Press Releases
Aug 27, 2021
Illinois Court Rejects Clearview’s Attempt to Halt Lawsuit Against Privacy-Destroying Surveillance
CHICAGO — A court in Illinois today denied Clearview AI’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) challenging the compan...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: ACLU v. Clearview AI
Aug 27, 2021
ACLU, Be A Hero’s Ady Barkan Launch Ad Campaign Urging Arizonans To Tell Sen. Sinema ‘Home Care Can’t Wait’
Campaign Aims to Pressure Congress to Include $400 Billion in Home and Community-Based Services Promised By President Biden in the Budget Reconciliation Package
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Women's Rights
Aug 27, 2021
ACLU Comment on SCOTUS Decision to End CDC Eviction Moratorium
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to end the federal eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late Thursday night. The court gra...
Aug 26, 2021
Federal Court Blocks Texas Migrant Transportation Order
EL PASO, Texas — A federal court today blocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that bars the transportation of certain migrants in the state.
The American Civil Libert...
Aug 26, 2021
Six-Figure ACLU, FAMM Ad Buy Urges Biden to Issue Clemency for 4,000 People Currently on Home Confinement at Risk of Being Sent Back to Prison
WASHINGTON — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union and Families Against Mandatory Minimums launched a broadcast ad pushing President Biden to honor his commitment to signifi...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Aug 26, 2021
Gloucester County School Board to Pay $1.3 Million to Resolve Gavin Grimm’s Case
RICHMOND, Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that the Gloucester County School Board will be ordered to pay over $1.3 million in attorney’s fees and costs...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
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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.