Press Releases
Jul 27, 2020
New ACLU Study Shows No Connection Between COVID-19 Decarceration and Crime Rates
Study Finds Crime Was Down This Year Between March and May in Nearly Every City Analyzed
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Jul 24, 2020
Federal Court Blocks Tennessee Abortion Bans
Tennessee’s law banning abortion at nearly every stage of pregnancy is blocked while litigation continues
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jul 24, 2020
ACLU, Immigrants’ Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Over New Census Order
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of immigrants’ rig...
Court case: New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump
Jul 24, 2020
ACLU of North Dakota Condemns GOP Party Platform, Urges Swift Statewide Change
NORTH DAKOTA - While North Dakota Republican leaders have apologized for the discriminatory anti- LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit statements that more than 900 delegates approved as part of ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Racial Justice
Jul 24, 2020
Statement of the ACLU of Washington on the deployment of federal agents to Seattle
SEATTLE – The Department of Homeland Security has announced the deployment of a tactical team of border officers to protect federal property in Seattle. This team is similar to t...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jul 24, 2020
Michael Cohen Released to Home Confinement
Federal Judge Ruled Cohen’s Return to Prison in Retaliation for Publishing Book Violated the First Amendment
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News & CommentaryJan 2026
Free Speech
How A Covid-era Law Banning ‘fake News’ In Puerto Rico Targets The Press. Explore News & Commentary.How a COVID-era Law Banning ‘Fake News’ in Puerto Rico Targets the Press
Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
How To Give The Government New Power To “un-person” Someone, In Three Easy Steps. Explore News & Commentary.How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps
States That Adopt Digital Driver’s Licenses Need to Rethink How IDs are Revoked -
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.