Press Releases
Jan 31, 2022
ACLU Sues on Behalf of Medically Vulnerable People Denied COVID-19 Booster Shots in Immigration Detention
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of the District of Columbia today filed a lawsuit on behalf of five medically vulnerable people detained by U.S. Immi...
Jan 27, 2022
ACLU Statement on Pentagon's New Civilian Harm Directive
Today, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a new directive aimed at preventing civilian harm. This comes after months of investigations into U.S.-caused civilian casualties, i...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jan 27, 2022
ACLU Comment on Curriculum Transparency Bills
A number of state lawmakers—many of whom have also fought to censor discussions of race and gender in public schools—have begun introducing vague “curriculum transparency law...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Free Speech
Jan 26, 2022
Statement on Justice Breyer Retirement
WASHINGTON — In response to reports that U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer has made clear his intention to retire from the nation’s highest court, ACLU Nation...
Jan 25, 2022
Federal Appeals Court Decision Ensures Iowa Schools Can Require Masking to Protect Students with Disabilities
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today ruled that the Rehab Act requires schools to impose universal masking rules where necessary to ensure st...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jan 24, 2022
Federal Court Blocks Alabama’s New Congressional Map
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal court today struck down Alabama’s newly drawn congressional map.
As a result of the preliminary injunction, the state Legislature must draft a new ...
Court case: Allen v. Milligan
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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.