Press Releases
Feb 17, 2021
ACLU Statement on House Judiciary Hearing on H.R. 40
WASHINGTON — Today, the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties will host a hearing on H.R. 40 – a bill that would study the his...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Feb 16, 2021
ACLU Statement on Government Accountability Office Report
New Government Report Shines Light on Failings of ICE Detention System
Feb 16, 2021
Federal Court Again Blocks Trump-Era Asylum Transit Ban
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court has again blocked a Trump administration ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through a third c...
Court case: East Bay v. Barr
Feb 12, 2021
State of Alabama Appeals Federal Ruling Allowing Transgender People to Change Gender Markers on ID
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Today, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed the state’s appeal in a lawsuit over requirements for changing gender markers on state driver’s license...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 12, 2021
Leading Medical Organizations, Members of Congress, State Attorneys General Join Challenge to FDA Restrictions on Medication Abortion
WASHINGTON — The nation’s leading medical experts, 157 members of Congress, and 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia have submitted friend-of-the-court brief...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Feb 12, 2021
ACLU of Louisiana Releases Statement After Attorney General Jeff Landry Sues Local Reporter Over Public-Records Request
NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Landry’s decision to sue a reporter from The Advocate over a public-re...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
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News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Retailers Secretively Using Face Recognition To Spot “persons Of Interest” — Including For The Government. Explore News & Commentary.Retailers Secretively Using Face Recognition to Spot “Persons of Interest” — Including For the Government
Are Wegmans and other retailers participating in the Trump war on immigrants? -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Civil Liberties
One Year In: Defending The Constitution Under A Second Trump Administration. Explore News & Commentary.One Year In: Defending the Constitution Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we fought back and what comes next. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Civil Liberties
Trump’s Threat To Invoke The Insurrection Act, Explained. Explore News & Commentary.Trump’s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, Explained
President Donald Trump is threatening to invoke the act, which is a rarely used power that Congress intended only for extreme emergencies. We break down what this means for our civil liberties. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Racial Justice
Your Questions Answered: Where We Are On Ai Regulation, And Where We Go From Here. Explore News & Commentary.Your Questions Answered: Where We Are on AI Regulation, and Where We Go From Here
From protecting your privacy to ensuring new technology accounts for inclusivity, ACLU experts explain what’s at stake in the AI policy sphere and the steps advocates and lawmakers can take to regulate AI