Why Should Delaware Care? An ACLU lawsuit against Wilmington argued that restrictions imposed in 2024 on community members organizing an event were unconstitutional. The case, which recently settled, highlights concerns about how the city manages public spaces, limits community organizers, and handles free expression, particularly when it criticizes local institutions.
In the coming weeks, certain Wilmington officials will be obligated to sit through a training session about the First Amendment.
The mandate is part of a settlement Wilmington reached last fall with the American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware and with a local activist who claimed that officials violated the Constitution in the summer of 2024 when they cancelled an event planned at a city-owned park that would include criticisms of police…