News & Commentary

ACLU-WV staff members spoke at this morning's public hearing on Senate Concurrent Resolution 4, a call for a Constitutional Convention to impose term limits on members of Congress.  

With a unanimous vote, the Morgantown City Council has become the first municipality in West Virginia to effectively decriminalize cannabis.   

Today ACLU-WV issued a position statement to members of the House of Delegates asking them to reject House Bill 4155, which would require applicants for plumbers' licenses to obtain work authorization through the E-Verify system.

On February 16, the ACLU of West Virginia issued a position statement to members of the House Judiciary Committee on House Bill 2732 or the 'Defend the Guard Act.'

A City of Beckley ordinance restricting when individuals may erect political signage is unconstitutional and should be scrapped, ACLU-WV told city officials in a letter today.

This morning the ACLU-WV came out with activists and advocates from across the state to speak out against House Bill 4615, the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. 

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Nine elected West Virginia officials and one police department have been notified that they are violating the First Amendment rights of their constituents who they have blocked on Facebook and Twitter. 

In October 2019, Sam Krzys, a member of law enforcement who works as a school resource officer in Weirton, posted a photo of himself proudly standing by a hooded figure hanging from a noose in a tree in his front yard.  In his post, he referred to his family as the “crazy Krzys clan.” 

The Crown Act protects against discrimination by adding to the West Virginia Human Rights Act traits commonly associated with race like hair texture and protective styles including braids and twists.