Press Releases

Apr 12, 2024

ACLU Statement on Congress Passing Bill that Massively Expands the Government’s Power to Spy on Americans Without a Warrant

This bill would reauthorize Section 702 surveillance for two more years without any of the necessary reforms to protect Americans’ civil liberties

Issue Areas: National Security

Apr 11, 2024

Travis County Sued Over Denying Right to Legal Counsel

AUSTIN, Texas — A class action lawsuit on behalf of people jailed without lawyers in Travis County was filed in federal court Wednesday night to affirm the constitutional right t...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Apr 09, 2024

Renowned Civil Rights and Legal Organizations File Petition Challenging California Death Penalty, Highlight Evidence Demonstrating Racial Discrimination

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, a consortium of nationally renowned civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed an extraordinary writ petition in the Supreme Cou...

Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

Apr 08, 2024

ACLU Brief Urges Supreme Court to Reject Trump Immunity Claims

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of the District of Columbia filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Supreme Court in Trump v. United States, argui...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Free Speech

Court case: Trump v. United States

Apr 08, 2024

Federal Court Argument on CIA’s Refusal to Confirm or Deny Records About Agency’s “Operational Control” Over Camp VII at Guantánamo

The ACLU will be in court on behalf of an attorney representing one of the men subjected to the CIA torture program and sent to Camp VII

Issue Areas: National Security

Court case: Connell v. CIA – FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Records About CIA “Operational Control” Over a Detention Facility at Guantánamo Bay

Apr 08, 2024

ACLU Warns Voters Against Anti-Abortion Deception

WASHINGTON — In response to former President Donald Trump announcing his policy stance on abortion, Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer of the American Civil...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

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