Press Releases
Mar 16, 2021
ACLU of Louisiana Releases Statement Following Allegations that Louisiana State Police Attacked an Unarmed Black Man, Bragged and Joked About Violence
NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement in response to allegations that four Louisiana State Police officers from Troop F beat a Black man who had al...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Mar 15, 2021
ACLU of Arkansas Statement on Legislature’s Passage of Broad Health Care Refusal Bill
LITTLE ROCK – The ACLU of Arkansas issued the following statement regarding passage of Senate Bill 289, which would allow health care providers to deny health care services to pe...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Mar 12, 2021
ACLU of Kentucky, Americans for Prosperity Join Forces to Urge State House to Reject Anti-Free Speech, Anti-Protest Bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Americans for Prosperity-Kentucky (AFP-KY) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU-KY) today announce their joint effort to oppose Senate Bill 2...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Mar 12, 2021
Maine Legislature Approves Bill to Create Racial Impact Statements
Racial impact statements will be a key tool for centering racial equity in Maine’s lawmaking
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Mar 11, 2021
NYCLU on Body Camera Footage of Rochester Police Killing Individual Experiencing Homelessness
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Yesterday, body camera footage was released showing Rochester police officers fatally shooting an individual experiencing homelessness. In response, the New Yor...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Disability Rights
Mar 10, 2021
ACLU of Iowa Calls Sahouri Prosecution "An Embarrassment"
The following statement regarding the acquittal of reporter Andrea Sahouri can be attributed to ACLU of Iowa Legal Director Rita Bettis Austen.
"Sahouri, a reporter covering the Ge...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
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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.