NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed a lawsuit today challenging Tennessee’s newly enacted law that violates the First Amendment rights of locally elected officials voting in favor of policies supporting immigrants. This law is an unprecedented effort to criminalize legislative speech, debate and deliberation. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 7 members of the Nashville Metropolitan Council, including members of the Council’s Immigrant Caucus, who could face felony charges simply for casting votes in favor of policies intended to support Tennessee’s immigrant communities. In enacting this law, Tennessee went beyond every other state in…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and Holland & Associates PC filed a petition in Davidson County Chancery Court today challenging the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s (TDSHS) refusal to issue accurate driver’s licenses and state identification documents to transgender Tennesseans. “All people deserve the freedom to live their lives safely and with dignity,” said Lucas Cameron-Vaughn, ACLU-TN senior staff attorney. “Our clients need accurate identification documents in order to travel for work and family, to vote, and to engage in everyday life like everyone else. Forcing them to carry identification that contradicts who…