Press Releases
Oct 31, 2022
ACLU Condemns CBP for Firing Projectiles at Migrants
On Monday afternoon, news outlets released a video of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers shooting projectiles at Venezuelan and Honduran migrants along the Rio Grande in ...
Oct 28, 2022
Riverside County Capital Cases Among First to Bring Challenges Under CA Racial Justice Act
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Two people facing capital charges in Riverside County are using the novel California Racial Justice Act (CRJA) to challenge prosecutors’ decision to seek th...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Oct 27, 2022
ACLU Comment on Upcoming SCOTUS Oral Arguments Challenging Race-Conscious Admissions Policies
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this upcoming Monday, Oct. 31st, in two cases challenging race-conscious admissions policies, commonly known as affi...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Oct 26, 2022
ACLU Settles Lawsuit After West Virginia Officials Reveal New Process for Amending Names and Gender Markers on Birth Certificates
Media Contact:Gillian Branstetter, Communications Strategist, gbranstetter@aclu.org
CHARLESTON, WV - Following a lawsuit from ACLU, ACLU of West Virginia, and the Harvard Law Schoo...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Hersom v. Crouch
Oct 26, 2022
Hundreds of Thousands at Imminent Risk of Deportation and Family Separation After Negotiations in Ramos v. Mayorkas Collapse
WASHINGTON — After 16 months of negotiations, settlement talks between the Biden administration and plaintiffs in Ramos v. Mayorkas officially collapsed yesterday afternoon, leav...
Oct 25, 2022
Georgia Abortion Providers Urge Court to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban at Trial
ATLANTA — This week, Georgia abortion providers and advocates went to trial, seeking to block the state’s ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy. For more t...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: SisterSong v. State of Georgia
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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.