Issues
The ACLU is working daily in courtrooms, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the United States Constitution and laws of the guarantees everyone in this country. Here are the primary issues our work focuses on.
Immigrant Rights
For years the ACLU of Idaho has actively engaged in protecting the immigrant community through fighting anti-immigrant legislation, providing...
Last updated Sep 08, 2025
LGBTQ Justice
The ACLU of Idaho works to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people can live openly without discrimination and enjoy equal...
Last updated Sep 08, 2025
Reproductive Freedom
Reproductive freedom is an essential component in the fight for gender equity. The ACLU of Idaho is committed to ensuring all people have access to...
Last updated Sep 08, 2025
Criminal Legal Reform
We seek to end mass incarceration, excessively harsh criminal justice policies, over-criminalization, racial injustice and other structural and...
Last updated Sep 08, 2025
Public Defense Reform
Idaho has had over half a century to comply with the Constitution’s guarantees of real justice in criminal court. It has had more than half a...
Last updated Sep 08, 2025
Prisoners' Rights
A culture of punishment, combined with race- and class-based animus, has led the United States to rely on incarceration more heavily than any other...
Last updated Sep 08, 2025
