Press Releases
Jan 24, 2022
Comment on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C.
NEW YORK — The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear two cases challenging affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The cases will decide whe...
Jan 20, 2022
Supreme Court Lets Texas Abortion Ban Case Drag On
Ban likely to stay in effect for foreseeable future after Supreme Court rejects most promising attempts to block the law and allows remainder of lawsuit to languish in lower court
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
Jan 20, 2022
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS AND ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER FILE LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF FLORIDIAN UNLAWFULLY PROFILED AND DETAINED FOR BEING BORN ABROAD
OCALA, Fla. — The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the ACLU of Florida, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf ...
Court case: Brooks v. Woods
Jan 19, 2022
ACLU Comment on the Senate's Failure to Advance the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
WASHINGTON — Today the vote to end debate on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act failed to pass the Senate.
Christopher Anders, ACLU federal policy director, said:
“Although...
Jan 19, 2022
NEI/ACLU Statement on Newly Released Video of Deadly U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul
NEW YORK — In response to a New York Times Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the Department of Defense today released video footage of the Aug. 29, 2021 drone strike in Kabul t...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jan 19, 2022
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Argue In Court Against Title 42 Expulsions
Despite Pushback From Public Health Officials and Calls to End Title 42, the Biden Administration Continues to Implement This Harmful Trump-era Policy
Court case: Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas
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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.