Press Releases
Aug 24, 2020
Federal Court Blocks Indiana Voter Purge Law
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal court has blocked an Indiana law that would have allowed county election officials to kick voters off the rolls immediately without notice.
The American ...
Court case: Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson
Aug 24, 2020
ACLU of Wisconsin Issues Statement on the Deployment of National Guard to Kenosha
KENOSHA, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers today deployed the Wisconsin National Guard to Kenosha, where protests have erupted after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who remains hospital...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Aug 24, 2020
ACLU Statement on USCIS Decision to Reject DACA Applications
WASHINGTON — United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced this morning that it would reject all new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (D...
Aug 24, 2020
ACLU of Wisconsin Issues Statement After Shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha
KENOSHA, Wis. — Video surfaced Sunday evening of a Kenosha police officer shooting a Black man in the back at least seven times as he was entering his vehicle.
The violence agai...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Aug 24, 2020
ACLU Statement on Police Shooting of Jacob Blake
NEW YORK — Late Sunday afternoon in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jacob Blake was the victim of another disgusting act of police brutality. Within full view of his three children seated in...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Aug 22, 2020
ACLU of Louisiana Statement on Fatal Shooting by Lafayette Police Officers
Incident is the third officer-involved shooting by Lafayette police in five weeks
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Criminal Law Reform
About the ACLU
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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.