The New Mexico legislature is just one of the ways that we advance civil liberties in our state, and we spend a significant amount of time engaging in the legislative process each year.
We aim to support bills that strengthen our rights guaranteed under the Constitution and defeat bills that threaten them. See below for the legislation we're supporting this year.
Probation and parole were designed to be an alternative to incarceration and as a conditional release after incarceration, but these systems have become a series of traps that lock people back up.
Wealth should not determine liberty, but that’s exactly what would happen if New Mexico rolls back bail reform.
Indigenous students have the right to a quality education that meets their cultural needs. For far too long, policies from both the federal and state governments have given way to policies that have...
The fight for voting rights remains as critical as ever. Politicians across the country continue to engage in voter suppression, efforts that include additional obstacles to registration, cutbacks on early...
The enforcement of marijuana laws generates some of the justice system’s starkest racial disparities. “The War on Marijuana in...
The ACLU of New Mexico fought to make this compassionate care, known as medical aid in dying, available to New Mexicans by filing the lawsuit Morris v. New Mexico in 2011. The New Mexico State...