At any given time, the ACLU of RI is involved in dozens of cases. Below is just a sample of some of the cases the ACLU of RI is currently involved in, and the issues at hand include medical marijuana, free speech, immigration, due process, open government, and students' rights.
These are a few of the cases in which the Rhode Island ACLU is currently involved:
- Breault v. Goucher (2017) Category: Active Case Due Process Police Practices
- Lyssikatos V. King (2017) Category: Active Case Open Government Police Practices
- RIHAP v. Cranston (2017) Category: Active Case Discrimination Rights of the Poor Free Speech
- RIPAC v. Town of Smithfield (2017) Category: Active Case Discrimination Rights of the Disabled Medical Marijuana The "War on Drugs"
- Gooding v. Ocean Community YMCA (2017) Category: Active Case Discrimination Gender Discrimination Women's Rights
- Hunter v. City of Cranston (2017) Category: Active Case Due Process Free Speech
- In re: 38 Studios Grand Jury (2017) Category: Active Case Open Government
- ACLU v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (2017) Category: Active Case Discrimination Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Immigration Open Government
- Gemmell v. Affigne (2016) Category: Active Case Discrimination Rights of the Poor Due Process
- Federal Hill Capital v. City of Providence (2016) Category: Active Case Discrimination Due Process Students' Rights
- Perreault v. Harmony Fire District / Ferragamo v. Harmony Fire District (2016) Category: Active Case Discrimination Gender Discrimination Women's Rights Workplace Rights
- Caniglia v. City of Cranston (2015) Category: Active Case Due Process
- Freitas, et. al. v Kilmartin (2015) Category: Active Case Due Process Rights of Ex-Offenders
- Richer v. Parmelee (2015) Category: Active Case Due Process
- Eil v. DEA (2015) Category: Active Case Open Government
- Kurland v. City of Providence (2014) Category: Active Case Free Speech Right to Petition & Protest
- Callaghan v. Darlington Fabrics Corporation (2014) Category: Active Case Discrimination Medical Marijuana The "War on Drugs" Workplace Rights
- Morales v. Chadbourne (2012) Category: Active Case Discrimination Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Due Process Immigration