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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...

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An individual holding a sign that says "Protect People, Not Power" outside of the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of arguments in the Voting Rights case Callais v. Landry.

This year’s most-read ACLU stories trace a nation grappling with military overreach, attacks on the press, threats to immigrant and transgender communities, and the fight for justice in response.

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Trump, Immigration, Trans Rights: The Stories That Shaped 2025

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Seven people detail what it’s like to be held in a California immigration detention center. One man who likely has prostate cancer has continuously been denied medication and urgent treatment.

By Hibah Ansari

Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions

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From nationwide rallies to crucial Supreme Court cases, revisit the photos that encapsulate our eventful year.

By Johanna Silver

Through the Lens of Liberty: The ACLU’s Year in Photos

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Oct 01, 2018

How Jeff Sessions is Attacking Immigration Judges and Due Process Itself

By David Hausman

How Jeff Sessions is Attacking Immigration Judges and Due Process Itself

Sep 28, 2018

Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail Again in Court

By Brian Hauss

Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail Again in Court

Sep 28, 2018

Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Impose Excessive Fines on the Poor

By Amreeta Mathai, Nusrat Choudhury

Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Impose Excessive Fines on the Poor

Sep 28, 2018

Federal Court Victory for Migrant Farmworkers Protects Their Right to Organize

By Chris Brook

Victoria Hernandez Jose is a member of North Carolina’s sole farmworkers’ union, which has been targeted by a state law limiting its ability too represent and advocate for farm laborers.

Federal Court Victory for Migrant Farmworkers Protects Their Right to Organize

Sep 27, 2018

Trump Administration Claims Preventing Young Immigrants from Accessing Abortion is Constitutional

By Meagan Burrows

Trump Administration Claims Preventing Young Immigrants from Accessing Abortion is Constitutional

Sep 27, 2018

What Happens When Prisoners Go on Strike?

More than 2,000 firefighters battling the blaze in California this summer came from inside the state’s prison system. They were part of a national workforce of incarcerated people, paid pennies per hour and sometimes nothing at all, for hourly labor benefiting the U.S. economy. Driven in part...

What Happens When Prisoners Go on Strike?

Sep 27, 2018

The Government Dropped the Ball on U.S. Torture Accountability. Citizens Picked It Up.

By Frank Goldsmith, Christina Cowger