Press Releases
May 11, 2022
New ACLU and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel Report Finds Right to Counsel Measures Help Prevent Evictions
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (NCCRC) released a new research brief today assessing the impacts and harms of ...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Racial Justice
May 10, 2022
ACLU Comment on Elon Musk Stating He Will Reinstate Trump on Twitter
NEW YORK — Today, Elon Musk announced he plans to reverse former President Trump’s permanent ban on Twitter if his bid to buy the company is successful.
Below is a reaction fr...
May 09, 2022
In Big Win, Settlement Ensures Clearview AI Complies With Groundbreaking Illinois Biometric Privacy Law
As part of the settlement in ACLU v. Clearview AI, the company is now permanently banned, nationwide, from making its faceprint database available to most businesses and other private actors.
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: ACLU v. Clearview AI
May 05, 2022
South Carolina House Speaker Agrees to New Redistricting Maps Following Civil Rights Challenge
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a victory for voting rights, the South Carolina speaker of the House of Representatives, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and chair of the House Redist...
May 02, 2022
ACLU Comment on Reporting of Leaked SCOTUS Opinion Overturning Roe
WASHINGTON — The following statement was issued by American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero in response to reporting of a leaked draft opinion from the Su...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
May 02, 2022
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Group’s First Amendment Right to Fly a Religious Flag
NEW YORK — In a 9-0 unanimous decision, today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the city of Boston violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment when it refused to grant...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
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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.