ACLU asks R.I. federal judge to block Trump grant restrictions for groups aiding victims of violence

The lawsuit was filed on June 16 by lawyers representing the ACLU of Rhode Island and the Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island, as well as Democracy Forward, Jacobson Lawyers Group, and the National Women’s Law Center. The case was assigned to Senior District Judge William E. Smith in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.