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Supreme Court Deals Blow To Bush Administration's Guantánamo Policy And Affirms Individual Right To Bear Arms (06/26/2008)
NEW YORK - The Supreme Court ended its 2007 Term by rejecting a centerpiece of the Bush administration's crumbling Guantánamo policy for the third time in four years while recognizing, for the first time in American history, an individual right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.

Supreme Court Decisions Protect Workers From Retaliation For Reporting On-The-Job Discrimination (05/27/2008)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union welcomed two decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court today protecting workers from retaliation when they complain about on-the-job discrimination.

Supreme Court Upholds Lethal Injection in Kentucky (04/16/2008)
NEW YORK – The ACLU expressed disappointment with today's 7-2 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the three drug lethal injection method of capital punishment used in Kentucky and other states.

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Indiana Voter ID Law (09/25/2007)
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People welcomed today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court to grant review in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. The case challenges Indiana’s voter ID law, which is the most restrictive in the nation.

ACLU Welcomes Supreme Court's Decision to Hear Guantánamo Challenges (06/29/2007)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union welcomed today's decision by the Supreme Court to review an appeal by Guantánamo detainees, who are seeking the right to challenge the legality of their detention in federal court. The Court had previously declined to hear the appeal in April, but reversed course in an order issued today on the final day of the Supreme Court Term.

New Conservative Majority Rolls Back Fundamental Rights and Closes Courthouse Doors (06/28/2007)
NEW YORK -- Civil liberties took a beating as the Supreme Court ended its 2006 Term by limiting the ability of local officials to address the problem of segregated schools, making it more difficult to challenge the use of taxpayer funds to promote religion, and restricting student free speech.

ACLU Expresses Mixed Feelings About Supreme Court Decision in School Desegregation Cases (06/28/2007)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union expressed both relief and concern after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling today in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education.

ACLU Slams Supreme Court Decision in Student Free Speech Case (06/25/2007)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today criticized the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in Morse v. Frederick, which held that Alaska public school officials did not violate a student's free speech rights by punishing him for displaying a banner during a public event.

ACLU Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Fourth Amendment Rights of Car Passengers (06/18/2007)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union applauded today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court in Brendlin v. California, recognizing that passengers in a car that is stopped by the police are seized as well as the driver, and therefore have the same right under the Fourth Amendment to protest an unconstitutional stop that is based on the police officer’s whim rather than evidence of wrongdoing.

ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Fairness in Juror Selection for Death Penalty Cases (04/17/2007)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the United States Supreme Court to uphold established constitutional and legal procedures that help to ensure fair jury selection in death penalty cases.

Supreme Court Considers Broad Attack on Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees (04/17/2007)
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court today heard arguments in a case that may determine whether a plaintiff who successfully obtains a preliminary injunction is ever entitled to recovery of attorneys’ fees. The case, Sole v. Wyner, stems from a free speech lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida.