Press Releases
Oct 19, 2022
Voting Rights Advocates File to Intervene in Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballot Lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Penn. -- A coalition of voting rights advocates today filed a motion to intervene in Ball v. Chapman, the latest legal effort in the commonwealth to invalidate mail-in ...
Oct 18, 2022
Case Seeking Communication Access for Deaf People on Parole and Probation in Georgia Proceeds
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Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Oct 18, 2022
ACLU Comment on President Biden’s Speech on Abortion Rights
WASHINGTON — President Biden committed to sending a bill to protect abortion access as his first piece of legislation if Democrats retain control of Congress next term during a s...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 18, 2022
ACLU Announces Deirdre Schifeling as National Political Director
WASHINGTON — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union announced the appointment of Deirdre Schifeling as the new National Political Director of the ACLU.
“It’s increasingly ...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Oct 17, 2022
North Carolina Abortion Providers and Reproductive Justice Activists Urge Court to Block Restriction on Abortion Care
New filing comes as North Carolinians struggle to access time-sensitive care amid public health crisis
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 14, 2022
US District Court Trial Challenging Arkansas’ Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Begins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 14, 2022
CONTACT:Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Attorneys from the ACLU and the ACLU of Arkansas will be figh...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Brandt et al v. Rutledge et al
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News & CommentaryJan 2026
Free Speech
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News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
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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.