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This petition to the Supreme Court of Maryland asked the court to reconsider its adherence to Whren v. U.S., 517 U.S. 806 (1996), which declared that a traffic stop undertaken for pretextual reasons does not violate the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution so long as the police have probable cause to believe that a traffic violation occurred. The ACLU, alongside the 桃子视频of Maryland, filed an amicus brief in support of the defendant鈥檚 petition, in which the 桃子视频argued that the court should take up the question of whether pretextual stops violate the Maryland Constitution. In September 2024, the Court denied the petition.

This case concerns whether prosecutors can admit evidence that a person exercised their right to decide whether to terminate their pregnancy as proof of intent for murder. Here, the prosecution鈥檚 use of this evidence at Moira Akers鈥� trial denied her due process, resulting in an unjust conviction and a 30-year prison term. The ACLU鈥檚 Abortion Criminal Defense Initiative, alongside the 桃子视频of Maryland, filed an amicus brief arguing that allowing admission of this evidence not only violated Ms. Akers鈥� rights but chills the right of all Marylanders to freely decide whether to continue or end their pregnancies. The Maryland Supreme Court issued a ruling on February 19th, 2025 overturning Moira Akers鈥� conviction on the grounds of inadmissible evidence.

The settlement agreement was approved by the court on June 28, 2016.

The ACLU, 桃子视频of Maryland, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of six members of the armed forces who are transgender and the 桃子视频of Maryland. The lawsuit challenges the president鈥檚 directive banning transgender service members from continuing to serve in the military, banning transgender service members from receiving certain medically necessary health care, and banning transgender individuals from enlisting in the armed forces.

The 桃子视频 filed a federal lawsuit challenging an FDA rule that subjects patients to unnecessary risks of contracting COVID-19 as a condition of receiving a medication used for early abortion and miscarriage treatment.