Press Releases
Jun 02, 2021
Spokane Family Demands Equitable Changes After Two Black Middle School Students Were Asked to Clean Cotton for Social Studies Lesson
SPOKANE, Wash. — A family in Spokane is demanding that a school administrator be removed after he suggested he could “segregate” two Black middle school students who were dir...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 01, 2021
ACLU Comment on End of Remain in Mexico Program
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced it is formally ending the remain in Mexico program, also known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP).
The American Civil Liberties...
Court case: Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
Jun 01, 2021
Judge Orders Halt to Driver’s License Suspensions for Unpaid Tickets in Washington State
OLYMPIA, Wash. — An estimated 100,000 Washington residents will have their driver’s licenses reinstated and people will no longer be penalized for driving while poor as a resul...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Jun 01, 2021
ACLU Statement on Georgia Supreme Court’s Decision in Rodney Young Case
Court Fails to Recognize Young’s Intellectual Disability and Spare him from the Death Penalty
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jun 01, 2021
Civil and Human Rights Groups Urge President Biden to Issue Executive Order on Accurate Federal IDs for Trans, Intersex, and Non-binary People
Over 80 civil and human rights groups joined with the ACLU to call on the Biden administration to issue the order during Pride Month 2021
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 28, 2021
ACLU Statement on Biden’s Department of Homeland Security Budget
WASHINGTON — President Biden announced his proposal for a $6 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 today, funding the Department of Homeland Security at the same level as his pred...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
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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.