Press Releases
Sep 09, 2025
ACLU and Partners Urge Appeals Court to Find Trump’s Deployment of Military in Los Angeles Unlawful
LOS ANGELES — Free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Newsom v. Trump, California’s lawsuit challenging Presi...
Court case: Newsom v. Trump
Sep 09, 2025
ACLU and ACLU of Virginia Launch Nearly $2 Million Ad Buy on Civil Rights at Stake in 2025 Virginia Election
RICHMOND, Va. – The ACLU of Virginia and national American Civil Liberties Union are committing $1.8 million to educate Virginians on the candidates running for Attorney General ...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Sep 08, 2025
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Indiscriminate ICE Stops in Los Angeles
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today granted the federal government’s request to pause a court order that prohibited federal agencies from continuing their unlawful actions in ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 05, 2025
Federal Court Declares Noncitizen’s Detention Under Laken Riley Act Unconstitutional
Judge says mandatory detention violates due process and orders bond hearing for detained immigrant
BOSTON – In what appears to be the first decision to address mandatory detenti...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 04, 2025
Appeals Court Denies Request to Stay Order Preserving Passports for Many Trans, Nonbinary, Intersex Citizens
Preliminary injunction remains in effect; Passports still available for affected class members
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Orr v. Trump
Sep 04, 2025
Federal Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Latest New Hampshire Law Attacking Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Law would have forced K-12 public school educators and colleges and universities to guess what was prohibited or risk loss of funding
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Racial Justice
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News & CommentaryDec 2025
Civil Liberties
Through The Lens Of Liberty: The Aclu’s Year In Photos. Explore News & Commentary.Through the Lens of Liberty: The ACLU’s Year in Photos
From nationwide rallies to crucial Supreme Court cases, revisit the photos that encapsulate our eventful year. -
Court CaseDec 2025
National Security
Human Rights
Foia Case Seeking The Trump Administration’s Legal Justification For Deadly Boat Strikes. Explore Case.FOIA Case Seeking the Trump Administration’s Legal Justification for Deadly Boat Strikes
The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) authored a legal opinion that reportedly claims to justify the Trump administration’s illegal lethal strikes on civilians in boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. Media reports indicate that, in addition to claiming that the strikes are lawful acts in an alleged “armed conflict” with unspecified drug cartels, the OLC opinion also purports to immunize personnel who authorized or took part in the strikes from future criminal prosecution. Because the public deserves to know how our government is justifying these illegal strikes, and why they think the people who carried them out should not be held accountable, the ACLU is seeking immediate release of the OLC legal opinion and related documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. -
News & CommentaryDec 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse And Inhumane Conditions At Largest Immigration Detention Center In The U.s.. Explore News & Commentary.Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.
In a letter calling to end immigration detention at Fort Bliss, interviews with 45 people report physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport. -
South CarolinaDec 2025
Voting Rights
Naacp South Carolina State Conference V. Wilson. Explore Case.NAACP South Carolina State Conference v. Wilson
All voters with disabilities have the right to receive assistance voting from a person of their choice. South Carolina prohibits some voters with disabilities from receiving assistance and limits who voters can rely on for assistance. Voters with disabilities and the NAACP South Carolina State Conference sued to challenge those laws under Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act and protect disabled voters’ right to assistance.