Press Releases
Dec 18, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Demands Elections Officials to Stop Mass Voter Eligibility Challenges to Hundreds of Thousands of Voters
ATLANTA – The ACLU of Georgia sent an open letter to Georgia elections officials regarding the mass challenges to voter eligibility of 364,541 voters while the runoff election is...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Dec 18, 2020
NYCLU on Mayor de Blasio's Selective Middle and High School Admissions Reforms
NEW YORK — Mayor de Blasio today announced changes to New York City's admissions for selective middle and high schools. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Dec 18, 2020
Legal Aid, NYCLU Joint Statement on DOI Investigation Into the NYPD’s Response During the George Floyd Demonstrations
NEW YORK – The Legal Aid Society and the New York Civil Liberties Union released the following statement responding to a report issued today by the New York City Department of In...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Free Speech
Dec 18, 2020
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Census Ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled it is too soon to bring a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s still-developing plan to exclude undocumented immigrants f...
Court case: New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump
Dec 18, 2020
SPLC, ACLU of Georgia File Amicus Brief on behalf of AME Church, Other Voting Rights Organizations in RNC Lawsuit Concerning Dropbox Hours in Runoff Elections
ATLANTA – Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and ACLU of Georgia, representing the African Methodist Episcopal Church and other interested parties, filed an amicus...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Dec 17, 2020
ACLU of Michigan Applauds Michigan Lawmakers For Passing Criminal Legal Reform Legislation
State Senate urged to cast a final procedural vote on second set of reform bills
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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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 -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
National Security
Flock Ceo Goes Ballistic On Critics As More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance. Explore News & Commentary.Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance
CEO attacks motives of people who care about privacy, says they are trying to “normalize lawlessness” and “let murderers go free” -
Washington, D.C.Jan 2026
Free Speech
The New York Times Co. V. Department Of Defense. Explore Case.The New York Times Co. v. Department of Defense