Press Releases
Aug 11, 2020
ACLU and Mississippi Center for Justice File Lawsuit to Bolster Absentee Voting for Mississippians During COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Mississippi, and Mississippi Center for Justice filed a lawsuit today seeking to ensure that absentee voting is more...
Court case: Oppenheim v. Watson
Aug 11, 2020
ICE Secretly Bans COVID-19 Testing of Adelanto Detainees
1,900 Test Kits Were Sent to the Detention Center, but Few Were Used
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 11, 2020
ACLU Affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont File Lawsuit Challenging Border Patrol Checkpoints
Asks court to disallow CBP from conducting border patrol checkpoints for general crime control, as well as the checkpoint in Woodstock, New Hampshire
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 10, 2020
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration’s Reported Plan to Block Americans from Re-Entering U.S. Over COVID-19
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is reportedly considering the idea of blocking Americans abroad from re-entering the United States due to COVID-19.
Omar Jadwat, director of t...
Aug 10, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Sends Paulding County School District Open Records Request Concerning its Disciplinary Practices
ATLANTA – The ACLU of Georgia sent the Paulding County School District an open records request concerning the disciplinary practices around its Personal Communications/Electroni...
Issue Areas:
Juvenile Justice
Aug 10, 2020
Plaintiffs in Black Lives Matter v. Seattle and City of Seattle Agree to Order Protecting Protestors, Journalists, Legal Observers and Medics from Police Abuses During Protests
SEATTLE – The City of Seattle has agreed to strengthen and clarify the existing preliminary injunction in response to the contempt motion filed by the ACLU of Washington, The Kor...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
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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. -
GeorgiaDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Raffensperger. Explore Case.United States v. Raffensperger
The Department of Justice sued Georgia, 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 DOJ's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization, improperly question the validity of state voter rolls, and intimidate eligible voters in Georgia and across the country. -
ColoradoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Griswold. Explore Case.United States v. Griswold
Representing Common Cause and two Colorado voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and ACLU of Colorado have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Colorado turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.