The Legal Program handles cases that involve infringements upon constitutional rights and civil liberties. We represent individuals or classes of individuals whose cases will either serve to create new precedent or will result in general system-wide reform in favor of protecting and defending civil liberties.
In other situations, we may not file a lawsuit, but may write letters calling for changes or reforms.
The ACLU of Montana, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) filed a lawsuit challenging a new Montana law, (SB 490) that restricts Indigenous participation in the...
This case is on behalf of two Montana State University graduate students who had their F-1 student immigration status unlawfully and abruptly terminated by the Trump administration.
This case challenges HB 121, a newly enacted law which stigmatizes and discriminates against transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming Montanans by effectively barring access public facilities and...
UPDATE: On Friday, February 7, 2025, a District Court denied the State of Montana's Motion to Dismiss this case.
