Press Releases
Nov 30, 2021
ACLU Sues Biden Administration for Data on Home Confinement Recipients Who May Be Forced Back to Federal Prison After COVID-19
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of the District of Columbia today filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and the federal Bureau of Prisons und...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Nov 24, 2021
ACLU Responds to Guilty Verdict in McMichael/Bryan Trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The American Civil Liberties Union released the following statement after a jury decided that Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan we...
Nov 22, 2021
ACLU, Knight Institute Petition Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Intelligence Agencies’ “Prepublication Review” System
WASHINGTON — Today, on behalf of five former government employees, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University petitioned t...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
National Security
Court case: Edgar v. Haines
Nov 22, 2021
ACLU Supports Speech Rights of Conservative Christian Group to Display Flag in Front of Boston’s City Hall
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Massachusetts filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a conservative Christian group’...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Nov 22, 2021
ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Review Georgia Law Permitting Executions of Persons with Intellectual Disability
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition for certiorari today in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Rodney Young, a man incarcerated on Georgia’s death...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Capital Punishment
Nov 19, 2021
ACLU Statement on House Passage of the Build Back Better Act
WASHINGTON — Julie Sweet, deputy national political director at the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement on the passage of the Build Back Better Act in ...
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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.