Press Releases
Jul 15, 2020
ACLU of Georgia and All Voting Is Local, Georgia Urge Sec of State, State Election Board to Adopt a Commonsense Drop box Strategy for August and November Elections
ATLANTA – Today, the ACLU of Georgia and All Voting Is Local, Georgia, along with 23 community organizations sent a letter to the Secretary of State and State Election Board urgi...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jul 14, 2020
ACLU Statement on President Trump’s Dismissal of the Disproportionate Police Killings of Black People
WASHINGTON — When asked in an interview today why Black Americans are “still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country,” President Donald Trump responded:
“So ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jul 14, 2020
ACLU Statement on Trump Administration’s Agreement to Rescind the International Student Ban
WASHINGTON — In a hearing today in Harvard v. Department of Homeland Security, a lawsuit brought by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Trump administration ag...
Jul 14, 2020
ACLU Statement on Loss in Suit to Delay Federal Executions Until After COVID-19
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal district court issued a ruling today in a suit — led by the American Civil Liberties Union and Ropes Gray LLP against Attorney General William Barr and...
Jul 14, 2020
ACLU Demands Special Counsel Investigate Barr for Federal Crimes, Firing Tear Gas on White House Protesters
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr must step aside and allow for an independent criminal investigation into the use of violent force against protesters outside the White ...
Jul 14, 2020
ACLU-AL Comment on More Deaths in ADOC Facilities
MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Department of Corrections announced on Monday, July 13, that two more incarcerated people have died from COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths o...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
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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
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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. -
GeorgiaDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Raffensperger. Explore Case.United States v. Raffensperger
The Department of Justice sued Georgia, demanding the state produce its full, unredacted voter file, which contains highly sensitive and personal data on every voter in the state. This suit appears to be part of the DOJ's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization, improperly question the validity of state voter rolls, and intimidate eligible voters in Georgia and across the country.