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What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing

‘Tis the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...

What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing

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Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration

A demonstrator holding a sign that says Defend Democracy.

From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.

Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration

Chad Marlow, ACLU, Allie Bohm, NYCLU, and Matthew Libby, playwright from the Data the Play x ACLU talkback on March 18, 2026

As the ACLU fights to protect people’s privacy, playwright Matthew Libby discusses his play about the private companies fueling the government’s surveillance of immigrants.

By Allegra Harpootlian

How One Playwright is Using Theatre to Expose the Surveillance State

Demonstrators marching in celebration of International Women's Day.

This Women’s History Month, the ACLU looks at how the Trump administration is pushing policies designed to keep women at home.

By Ming-Qi Chu, Ashley Johnson

Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights Movement

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The ACLU is suing the state of West Virginia for its moratorium on clinics providing methadone, an opioid treatment that cuts the risk of overdose deaths in half.

By Sarah Stone, Joe Solomon

Care Denied: West Virginia's Ban on Methadone Clinics Blocks Life-Saving Medicine

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What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing

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Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration

From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.

Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration

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Apr 02, 2020

COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate — Neither Should Congress’ Response

Congress must fix its failure to include millions of people in testing and relief.

By Manar Waheed, Avideh Moussavian

Congress must fix its failure to include millions of people in testing and relief.

By Manar Waheed, Avideh Moussavian

Members of the House practice social distancing as they sit on the floor of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol and debate on the coronavirus stimulus package known as the CARES Act. By the end of March, the legislation was signed and passed, but has been under scrutiny for its exclusion of assistance for immigrants.

COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate — Neither Should Congress’ Response

Apr 02, 2020

COVID-19 Response: Shrink the Criminal Justice Footprint

As the coronavirus continues to spread across the country, the nation’s jails and prisons have become ripe breeding grounds for COVID-19. Millions of people who interact with our criminal justice system are at risk. Last weekend marked the first COVID-related death of an inmate and new reports...

COVID-19 Response: Shrink the Criminal Justice Footprint

Apr 01, 2020

The Added Importance of the Census, in Light of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for everyone to be counted in this year’s census.

By Steven K. Choi

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for everyone to be counted in this year’s census.

By Steven K. Choi

Two envelopes containing 2020 U.S. Census forms.

The Added Importance of the Census, in Light of COVID-19

Mar 31, 2020

The Transgender Community Needs More than Visibility

Aimee Stephens was fired for being trans and brought her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Transgender Day of Visibility, she shares...

By Aimee Stephens

Aimee Stephens was fired for being trans and brought her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Transgender Day of Visibility, she shares...

By Aimee Stephens

Aimee Stephens speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court.

The Transgender Community Needs More than Visibility

Mar 30, 2020

Is Location Tracking Technology the Magic Pill to Stemming the Coronavirus?

Times of emergency require a different weighing of privacy considerations, but we should be closely scrutinizing any government attempts to exploit...

By Jay Stanley

Times of emergency require a different weighing of privacy considerations, but we should be closely scrutinizing any government attempts to exploit...

By Jay Stanley

One hand holding a cell phone while the other hovers with index finger extended over a smart phone showing a map of North and South America.

Is Location Tracking Technology the Magic Pill to Stemming the Coronavirus?

Mar 27, 2020

Those “Free” Remote Learning Apps Have a High Cost: Your Student’s Privacy

To be true angels during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, tech companies providing free remote learning apps should disable features that spy on...

By Chad Marlow

To be true angels during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, tech companies providing free remote learning apps should disable features that spy on...

By Chad Marlow

A young child works at home remotely on an online class assignment.

Those “Free” Remote Learning Apps Have a High Cost: Your Student’s Privacy

Mar 26, 2020

Asylum Seekers Stranded in Mexico Face a New Danger: COVID-19

For asylum seekers returned to Mexico, an uncertain and dangerous future now looms.

By Ashoka Mukpo

For asylum seekers returned to Mexico, an uncertain and dangerous future now looms.

By Ashoka Mukpo

Two boys running around and playing outside of tents in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Asylum Seekers Stranded in Mexico Face a New Danger: COVID-19

Mar 25, 2020

How the ACLU is responding to COVID-19

With the recent spread of COVID-19 in the United States, we now face a public health emergency unlike any we’ve seen in our work at the ACLU. Across the country, schools are closed, employees are adapting to new work from home policies, and some state and local officials have even implemented...

How the ACLU is responding to COVID-19

Mar 25, 2020

Living with COVID — in an Immigration Jail

Each of the 37,000 people currently detained by ICE are at severe risk of contracting COVID-19. We must immediately reduce the numbers of people in...

By Naureen Shah, Andrea Flores

Each of the 37,000 people currently detained by ICE are at severe risk of contracting COVID-19. We must immediately reduce the numbers of people in...

By Naureen Shah, Andrea Flores