Press Releases
Oct 31, 2025
Court Strikes Down Key Part of Trump’s Unlawful Voting Executive Order, Permanently Blocking Show-Your-Papers Requirement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal court today issued a decisive ruling in League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump, permanently blocking a provision of President Trump’s March...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump
Oct 30, 2025
Federal Court Rules that FDA’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion are Unlawful, Vindicating Reproductive Health Experts
HONOLULU — Today, a federal district court ruled that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) imposition of medically unnecessary restrictions on the medication abortion pill ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Purcell v. Kennedy (formerly Chelius v. Becerra)
Oct 28, 2025
Voters, Pro-Democracy Groups Seek to Stop Retaliatory Redistricting Targeting NC Black Belt
DURHAM, N.C. — Individual voters and two pro-democracy groups are challenging the North Carolina General Assembly’s latest congressional map — the fifth in six years — as a...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 27, 2025
Journalists Argue Against Puerto Rico's COVID-era “Fake News” Law in Federal Appeals Court
The law chilled journalists’ reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic and threatened press freedom in emergencies
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Rodríguez-Cotto v. Pierluisi-Urrutia
Oct 22, 2025
Court Officials Can’t Hide Secret Directives to Judges on How to Interpret Laws, NY’s Highest Court Says
NEW YORK – In a landmark victory for judicial transparency, the New York State Court of Appeals reversed an Appellate Court decision in NYCLU v. New York State Office of Court Ad...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Oct 22, 2025
Acquitted Soccer Player Free to Reunite with Family in Belgium After Over a Decade in Solitary Confinement
Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national and former professional soccer player who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges over two years ago, has finally been flown home to Belgium ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
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News & CommentaryNov 2025
Internet Privacy
Veterans Demand Congress Pull Troops From American Cities. Explore News & Commentary.Veterans Demand Congress Pull Troops from American Cities
Former U.S. Army Captain and ACLU Senior Project Manager Jessica Apgar praises the more than 40 veterans demanding Congress take action against the Trump administration’ abuse of military powers. -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
Internet Privacy
Immigrants' Rights
Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-government Censorship. Explore News & Commentary.Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship
Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech -
PodcastNov 2025
Internet Privacy
LGBTQ Rights
From The Joke Files: A Comedy And Censorship Roundtable. Explore Podcast.From The Joke Files: A Comedy and Censorship Roundtable
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CaliforniaNov 2025
Internet Privacy
United States V. Page. Explore Case.United States v. Page
Representing the League of Women Voters of California, the League of Women Voters of Orange Coast, and the League of Women Voters of North Orange County, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, ACLU of Northern California, and ACLU of Southern California have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Orange County, California turn over unredacted voter information, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.