Press Releases
Mar 29, 2021
North Dakota Senate Lawmakers Recommend State Study House Bill 1298
Today, Senate lawmakers voted to pass an amended version of House Bill 1298 that would study the economic impact the legislation would have on North Dakota.
The ACLU of North Dak...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 29, 2021
ACLU of Georgia Urges Governor to Refrain from Signing Away Georgians’ Constitutional Freedoms of Speech and Assembly
ATLANTA – This afternoon, the ACLU of Georgia sent a letter to the Governor Kemp in strong opposition to HB 289, which, if passed, would violate Georgians’ freedoms of speech a...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Mar 29, 2021
NYCLU Lawsuit: NYS Social Safety Net Discriminates Against Nonbinary New Yorkers
NEW YORK –The New York Civil Liberties Union and Legal Services of NYC today sued the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) for discriminating on th...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 29, 2021
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Archaic Rhode Island State Law that Deems Inmates Serving Life “Civilly Dead”
A federal judge today refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 100-year-old statute that declares inmates serving life sentences at the ACI to be “dead...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Mar 29, 2021
Supreme Court to Hear Kentucky Attorney General’s Last-Minute Attempt to Revive State Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider whether the Kentucky attorney general may step in to a case at the last minute to attempt to revive an unconstitutio...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center
Mar 26, 2021
ACLU of Tennessee Statement on Signing of Bill Excluding Transgender Student Athletes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today Governor Lee signed SB 228/HB 3, which prohibits transgender student athletes from participating in athletics consistent with their gender identity.
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Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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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.