Press Releases
Nov 15, 2023
House Pulls Extreme Budget Proposal Attacking Reproductive & Gender-Affirming Health Care
WASHINGTON – The Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has been forced to cancel an expected floor vote on an extreme budget bill that funds the Department of Hea...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Nov 15, 2023
ACLU Commends the FCC’s New Regulations to End Digital Discrimination
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union commends the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today on approving new rules to prevent the digital discrimination of broadba...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Nov 15, 2023
Colorado Man Secures Another Court Victory After He was Jailed for Refusing to Attend Christian Worship Services While on Parole
DENVER — Under a ruling issued yesterday by the U.S. District Court for the Federal District of Colorado, a man whose parole officer sent him back to jail for refusing to take pa...
Court case: Carmack v. Janny et al
Nov 14, 2023
ACLU of Texas Condemns Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Bills
AUSTIN, Texas — State lawmakers today passed two anti-immigration bills that will impact U.S. citizens and migrants. The votes follow revelations about the links between white su...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 14, 2023
Faith Leaders, Education Advocates, and Parents Seek To Join Oklahoma Attorney General’s Lawsuit Opposing Operation of a Religious Public Charter School
OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of faith leaders, public-education advocates, and public-school parents – who are among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed on July 31, 2023, to stop Okla...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Nov 10, 2023
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Louisiana’s Congressional Map is Discriminatory
NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today agreed with a lower court that the congressional map enacted by the Louisiana Legislature following the 2020 census is disc...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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New MexicoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Oliver. Explore Case.United States v. Oliver
The Department of Justice sued New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, demanding the state produce its full, unredacted voter file, which contains highly sensitive and personal data on every voter in the state. This suit appears to be part of the federal government's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Free Speech
How A Covid-era Law Banning ‘fake News’ In Puerto Rico Targets The Press. Explore News & Commentary.How a COVID-era Law Banning ‘Fake News’ in Puerto Rico Targets the Press
Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
How To Give The Government New Power To “un-person” Someone, In Three Easy Steps. Explore News & Commentary.How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps
States That Adopt Digital Driver’s Licenses Need to Rethink How IDs are Revoked -
Washington, D.C.Dec 2025
Civil Liberties
Voting Rights
United States V. Evans. Explore Case.United States v. Evans
Representing Common Cause and two D.C. voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and has filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that D.C. turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.