Press Releases
Jul 07, 2025
Federal Appeals Court Denies Texas’ Request to Allow Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law to Go Into Effect
NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court upheld an injunction late Thursday night against Senate Bill 4 (88-4), endorsing a district court order that prohibits the anti-immigration ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 03, 2025
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunctions Again Blocking Missouri’s Abortion Bans, Some Restrictions
The state’s two Planned Parenthood members may resume providing procedural abortion care
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jul 03, 2025
ACLU Statement on Final Passage of Massive Budget Bill Cutting Medicaid to Fund Abusive Deportation Efforts
H.R. 1 Will Kick 12 Million People Off Medicaid, Defund Planned Parenthood, While Giving ICE Billions
Jul 03, 2025
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to Bans on Athletic Participation by Transgender Students
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today granted certiorari in two federal court cases involving transgender youth challenging bans on their participation in local school and college...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Women's Rights
Court case: B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
Jul 02, 2025
Texas Families Sue to Block Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Public-School Classroom
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A group of sixteen multi-faith and nonreligious Texas families filed suit in federal court today to block a new state law requiring all public elementary and...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jul 02, 2025
ACLU Urges New York Appeals Court to Reverse Termination of Parental Rights Based on Opioid Treatment Stereotypes
The brief argues that the family court’s decision was discriminatory and disregarded the father’s rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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FloridaJul 2025
Women in the Military
C.m. V. Noem. Explore Case.C.M. v. Noem
Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s new, notorious Everglades immigration center, a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the wetlands in Ochopee. -
News & CommentaryJul 2025
Women in the Military
60 Years Later: How A Civil Rights-era Defamation Case Empowers The Press. Explore News & Commentary.60 Years Later: How a Civil Rights-Era Defamation Case Empowers the Press
From civil rights protests to Trump-era lawsuits, New York Times v. Sullivan continues to shape press freedom -
News & CommentaryJul 2025
Women in the Military
Rümeysa Öztürk On How We Can All Support Immigrants. Explore News & Commentary.Rümeysa Öztürk On How We Can All Support Immigrants
After a harrowing ICE detention, she’s urging others to protect immigrant rights.