Press Releases
Jun 09, 2021
ACLU of Rhode Island Files Brief Challenging Denial of Right to Vote to Non-Property Owners in Narragansett Fire District
At a time when efforts to impose barriers on the right to vote are percolating across the country, the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed a “friend of the court” brief in support...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jun 09, 2021
On 50th Anniversary of “War on Drugs,” Poll Shows Majority of Voters Support Ending Criminal Penalties for Drug Possession, Think Drug War is a Failure
ACLU and Drug Policy Alliance Call on Biden to Begin Ending Failed War by Commuting Sentences of People Incarcerated for Drugs
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 07, 2021
ACLU to Defend Religious Freedom in Landmark Supreme Court Case
WASHINGTON — In what will likely be a landmark court decision concerning religious freedoms in the United States, the Supreme Court said today it will hear the case of Fazaga v. ...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jun 07, 2021
ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab Sues City of Eunice, Police Chief After Whistleblower Exposes Corruption Within Police Department
Lieutenant Michael Dunn says department used excessive force, ignored medical needs of incarcerated people
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 07, 2021
ACLU of Washington: Ruling Blocks City of Selah from Censoring Black Lives Matter-Related Speech
SELAH, Wash. – A federal court has temporarily blocked the city of Selah, Washington from enforcing three provisions of its municipal code, after finding that the Selah Alliance ...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jun 07, 2021
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision to Deny Challenge to Sex-Based Registration for the Draft
NEW YORK — The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it would not hear arguments in a case that could have ended the discriminatory sex-based registration for the draft. The case, N...
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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.