Press Releases
Feb 25, 2021
ACLU Statement on Passage of the Equality Act in the House of Representatives
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union issued the following statements in response to today’s House vote in favor of the Equality Act. The Equality Act, which would co...
Feb 25, 2021
Kent County, Delaware Reaches Agreement in Reassessment Track of Delaware Public Schools Litigation
WILMINGTON, Del. — The ACLU of Delaware, Arnold & Porter, and Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) along with their clients Delawareans for Educational Opportunity and t...
Feb 25, 2021
ACLU Statement on No BAN Act Introduction
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives today introduced the NO BAN Act to make necessary immigration law reforms to raise the standard for such use of authority and prevent fu...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 25, 2021
ACLU, Over 150 Civil Rights Orgs Urge President Biden to End Federal Funding for Police in Schools
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union, along with over 150 civil rights organizations — including The National Urban League, National Disability Rights Network, and com...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Feb 25, 2021
ACLU of Louisiana Asks All Local Institutions to Identify and Void Racist Policies and Covenants as Oaklin Springs Cemetery Removes “Whites Only” Language from Sales Contract
NEW ORLEANS – This past January, after a Black man was denied burial at Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin, LA, the ACLU of Louisiana promptly issued a letter urging the cemetery...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Feb 25, 2021
Judge Holds Arizona Department of Corrections in Contempt for the Second Time in Three Years
Over $1 Million Contempt Order Affirms the Rights of Incarcerated People to Adequate Health Care
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Jensen v. Thornell
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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.