Press Releases
Mar 24, 2022
Supreme Court Grants Final Religious Requests of John Ramirez
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled today that John Ramirez, an incarcerated individual currently on death row in Texas, is likely to prevail in his lawsuit seeking the right to...
Court case: Ramirez v. Collier
Mar 24, 2022
ACLU and Color Of Change Reveal Ties Between BlackNorth Initiative Co-Chair, Bail Industry in New Letter
Letter to Toronto-Based Racial Justice Business Collaborative Urges Co-Chair Prem Watsa to Withdraw From For-Profit Bail Industry
Mar 23, 2022
Idaho Governor Signs Bounty-Hunting Abortion Ban
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law today SB 1309, a Texas-style copycat that deputizes private citizens to bring lawsuits against health care providers who per...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Mar 23, 2022
Florida State Court Indicates It Will Uphold Abortion Restriction That Forces Patients to Delay Care
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A Florida state trial court indicated today that it will dismiss a challenge to an abortion restriction that will force patients to delay obtaining this ti...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Gainesville Woman Care, LLC v. State of Florida
Mar 22, 2022
ACLU Comment on Allegations of Federal Law Enforcement Secretly Accessing Project Veritas’ Emails
NEW YORK — The following is a statement from Brian Hauss, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, in response to allegations from Project...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Mar 21, 2022
On Title 42’s Two-Year Anniversary, Advocates Urge Biden to End Illegal Expulsions
WASHINGTON — On the two-year anniversary of Title 42, groups challenging expulsions of asylum-seeking families urge the Biden administration to end the deadly policy. Earlier thi...
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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.