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Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights Movement
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 MovementPodcast
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...
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.
Care Denied: West Virginia's Ban on Methadone Clinics Blocks Life-Saving Medicine
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
'I Have No Rights': Minnesota Residents Sue Trump Administration for Racial Profiling, Stops Without Suspicion, and Warrantless Arrests
Immigration arrests have upended life in Minnesota as citizens detail unlawful and violent interactions with ICE in court testimonies as part of an ACLU lawsuit against the Trump administration.
By Hibah Ansari
'I Have No Rights': Minnesota Residents Sue Trump Administration for Racial Profiling, Stops Without Suspicion, and Warrantless Arrests
One Year Later: Georgetown Scholar Illegally Detained for His Speech Returns to Court
The ACLU is in court this week with Dr. Badar Khan Suri fighting the Trump administration’s unconstitutional attempt to re-detain him for exercising his First Amendment rights.
By Noor Zafar, Ellessandra Taormino
One Year Later: Georgetown Scholar Illegally Detained for His Speech Returns to CourtPodcast
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...
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.
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ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody
By Victoria López
By Victoria López
Trump Just Gave Thousands of Bayonets And Hundreds of Grenade Launchers Back To Police
By Kanya Bennett
By Kanya Bennett
We Are Taking Trump to Court to Stop His Illegal and Cruel Ban on Transgender Service Members
By Chase Strangio
By Chase Strangio
Why Government Can't Be Allowed to Make You Pay for Free Speech
By Elizabeth Randol
By Elizabeth Randol
I Was Fired From My Job as a 911 Call Taker for Getting My Period at Work
By Alisha Coleman
By Alisha Coleman
Why We Must Defend Free Speech
If we defended speech only when we agreed with it, on what ground would we ask others to tolerate speech they oppose?
By David Cole
If we defended speech only when we agreed with it, on what ground would we ask others to tolerate speech they oppose?
By David Cole
We’re Suing California Because It Threw Out More Than 45,000 Ballots in the 2016 Presidential Election Over Handwriting ‘Mismatches’
By Julie Ebenstein
By Julie Ebenstein
Trump’s Most Recent Shout to White Supremacists: I’m With You
By Cecillia Wang
By Cecillia Wang
VIDEO: ‘SB 4 Is Patently Unconstitutional and Is Bad Policy’
On September 1 in Texas, SB 4 will take effect. And on that day, all law enforcement across the state will be immediately transformed from police...
By Matthew Harwood
On September 1 in Texas, SB 4 will take effect. And on that day, all law enforcement across the state will be immediately transformed from police...
By Matthew Harwood
Anti-Distracted Driving “Textalyzer” Technology: Not as Simple as it Seems
By Jay Stanley
By Jay Stanley
