Press Releases
Dec 15, 2021
ACLU Sends Letter Demanding DHS Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters to People in ICE Detention and Files FOIA Requests
WASHINGTON — The ACLU sent a letter today demanding Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas implement a plan to immediately provide COVID-19 vaccine bo...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Dec 10, 2021
ACLU Comment on Julian Assange Extradition Ruling
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. won their appeal against a UK High Court ruling that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health....
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Dec 10, 2021
Supreme Court Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Ban, Greenlights Bounty-Hunting Scheme
SCOTUS Largely Dismisses Federal Challenges to Texas Ban, Ending Most Promising Pathways to Blocking Law
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
Dec 08, 2021
Coast Guard Academy Sued Over Unconstitutional Policy Banning Parents
HARTFORD, Conn. — Isaak Olson, a former cadet at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, filed a federal lawsuit today over the academy’s policy of prohibiting cadets from being parents....
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Dec 08, 2021
Federal Appeals Court Decision Endangers Americans’ Protections Against NSA and FBI Spying
DENVER — In a sharply divided ruling, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today wrongly held that the warrantless surveillance of Jamshid Muhtorov — a legal permanent resident wh...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Court case: U.S. v. Muhtorov
Dec 08, 2021
Trans Woman Wins Settlement from Gym that Refused Her Use of Women’s Locker Room
Crunch Gym in El Cajon Will Pay Settlement, Train Staff
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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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.