Press Releases
Apr 01, 2022
Massachusetts State Court Requires Police to Get a Warrant Before Securing “Tower Dumps”
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled that police must get a warrant before securing “tower dumps” that provide location data about multiple people ov...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Mar 31, 2022
ACLU Calls on House to Pass the MORE Act
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives today encouraging leg...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Mar 30, 2022
Civil Rights Groups Immediately Sue After Louisiana Legislature Overturns Governor’s Veto of Map Lacking a Second Majority-Black Congressional District
The Louisiana Legislature today voted to overturn Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of the congressional map passed earlier this year, which failed to add a second majority-Black distr...
Mar 30, 2022
ACLU of South Carolina, ACLU, and NAACP Represent SC NAACP in Lawsuit Challenging South Carolina Court System Ban on Automated Collection of Public Court Records
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and the NAACP filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the South Carolina NAACP. The case challenges South...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: NAACP v. Kohn
Mar 30, 2022
Court: ICE Can’t Detain Immigrants Based on Poverty
LOS ANGELES — In a major legal victory for immigrants' rights, a federal court has approved a settlement that prohibits U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and immigra...
Mar 25, 2022
ACLU Comment on ICE Plans to Close, Limit Use of Four Immigrant Detention Centers
NEW YORK — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced plans to close Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama, a facility with a long history of documented ...
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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.