Press Releases
Sep 08, 2021
In Wake of Complaints, ACLU of Rhode Island Calls on RIDE to Revise Employee Social Media Policy
After receiving numerous complaints from Providence Public School teachers, the ACLU of RI has sent a letter to RI Department of Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, cal...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Sep 07, 2021
ACLU, Partners Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Puerto Rican Residents’ Constitutional Rights
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Puerto Rico, Demos, Equally American, and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs file...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Racial Justice
Sep 07, 2021
Granting Emergency Request, Federal Court Blocks Jail from Denying Life-Sustaining Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Judge Finds Jail Must Provide Access to Methadone Treatment
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Sep 03, 2021
Groups File Lawsuit Against State of Texas Over Voter Suppression Bill SB1
“SB 1 is an extremist anti-voter bill that raises even more barriers to voting and specifically targets vulnerable communities ”
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: OCA-Greater Houston v. Paxton
Sep 03, 2021
Court Blocks Medically Unnecessary Restriction on Telemedicine, Removing Barrier to Abortion Access in Guam
HAGÅTÑA, Guam — A federal court issued a preliminary injunction on Friday, temporarily blocking a provision of Guam law that created unnecessary obstacles to accessing medicati...
Court case: Raidoo et al. v. Camacho et al.
Sep 03, 2021
Lawsuit Challenges Iowa Law Banning Schools from Requiring Masks
DES MOINES, Iowa — Eleven parents of children with disabilities and Iowa disability rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit today challenging an Iowa law that bans school dist...
Issue Areas:
Disability 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.