Press Releases
Apr 21, 2023
ACLU Comment on Stay Issued by Supreme Court in Medication Abortion Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court granted a request from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Danco today to stay a decisions issued the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that severely ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Apr 20, 2023
LGBTQ Advocates Sue Tennessee to Block Dangerous Transgender Healthcare Ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP today sued the State of Tennessee to block ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti/U.S. v. Skrmetti
Apr 20, 2023
Judge Issues Opinion Allowing Indian Education Case on Behalf of Montana Students and Tribes to Proceed
Students and Tribes will get to prove their allegations that state agencies are not abiding by constitutional and statutory Indian Education mandates
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Apr 20, 2023
ACLU Condemns House Vote on Federal Ban on Transgender Student Athletes
WASHINGTON – Amid a national wave of state bills targeting the safety, dignity, and equality of transgender people, the United States House of Representatives just passed H.R. 73...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 19, 2023
Supreme Court Extends Time to Consider Case Threatening Access to Medication Abortion Nationwide
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court extended by two days an administrative stay blocking decisions issued by a federal district court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that sever...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Apr 14, 2023
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Administrative Stay in Mifepristone Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court granted an administrative stay of a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that severely restricted the use of mifepristone — a medicatio...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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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. -
GeorgiaDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Raffensperger. Explore Case.United States v. Raffensperger
The Department of Justice sued Georgia, 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 DOJ's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization, improperly question the validity of state voter rolls, and intimidate eligible voters in Georgia and across the country. -
ColoradoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Griswold. Explore Case.United States v. Griswold
Representing Common Cause and two Colorado voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and ACLU of Colorado have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Colorado turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.