Press Releases
Sep 26, 2020
ACLU Board of Directors Urge Senate to Defer Nomination of Supreme Court Justice
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union’s board of directors passed a resolution to urge the Senate to defer the confirmation process for the successor of Supreme Court J...
Sep 25, 2020
Court Permanently Strikes Down Montana Law That Restricts Voting Rights of Native Americans
BILLINGS, Mont. — A Montana court permanently struck down a state law today that severely restricted the right to vote for Indigenous people living on rural reservations.
Western...
Court case: Western Native Voice v. Stapleton
Sep 25, 2020
Court Preliminarily Approves Settlement in Title IX Lawsuit Against Brown University Addressing Women’s Athletics
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal court has today preliminarily approved a settlement agreement between Brown University and lawyers representing women student-athletes at the school ...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Sep 23, 2020
ACLU Statement on Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Charging Decision
NEW YORK — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron today charged former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment of the first degree. Ch...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Sep 23, 2020
ACLU of Kentucky: Commonwealth of Kentucky Denies Justice for Breonna Taylor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced today that LMPD Detective Brett Hankison has been charged with three counts of First-Degree Wanton Endangerment for sh...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Sep 23, 2020
ACLU of Arkansas Tells HUD That Federally-Funded Shelters Should Not Turn Away Transgender People
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The ACLU of Arkansas is urging the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to reject a proposed rule that would allow taxpayer-funded shelters to ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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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.