Press Releases
Dec 22, 2020
NYCLU on NY Establishing Automatic Voter Registration
ALBANY, N.Y. — Today Governor Cuomo signed automatic voter registration into law, establishing a system that will make voting more accessible and expand the electorate in New Yor...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Dec 21, 2020
ACLU Statement on the COVID-19 Package
WASHINGTON — Ronald Newman, national political director for the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement in response to the joint spending and COVID-19 reli...
Dec 21, 2020
Women’s and Civil Rights Groups, Athletes, Coaches, Corporations, and Legal and Medical Experts Tell Federal Appeals Court to Strike Down Idaho Anti-Trans Law
BOISE, Idaho — Hundreds of athletes, coaches, and businesses, as well as civil rights, legal, and medical experts submitted friend-of-the-court briefs with the Ninth Circuit Cour...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Little v. Hecox
Dec 21, 2020
ICE Defied Court Orders, Maintained Secret No-Release Policy: NYCLU, Bronx Defenders
ICE official reveals that the agency refused to comply with court order to cease use of rigged assessment tool
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Dec 21, 2020
ACLU of Maine Urges Mills Administration to Prioritize COVID-19 Vaccine for Incarcerated People
The ACLU of Maine is urging the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prioritize prisons, jails and detent...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Dec 21, 2020
Arkansas Health Care Providers File Emergency Request to Block Anti-Abortion Laws
Multiple Laws Scheduled to Take Effect as Early as Tomorrow Will Wreak Havoc on Abortion Access in the State
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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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.