Press Releases

Apr 16, 2024

Fourth Circuit Rejects West Virginia Law Barring Transgender Girls From Student Athletics

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a West Virginia law banning transgender student-athletes from playing on teams consistent with their gender identi...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights

Court case: B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education

Apr 16, 2024

ACLU, Civil-Society Groups, Urge Congress to Extend Funding for Affordable Internet Program

Without additional funding, the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides government subsidies for internet to tens of millions of Americans, will expire.

Issue Areas: Free Speech

Apr 15, 2024

Supreme Court Narrows Injunction Against Idaho Trans Care Ban

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States issued a partial stay today against a statewide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Idaho’s ban on gender-affirmi...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: Poe v. Labrador

Apr 15, 2024

ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Decline to Hear Case on Protestors’ Rights

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today declined to hear a case that would have affirmed that the First Amendment protects protest leaders and organizers from being held liable for ...

Issue Areas: Free Speech

Court case: Mckesson v. Doe

Apr 15, 2024

ACLU Applauds EEOC Final Regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the release of its final regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). ...

Apr 12, 2024

ACLU, Free Speech Coalition and Partners Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Unconstitutional Texas Law Burdening Adult Access to Sexual Content

WASHINGTON – Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, the Free Speech Coalition and others today asked the U.S. S...

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