Press Releases
Mar 17, 2026
ACLU, National Center for Youth Law File FOIA Request Seeking Records Related to Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors’ Access to Pregnancy Care
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today seeking information regard...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Mar 17, 2026
10th Circuit Hears Arguments in Major Educational Censorship Case
Oklahoma teachers and students asked the court to block the further implementation of HB 1775, a 2021 classroom censorship bill that has had a chilling effect on public school classrooms
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. Drummond
Mar 17, 2026
Georgetown Peace Scholar Detained for Speech Last Year Asks Appeals Court to Reaffirm His Freedom
Dr. Suri’s hearing in the Fourth Circuit comes exactly one year after he was taken by ICE for exercising his First Amendment rights
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Suri v. Trump
Mar 16, 2026
Court Permanently Blocks Arkansas Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Public School Classroom and Library
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In a victory for religious freedom and church-state separation, a federal district court issued a permanent injunction today in Stinson v. Fayetteville Schoo...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Mar 16, 2026
ACLU and CDT Urge Court to Stop Government from Punishing Anthropic for Important Advocacy on AI Guardrails
In Friend-of-the-Court Brief, Groups Lay Out Dangers of Forcing AI Companies to Deploy Their Tools for Mass Domestic Surveillance
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Mar 16, 2026
Legal Experts Underscore Illegality of U.S. Boat Strikes at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing
ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, and UN Human Rights Experts Tell International Panel to Take Immediate Action Before More People Are Killed
Issue Areas:
National Security
About the ACLU
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News & CommentaryMar 2026
Privacy & Technology
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All The Ways Palantir Is Assisting Trump’s Abusive Removal Campaign. Explore News & Commentary.All the Ways Palantir is Assisting Trump’s Abusive Removal Campaign
How culpable is the company for the constitutional and human rights violations of the deportation drive? -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
Women's Rights
Trump Is Trying To Reverse Crucial Strides In Women’s Rights Movement. Explore News & Commentary.Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights Movement
This Women’s History Month, the ACLU looks at how the Trump administration is pushing policies designed to keep women at home. -
New HampshireMar 2026
Voting Rights
United States V. Scanlan (amicus). Explore Case.United States v. Scanlan (Amicus)
Representing the ACLU of New Hampshire and League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, ACLU of New Hampshire, Campaign Legal Center, and Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Oregon turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including with voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers. -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
Disability Rights
Care Denied: West Virginia's Ban On Methadone Clinics Blocks Life-saving Medicine. Explore News & Commentary.Care Denied: West Virginia's Ban on Methadone Clinics Blocks Life-Saving Medicine
The ACLU is suing the state of West Virginia for its moratorium on clinics providing methadone, an opioid treatment that cuts the risk of overdose deaths in half.