Press Releases
Sep 03, 2020
ACLU Statement on the Police Killing of Deon Kay
WASHINGTON — Today, the Metropolitan Police Department released the body-worn camera footage of the police shooting and death of Deon Kay in Southeast D.C. on Wednesday.
The foot...
Sep 03, 2020
ACLU-DE and LWV-DE File Lawsuit to Ensure Late-Arriving Vote By Mail Ballots Are Counted
WILMINGTON, Del. — The ACLU of Delaware, in cooperation with Shaw Keller, LLP partner David Fry filed a lawsuit against the Department of Elections today that aims to ensure abse...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Sep 03, 2020
ACLU of Arkansas Condemns Senator Tom Cotton’s Dangerous and Unconstitutional Anti-Protest Bill
LITTLE ROCK – The ACLU of Arkansas today condemned Senator Tom Cotton’s plan to introduce a bill that would deny coronavirus-related unemployment funds to people convicted of f...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Sep 03, 2020
Texas Counties Put on Notice for Violations of Voting Rights Act Requirements
HOUSTON – The ACLU of Texas today sent demand letters to 16 Texas counties flagging possible violations of the Voting Rights Act by failing to provide information about voting or...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Sep 03, 2020
Mississippi Court Affirms Greater Access to Absentee Voting During COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi court has ruled that every voter with underlying medical conditions placing them at risk of severe COVID-19 illness or death can vote absentee thi...
Court case: Oppenheim v. Watson
Sep 03, 2020
North Carolina Abortion Providers and Reproductive Justice Activists File Sweeping Litigation Challenging Multiple Abortion Restrictions
Restrictions Disproportionately Impact Black North Carolinians And People in Rural Areas
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.