Virginia advocacy and policy-making spaces. https://action.aclu.org/webform/wv-fellowship13 Mar 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgx27kbdi227https://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3mgbe355pdk22We stand in solidarity with the Capital High School students who walked out today to protest ICE at the state Capitol, and we’re closely watching public officials who want them punished for exercising their free speech. Come for these kids and we’ll make sure they see you in court.04 Mar 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbe355pdk22https://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3mg3peplrgc2hA federal court in West Virginia has warned state and federal officials they will be held in contempt and without qualified immunity protections if they continue to jail immigrants without showing cause. This is a win for the rule of law.02 Mar 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3peplrgc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3mdvzphlzm224Absentee voter fraud is exceedingly rare and has never altered the outcome of an election in West Virginia. This isn't about preventing fraud. It's about making it harder for everyone to vote. https://www.acluwv.org/news/president-trump-wants-to-end-vote-by-mail-for-everyone-the-wv-legislature-shouldnt-be-helping-him/02 Feb 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvzphlzm224https://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3mcl4vixotc2uHappening now: ICE is causing fear and chaos in West Virginia communities. It's crucial that you know your rights if you find yourself as a bystander to enforcement activity. https://www.acluwv.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-what-you-can-do-as-a-bystander-during-immigration-enforcement-actions/16 Jan 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcl4vixotc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3mcakx767ac2kTrans youth like Becky Pepper-Jackson deserve the right to participate in school sports without facing discrimination. Tuesday, we'll be at the Supreme Court defending Becky and other trans kids' right to play. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-trans-athletes-at-the-center-of-supreme-court-cases-don-t-fit-conservative-stereotypes/ar-AA1U3f1Y?ocid=BingNewsSerp&fbclid=IwY2xjawPSDfhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEet18z1u8raDNVrr5AVY1rP2sjd_W5HKYTzzcnjbG2g2dmWtXBeS-hKuJMY-Y_aem_5sEG2IiQx8dFu1chG-5z0Q12 Jan 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcakx767ac2khttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3mb7xpbve6s2bOn January 13, our client Becky will have her case heard at the U.S. Supreme Court. Outside the court, we’ll be rallying for trans kids like Becky who just want to be part of a team and belong. Join us as we show up loud, united and impossible to ignore!30 Dec 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7xpbve6s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3ma56c2ocek2sThe officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice is again working in West Virginia after resigning from a police job in White Sulphur Springs last summer following public outcry. ACLU-WV investigative reporter Kyle Vass has the story. https://www.dragline.org/stories/officer-who-killed-12-year-old-tamir-rice-just-got-two-more-police-jobs-in-west-virginia16 Dec 2025 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma56c2ocek2shttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3m76ivbk7gs2f“Imagine if the president, Congress and governors wanted to throw resources that would actually address poverty, homelessness, hunger and crime." https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/12/04/gov-morrisey-needs-to-bring-the-guard-home-and-stand-up-for-west-virginia/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOepKVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEekEyYmbT-_Gi_dGPTkZihEB2uPjA1wyOoorTXzX8jZb2BVZaC5Zk4_8bY4-Y_aem_6VLYyMVY_0qOiD0zbl3s3g04 Dec 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76ivbk7gs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3m6fcel7t5c2vPast measures have not fixed the long-standing issues of violence towards Black people by Charleston Police. It’s time for a reckoning. https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/11/24/attorneys-are-right-to-demand-accountability-from-charleston-police/24 Nov 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fcel7t5c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3m5cky7d55s2dA Court has dismissed our request to stop the WV National Guard deployment to D.C. but also warned that any future deployments to states where governors haven't requested the Guard may be unlawful. Troops should not be policing our communities. We'll continue to keep a close eye on this.10 Nov 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cky7d55s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3m3bfn5lwe22lApplications open! The fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students, law students, and nontraditional students or citizen activists from historically marginalized communities that are underrepresented in West Virginia advocacy and policy-making spaces. https://www.acluwv.org/en/aclu-wv-equity-justice-fellowship15 Oct 2025 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3bfn5lwe22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3m2k4mra5722fEver wanted to work on the front lines of some of the most important issues of our time, from the defense of our democracy, to abortion rights, trans rights, immigrants' rights, and more? We're hiring! https://www.acluwv.org/en/jobs/advocacy-associate?fbclid=IwY2xjawNQ1gtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlRvjt8I2ySLcW5_JdDZiWTuGDrORPxI8QIc7o0ipE1I3ly3lNWoCMAYKXw5_aem_rvNfDUjsaNaAOhfWx5sffw06 Oct 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2k4mra5722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lzqumt2o222vThe case challenging a $5 million WV Water Development Authority grant to an out-of-state religious school is coming to an end, with a Court declaring the original grant unconstitutional and the Authority agreeing that public funds will not be spent on religious education or advocacy.26 Sep 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqumt2o222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lz4qykih4c2zThe ACLU of West Virginia is aware of efforts made by a local college to intimidate protestors participating in an anti-ICE demonstration today off campus. Volunteers will be on the ground in Bethany today and will be watching closely.18 Sep 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4qykih4c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lz2hd3kdjk2iThe Trump administration is removing exhibits that reference slavery from Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, according to news reports. This government-mandated historical amnesia is the work of racist propagandists, not public servants.17 Sep 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2hd3kdjk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lyvjizu7os2nNEW: A court denied a motion to dismiss our lawsuit challenging the state’s unlawful granting of vaccine exemptions. We won’t stop saying it: The political whims of a governor don’t outweigh the law.15 Sep 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvjizu7os2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lxct624z7k2fWe applaud the Ohio County Board of Education for rejecting a proposal that would have allowed students to leave during school hours to undergo “biblical education” by an anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion religious organization. The constitution is clear: Our public schools are not Sunday schools.26 Aug 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxct624z7k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lwwsttbik22zBREAKING: We won’t stand by while the governor sends vital National Guard resources out of state to participate in a political stunt by President Trump. We just filed a lawsuit on behalf of WV Citizen Action Group to halt deployment of the Guard to Washington, D.C.21 Aug 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwsttbik22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lwp3loyiqc24Along with Mountain State Justice, we have filed a new lawsuit to halt enforcement of the governor’s executive order on vaccine exemptions. Our previous lawsuit was dismissed on technical grounds, but we will keep making the case that governors do not legislate by decree.18 Aug 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwp3loyiqc24https://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lv754ipxas2hBREAKING: We’ve reached a final agreement on behalf of our client, a Marshall University student whose legal status was unlawfully revoked by the Trump administration. Under the agreement, the administration is reversing the actions it took against our client, S.V., and will not repeat them.30 Jul 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv754ipxas2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3luprwtqrhk2q"My hope in writing 'American Teenager' was to illustrate what should already be self-evident: Trans kids are just kids, no different than any other kid ... deserving of the same respect afforded to everyone else on this planet." https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/07/24/listen-to-trans-kids-not-hateful-propaganda/24 Jul 2025 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3luprwtqrhk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lunqfqfaws2uA Court has dismissed our lawsuit challenging Gov. Morrisey's vaccine executive order on a technicality that does not address the merits of our case. Governors cannot be allowed to legislate by decree. We will continue to pursue this issue.23 Jul 2025 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunqfqfaws2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lul3w3hlwk22Join us with author Nico Lang at the South Charleston Public Library 1-3 p.m. this Saturday! https://wvpublic.org/story/arts-culture/author-of-new-book-profiling-trans-teens-visiting-charleston-this-month/22 Jul 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lul3w3hlwk22https://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3ltkepjgy3s2bVICTORY: A court has ruled the WV Water Development Authority unconstitutionally granted funds to an out-of-state religious school. We’ve said all along it's inappropriate for public infrastructure money to fund religious education and advocacy. This is a big win for church-state separation.09 Jul 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltkepjgy3s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lt2xpwd4sc26BREAKING: The Supreme Court announced it will hear our case challenging the state law banning trans students from participating in school sports. Lower courts were right to block this discriminatory law and others like it, and we will continue to defend the freedom of all kids to play.03 Jul 2025 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2xpwd4sc26https://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lscehto23k2sBreaking: Our case challenging a $5 million grant in water development funds to a “radically Catholic” school in Ohio can move forward. Thousands in West Virginia lack clean water. Forcing them to fund this school’s religious mission with money meant for infrastructure is wholly inappropriate.23 Jun 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lscehto23k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lrem2dsosc24This is the correct move by the Board of Education. The Constitution doesn't allow the governor to ignore laws he doesn't like. https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/06/11/defying-morrisey-executive-order-wv-board-of-ed-directs-schools-to-follow-existing-vaccines-law/?fbclid=IwY2xjawK2889leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFqdXlscWdZNTFlajMyNnhQAR7KgiqeDgSR12s6nVwhbkiagO9UYAOUDTQkiEnlO1akM-ciceXaCvFwL1PLDQ_aem_OGx-jLPe_mcAMIcjgIMoIQ11 Jun 2025 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrem2dsosc24https://bsky.app/profile/acluwv.bsky.social/post/3lrdqjyoapc2oJoin us as we head to D.C. to meet with Sens Capito and Justice to tell them how important Medicaid is to our state. Congress is moving on the "One Big Beautiful Bill" act, an ugly bill that would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid and deny coverage to some 65,000 West Virginians.11 Jun 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:dciprhthyfxbu3powpej75ch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdqjyoapc2o