Press Releases
Feb 12, 2021
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Arkansas Boycott Ban
ST. LOUIS – In a victory for the ACLU and the ACLU of Arkansas, who had challenged the law on behalf of the Arkansas Times LP, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals today held that...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Feb 12, 2021
Court Enters Order Declaring State Ban on “Offensive” Vanity Plates Unconstitutional; Car Owner Will Keep “FKGAS” Plate
U.S. District Court Judge Mary McElroy today signed a consent judgment declaring unconstitutional a state law that gave the Administrator of the Division of Motor Vehicles blanket ...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Feb 12, 2021
ACLU of Indiana Opposes Additional Voter Documentation Which Would Disenfranchise Hoosier Voters
INDIANAPOLIS — On Monday, the Senate Committee on Elections will hear Senate Bill 353, a bill which would require an individual to show proof of citizenship documentation, includ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Feb 12, 2021
Over 60 Members of Congress Push President Biden and DHS to End Programs that Conscript Local Police to Work as Federal Immigration Enforcement
WASHINGTON — Over 60 members of Congress, led by Reps. Schakowsky, Quigley, and Espaillat, sent a letter today to new Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the ag...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Feb 12, 2021
ACLU of North Dakota Opposes Additional Barriers to Voting
Legislators should want to make voting easier for their constituents, not harder.
But that’s exactly what some North Dakota lawmakers are doing with House Bill 1289.
The ACLU of ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Feb 11, 2021
ACLU Launches Family Separation Valentine’s Day Campaign
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union launched a Valentine’s Day campaign today to give parents and children a way to express support for the thousands of families sepa...
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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.