Megan Bailey
@501meg.bsky.social
(She/Her/Y’all) | Southern — Arkanspicy. #arleg #arpx #arnews
Regnat populus! #arpx
BREAKING: A federal judge today halted new unconstitutional state laws making it harder for Arkansans to vote on the issues they care about.
We’re making sure power stays where it belongs — with the people.
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We’re making sure power stays where it belongs — with the people.
Read more: arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Judge issues injunction against Arkansas direct democracy laws - Arkansas Times
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of several Arkansas laws related to the ballot measure process.
arktimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Regnat populus! #arpx
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When officials sent Gregory Holt (Abdul Maalik Muhammad) 1,000 miles away in retaliation for his civil rights work, we sued — and after a two-day trial, the state agreed to bring him home.
The message is clear: incarcerated people still have constitutional rights.
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The message is clear: incarcerated people still have constitutional rights.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When officials sent Gregory Holt (Abdul Maalik Muhammad) 1,000 miles away in retaliation for his civil rights work, we sued — and after a two-day trial, the state agreed to bring him home.
The message is clear: incarcerated people still have constitutional rights.
ow.ly/r9wx50XrhsB
The message is clear: incarcerated people still have constitutional rights.
ow.ly/r9wx50XrhsB
No troops in our streets.
President Trump is moving to deploy up to 1,700 National Guard troops in 19 states — including Arkansas — to escalate his crackdown on immigrants.
Communities deserve safety, dignity, and due process, not soldiers at their doorsteps.
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Communities deserve safety, dignity, and due process, not soldiers at their doorsteps.
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Trump mobilizing up to 1,700 National Guard troops in 19 states in crime crackdown
Deployments reportedly set to take place largely in Republican-controlled states
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September 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
No troops in our streets.
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(1/6) Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth is imminent after a recent court ruling.
🧵 Here’s what you need to know:
🧵 Here’s what you need to know:
September 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
(1/6) Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth is imminent after a recent court ruling.
🧵 Here’s what you need to know:
🧵 Here’s what you need to know:
NEW: A federal judge has ordered Conway schools to take down Ten Commandments displays from classrooms.
We’ll keep fighting in court to protect the First Amendment rights of all Arkansans.
www.acluarkansas.org/en/press-rel...
We’ll keep fighting in court to protect the First Amendment rights of all Arkansans.
www.acluarkansas.org/en/press-rel...
August 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Heartbroken for trans youth and their families today. Courts should be protecting kids — not taking away the care they need to survive. We’ll keep fighting, alongside them, every step of the way. #arpx #arleg #arnews
Today's ruling puts politics over evidence and threatens the health and lives of transgender youth in Arkansas.
Read our explainer on the decision and what comes next: ow.ly/piN350WETQn
Read our explainer on the decision and what comes next: ow.ly/piN350WETQn
What the Eighth Circuit Court’s Brandt Ruling Means — and What Happens Next
Today, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision blocking Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. The ruling means the law will almost certainly go into
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August 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Arkansas' law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools is unconstitutional — and a federal court agrees.
August 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Arkansas' law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools is unconstitutional — and a federal court agrees.
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We sent a letter to all superintendents in Arkansas warning them not to display the Ten Commandments in schools after a federal judge this week ruled that a state law requiring the displays is “obviously unconstitutional.”
Every school district has an obligation to abide by the First Amendment.
Every school district has an obligation to abide by the First Amendment.
August 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We sent a letter to all superintendents in Arkansas warning them not to display the Ten Commandments in schools after a federal judge this week ruled that a state law requiring the displays is “obviously unconstitutional.”
Every school district has an obligation to abide by the First Amendment.
Every school district has an obligation to abide by the First Amendment.
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New: We sent letters to Arkansas superintendents warning the Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. The injunction covers four districts, but all schools must uphold students' constitutional rights.
Parents: See posters? Contact us: bit.ly/3UMq03D
Read the letter + release here: bit.ly/4mrxFjA
Parents: See posters? Contact us: bit.ly/3UMq03D
Read the letter + release here: bit.ly/4mrxFjA
Civil Rights Groups Warn Arkansas School Districts Not to Implement Ten Commandments Law After Federal Court Ruling
Today, four civil rights organizations sent a letter to public school superintendents across Arkansas, warning school districts not to implement Act 573.
www.acluarkansas.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New: We sent letters to Arkansas superintendents warning the Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. The injunction covers four districts, but all schools must uphold students' constitutional rights.
Parents: See posters? Contact us: bit.ly/3UMq03D
Read the letter + release here: bit.ly/4mrxFjA
Parents: See posters? Contact us: bit.ly/3UMq03D
Read the letter + release here: bit.ly/4mrxFjA
Public schools are not Sunday schools. This is a win for Arkansas families and religious freedom. #arnews #arpx #arleg
The court upheld every student’s right to learn free from government-imposed religion — this is a victory for Arkansas families and for the First Amendment.
www.acluarkansas.org/en/press-rel...
www.acluarkansas.org/en/press-rel...
August 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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📣 WE’RE HIRING: Operations Specialist
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Are you a detail-loving, spreadsheet-wielding, logistics master who thrives behind the scenes? Join the ACLU of Arkansas and help power the fight for civil liberties from the inside out.
Learn more and apply: acluarkansas.org/careers
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Are you a detail-loving, spreadsheet-wielding, logistics master who thrives behind the scenes? Join the ACLU of Arkansas and help power the fight for civil liberties from the inside out.
Learn more and apply: acluarkansas.org/careers
July 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
📣 WE’RE HIRING: Operations Specialist
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Are you a detail-loving, spreadsheet-wielding, logistics master who thrives behind the scenes? Join the ACLU of Arkansas and help power the fight for civil liberties from the inside out.
Learn more and apply: acluarkansas.org/careers
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Are you a detail-loving, spreadsheet-wielding, logistics master who thrives behind the scenes? Join the ACLU of Arkansas and help power the fight for civil liberties from the inside out.
Learn more and apply: acluarkansas.org/careers
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📢 WE’RE HIRING: Supporter Engagement Specialist
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Join the ACLU of Arkansas to engage supporters, build trust, and help power real change. Be the link between our mission and the people who make it possible.
Learn more and apply now: acluarkansas.org/careers
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Join the ACLU of Arkansas to engage supporters, build trust, and help power real change. Be the link between our mission and the people who make it possible.
Learn more and apply now: acluarkansas.org/careers
July 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📢 WE’RE HIRING: Supporter Engagement Specialist
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Join the ACLU of Arkansas to engage supporters, build trust, and help power real change. Be the link between our mission and the people who make it possible.
Learn more and apply now: acluarkansas.org/careers
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Join the ACLU of Arkansas to engage supporters, build trust, and help power real change. Be the link between our mission and the people who make it possible.
Learn more and apply now: acluarkansas.org/careers
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No one should be punished for exercising their constitutional rights. The retaliation against Mr. Muhammad is a threat to free speech, access to justice, and the right to hold government accountable.
Read about the case and what’s next: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/ju...
Read about the case and what’s next: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/ju...
Federal judge orders expedited bench trial for ‘jailhouse lawyer’ case over inmate transfer | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
An Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate who is fighting his transfer last month to a federal prison in West Virginia is set to have his case heard before the end of the year after a federal judge...
www.arkansasonline.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
No one should be punished for exercising their constitutional rights. The retaliation against Mr. Muhammad is a threat to free speech, access to justice, and the right to hold government accountable.
Read about the case and what’s next: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/ju...
Read about the case and what’s next: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/ju...
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A federal judge has granted our motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s ballot suppression laws, and our clients will have their day in court. Grassroots groups are stepping up to defend our right to organize, speak out, and shape the laws that govern us.
Read more: bit.ly/4o6qhvP
Read more: bit.ly/4o6qhvP
Judge allows groups to intervene in lawsuit challenging Arkansas direct democracy laws | Arkansas Advocate
A federal judge on Wednesday permitted two ballot question committees to join an existing lawsuit from the League of Women Voters of Arkansas that challenges the constitutionality of new direct democr...
arkansasadvocate.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A federal judge has granted our motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s ballot suppression laws, and our clients will have their day in court. Grassroots groups are stepping up to defend our right to organize, speak out, and shape the laws that govern us.
Read more: bit.ly/4o6qhvP
Read more: bit.ly/4o6qhvP
Join our growing team!
📣 WE’RE HIRING: Operations Specialist
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Are you a detail-loving, spreadsheet-wielding, logistics master who thrives behind the scenes? Join the ACLU of Arkansas and help power the fight for civil liberties from the inside out.
Learn more and apply: acluarkansas.org/careers
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Are you a detail-loving, spreadsheet-wielding, logistics master who thrives behind the scenes? Join the ACLU of Arkansas and help power the fight for civil liberties from the inside out.
Learn more and apply: acluarkansas.org/careers
July 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Join our growing team!
Come work with me!
📢 WE’RE HIRING: Supporter Engagement Specialist
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Join the ACLU of Arkansas to engage supporters, build trust, and help power real change. Be the link between our mission and the people who make it possible.
Learn more and apply now: acluarkansas.org/careers
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time
Join the ACLU of Arkansas to engage supporters, build trust, and help power real change. Be the link between our mission and the people who make it possible.
Learn more and apply now: acluarkansas.org/careers
July 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Come work with me!
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A community in Arkansas, called Return to the Land, wants to establish a whites-only town. Sky's Tom Cheshire went to visit.
Sky's Niall Paterson also speaks with far-right expert Dr Heidi Beirich about the community's ideology and the rise of white nationalism.
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Sky's Niall Paterson also speaks with far-right expert Dr Heidi Beirich about the community's ideology and the rise of white nationalism.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A community in Arkansas, called Return to the Land, wants to establish a whites-only town. Sky's Tom Cheshire went to visit.
Sky's Niall Paterson also speaks with far-right expert Dr Heidi Beirich about the community's ideology and the rise of white nationalism.
🎧 trib.al/KEofGvk
Sky's Niall Paterson also speaks with far-right expert Dr Heidi Beirich about the community's ideology and the rise of white nationalism.
🎧 trib.al/KEofGvk
Uplifting this powerful first-person essay by Rümeysa Oztürk, a Tufts PhD student who was arrested by DHS agents and detained across multiple ICE facilities. Her story deserves to be heard. Read and share: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Uplifting this powerful first-person essay by Rümeysa Oztürk, a Tufts PhD student who was arrested by DHS agents and detained across multiple ICE facilities. Her story deserves to be heard. Read and share: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
Evil.
Just in: In a major ruling, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning transgender kids, but not cisgender kids, from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy, regardless of their parents’ support for the treatment.
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for minors
"[The Court] authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children," Justice Sotomayor wrote in a dissent.
www.motherjones.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Evil.
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We’ve been busy in court fighting President Trump’s anti-trans executive orders.
Our lawyers answered your questions about our cases.
Our lawyers answered your questions about our cases.
Trump's Assault On Transgender Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We’ve been busy in court fighting President Trump’s anti-trans executive orders.
Our lawyers answered your questions about our cases.
Our lawyers answered your questions about our cases.
Reposted by Megan Bailey
JUST IN: Friday will be an opinion day at the Supreme Court. The justices previously announced Wednesday as a decision day. Join us tomorrow and Friday for a live blog starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern.
June 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
JUST IN: Friday will be an opinion day at the Supreme Court. The justices previously announced Wednesday as a decision day. Join us tomorrow and Friday for a live blog starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern.
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President Trump is abusing the power of the presidency — and people across the country are rising up in protest. Thousands of demonstrations are planned nationwide, including right here in Arkansas this weekend. Find an event: ow.ly/77TG50W8FuT
And know your rights before you go: ow.ly/uYfX50W8FuS
And know your rights before you go: ow.ly/uYfX50W8FuS
June 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
President Trump is abusing the power of the presidency — and people across the country are rising up in protest. Thousands of demonstrations are planned nationwide, including right here in Arkansas this weekend. Find an event: ow.ly/77TG50W8FuT
And know your rights before you go: ow.ly/uYfX50W8FuS
And know your rights before you go: ow.ly/uYfX50W8FuS
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Every student deserves to feel welcome, safe, and free to learn — no matter their beliefs. ow.ly/yqLb50W80oc
June 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Every student deserves to feel welcome, safe, and free to learn — no matter their beliefs. ow.ly/yqLb50W80oc
BREAKING: We’re suing the state of Arkansas over laws that silence voters and sabotage citizen-led ballot initiatives. These attacks on direct democracy violate the First Amendment.
We’re taking this fight to court — because in Arkansas, the people rule.
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We’re taking this fight to court — because in Arkansas, the people rule.
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May 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM