Press Releases
May 28, 2021
ACLU Statement on Removal of Hyde Amendment from President's Budget
The Budget Proposal Eliminates the Hyde Amendment, a Ban on Insurance Coverage for Abortion, for the First Time in Decades
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
May 28, 2021
ACLU Statement on MORE Act Introduction
WASHINGTON — Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, along with Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Barbara Lee, introduced the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Exp...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
May 28, 2021
Statement on Homeland Security Improvement Act
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives today introduced the Homeland Security Improvement Act, which seeks to improve oversight and accountability of immigration enforcement a...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 27, 2021
Former Government Officials, Media Organizations, Microsoft, Former Magistrate Judges File SCOTUS Briefs Challenging Secrecy of U.S. Surveillance Court
Filers Urge Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public Right of Access to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Opinions
Issue Areas:
National Security
Court case: ACLU v. United States
May 27, 2021
ACLU Calls on Biden Administration to Provide Vaccine Access to All Detained Immigrants
ICE’s Lack of a Plan Puts People in Detention and Surrounding Communities at Risk
May 26, 2021
ACLU, Planned Parenthood Sue Arkansas Over Abortion Ban
Groups Sue Over Arkansas Law that, in a Direct Challenge to Roe v. Wade, Outlaws Abortion
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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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.