Trump, ACLU and art

RI ACLU lawsuit challenges Trump’s executive order restricting federal arts grants
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island filed a lawsuit Thursday morning that challenges a new certification requirement for federal arts grants.
RI ACLU challenging Trump executive order
The Rhode Island ACLU are leading another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time over an executive order on grants by the National Endowment for the Arts.
ACLU of Rhode Island challenges Trump's executive order involving federal art grants
The lawsuit was filed by the ACLU of Rhode Island in federal court Thursday morning. For the past 60 years, artists and theater group across the country, have had the opportunity
RI ACLU sues Trump administration over ‘gender ideology’ executive order arts funding provision
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island will announce a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday.
Theaters represented by the ACLU sue the NEA over ‘gender ideology’ policy
Groups represented by the ACLU are looking to block new National Endowment for the Arts requirements for grant applicants.
Theater Groups & ACLU File Lawsuit Over National Endowment For The Arts’ New Grant Restrictions On Gender Ideology
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of four arts and theater organizations challenging new restrictions placed on federal grants by the National Endowment for the Arts to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting promotion of gender ideology.
NEA nixes certification requirement restricting federal arts grants after ACLU lawsuit
The National Endowment for the Arts agreed Friday to remove a certification requirement that forced artists to attest that they will not "promote gender ideology" to secure federal grants.
Arts groups sue NEA for new 'gender ideology'-related grant restrictions
The lawsuit pushes back against a recent executive order from President Donald Trump that asks funding applicants to agree not to promote "gender ideology" in their work.
Public meetings in few R.I. communities are fully remotely accessible, ACLU says. There is progress, report finds.
Only 12 city and town councils and only 5 school committees reach what the ACLU considers to be key criteria for remote ...
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Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the Arts
On March 6, 2025, the ACLU; the ACLU of Rhode Island; Lynette Labinger, cooperating attorney for the ACLU of Rhode Island; ...
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NEA Suspends 'Gender Ideology' Pledge for Artists; Funding Ban Remains Amid ACLU Lawsuit
The National Endowment for the Arts has agreed to remove a certification requirement that forced artists to attest that they ...
ACLU, Theater Companies File Lawsuit Against National Endowment for the Arts
The lawsuit claims that new grant requirements prohibiting promoting "gender ideology" violate First and Fifth Amendment ...
New England arts groups sue the NEA
The plaintiffs: Rhode Island Latino Arts, The Theater Offensive, which is a Boston organization dedicated to arts by queer and trans people of color, National Queer Theater in New York, and Theater ...