Press Releases
Jul 02, 2020
New ACLU Ad Campaign Urges Congress to Ensure Universal Access to COVID-19 Testing and Treatment
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union launched a new five figure digital ad campaign on Facebook and Instagram in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, and North Caro...
Jul 02, 2020
Supreme Court Sends Two Indiana Abortion Cases Back for Review
Just days after the court narrowly struck down a law that would have decimated abortion access in Louisiana, the court has decided to give politicians opposed to abortion access another shot
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jul 02, 2020
ACLU Sues Federal Government for Risking Lives to Resume Executions During Pandemic
Buddhist Priest Should not Have to Choose Between his Health and Performing Sacred Religious Duties for Prisoner Set to be Executed in July
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jul 01, 2020
ACLU Comment on House Passage of SBA Loan Deadline Expansion
WASHINGTON — The House today passed a Senate bill that would extend the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application deadline from June 30...
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...
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New MexicoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Oliver. Explore Case.United States v. Oliver
The Department of Justice sued New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, 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 federal government's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls. -
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.