First Amendment

Protest sign that reads "freedom of speech." Background is a compilation of red and blue duotoned photos of the Constitution.

The First Amendment is critical to our democracy, in which the government is accountable to the people. The ACLU of Nevada protects the right to free speech, press, religious liberty, and assembly.

Our state, now more than ever, has continued to see a thread of attacks, one after the other, on the First Amendment rights of Nevadans, and we will continue to fight back in the courtrooms to ensure these rights are protected.

RECENT ACTIONS

The Latest

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ACLU of Nevada Partners with Holland & Hart on Critical Amicus Brief Involving Right to Open and Transparent Courts

Issue Areas: First Amendment
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ACLU OF NEVADA STATEMENT ON PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES

Issue Areas: First Amendment
News & Commentary
A faculty rally in favor of academic free speech is held in the main quad at Columbia University in New York.

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them.
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ACLU of Nevada files legal challenge to "pedestrian flow zone" ordinance

The ordinance is unconstitutionally overbroad and violates the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Issue Areas: First Amendment
Court Cases: McAllister v. Clark County
Court Case
Feb 16, 2024

McAllister v. Clark County

We're challenging Clark County's pedestrian flow zone ordinance for its vague language that allows LVMPD to selectively enforce and, in effect, selectively target people. Our client uses a manual wheelchair, and under this ordinance, could be charged with a misdemeanor for stopping to take a break.
Court Case
Aug 11, 2023

Ramsay v. State of Nevada

A Clark County court is banning people from the “Resort Corridor,” an expansive geographical area defined by Clark County ordinances, as a condition of probation without explanation or analysis for why this condition was imposed.
Court Case
Apr 19, 2023

ACLU of Nevada v. Clark County School District

In February, Durango High School students were attacked by CCSD police, and video of the incident was captured by a bystander. CCSD continues to stonewall the release of public records related to the incident. The ACLU of Nevada is representing two of the students attacked in the incident.
Court Case
Sep 21, 2022

Gordon v. City of Las Vegas

The ACLU of Nevada has filed a civil suit against Fremont Street Experience LLC. and the City of Las Vegas for placing an adult curfew on a public street.