Press Releases
Jul 22, 2021
Lawsuit Filed Against Montana for Violating Constitutional Mandate to Teach Indian Education for All
MISSOULA, Mont. - The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) filed a class-action lawsuit today on behalf of five Indian na...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jul 21, 2021
Federal Court Blocks West Virginia Law Banning Trans Students in School Sports
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal court today ruled that 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson must be allowed to try out for the girls’ cross-country and track teams at her school, blo...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Jul 21, 2021
Federal Court Blocks Arkansas Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth from Moving Forward
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal court today issued a bench decision blocking an Arkansas law that prohibits health care professionals from providing or even referring transgender y...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Brandt et al v. Rutledge et al
Jul 20, 2021
Federal Court Blocks Arkansas Abortion Ban
The Ban, a Direct Challenge to Roe v. Wade, Would Have Outlawed Abortion in Arkansas in Violation of Decades of Supreme Court Precedent
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jul 20, 2021
ACLU of Louisiana Releases Statement After Trans Sports Ban Protesters Violently Removed From State Capitol
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana state senators today voted to overturn Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of Senate Bill 156, which bans transgender youth from participating in school spo...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Jul 19, 2021
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Indiana Voter Purge Law
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that found illegal an Indiana law that would have allowed county elections officials to kick voters off the rolls immed...
Court case: Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson
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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.