Press Releases
Jul 01, 2020
HUD Moves to Allow Anti-Trans Discrimination in Federally Funded Homeless Shelters
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development today released a proposed rule to roll back protections for transgender people experiencing ...
Jul 01, 2020
Federal Court Blocks Trump Asylum Ban
WASHINGTON — A federal court has blocked a Trump administration asylum ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through a third cou...
Jun 30, 2020
ACLU Files Emergency Amicus Briefs Urging Court to Halt Eviction Proceedings in Missouri During COVID-19 Pandemic
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Missouri filed amicus briefs with the Circuit Court of Jackson County urging the court to immediate...
Jun 30, 2020
Court Rules SBA PPP Loan Application Barring Eligibility from Business Owners with Criminal Records Unlawful
NEW YORK — A federal court determined the Small Business Administration’s April and June 18 rule denying small business owners with criminal records eligibility for its Paychec...
Jun 30, 2020
Wyoming Response to COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails Gets a Failing Report from ACLU, Prison Policy Initiative
WYOMING - Wyoming’s response to COVID-19 in its jails and prisons has earned the state a failing grade from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Prison Policy Initiative, a...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Jun 30, 2020
Court Blocks Indiana Panhandling Law from Taking Effect
INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, today granted a preliminary injunction preventing House Enrolled Act 1022, which would further criminalize “pa...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
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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. -
ColoradoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Griswold. Explore Case.United States v. Griswold
Representing Common Cause and two Colorado voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and ACLU of Colorado have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Colorado turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.