Press Releases
Sep 30, 2020
ACLU of Washington, Korematsu Center, and Perkins Coie File a Second Motion for Contempt After Repeated Violations of Preliminary Injunction Barring Seattle Police From Indiscriminate Use of Crowd Control Weapons
SEATTLE – The ACLU of Washington, Korematsu Center, and Perkins Coie filed a second motion for contempt today in Black Lives Matter v. City of Seattle, to enforce a preliminary i...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Sep 30, 2020
Joint Statement on the Settlement Announced in ACLU of Utah Lawsuit Against Utah Division of Adult Probation &
SALT LAKE CITY — The Parties to Marquez Yañez v. Burdine et al, have reached a compromised settlement of all claims asserted by Plaintiffs, the Yañez family. Specifically, the...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Sep 30, 2020
Federal Court Rules Alabama Must Take Steps to Better Protect Voters During COVID-19 Pandemic
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A federal court issued a decision today that will help protect the health and right to vote of medically vulnerable Alabamians.
The ruling in People First of Al...
Court case: People First of Alabama v. Merrill
Sep 30, 2020
State Settles Decade-Long Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Punishment of Children with Life Behind Bars Without the Possibility of Parole
State law was declared unconstitutional resulting in over a hundred released back to their communities; settlement requires access to rehabilitative programming and sets timeline for resentencing and opportunity for release
Issue Areas:
Juvenile Justice
Sep 30, 2020
ACLU and ACLU of Missouri File Federal Lawsuit To Protect Missouri Tenants From Eviction
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The ACLU and ACLU of Missouri filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Jackson County Circuit Court's administrative order that says it implements the Cen...
Court case: KC Tenants v. David M. Byrn
Sep 30, 2020
Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Tennessee’s Medically Unsound Medication Abortion “Reversal” Law
Despite Medical Experts Agreeing There is No Evidence that a Medication Abortion can be “Reversed,” Politicians Pushed Harmful Law in an Attempt to Force Providers to Lie to Patients
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.