Press Releases
Jun 16, 2020
ACLU de Utah Anuncia la Campaña 2020 ¿No tiene una estampilla? No se preocupe.
UTAH - Para las Elecciones Primarias del 30 de junio, casi todos los condados de Utah están usando el voto-por-correo debido a la actual pandemia. Sin embargo, sólo 12 de los 29 ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jun 16, 2020
ACLU, Civil Rights Organizations Sue the Small Business Administration for Excluding Business Owners with Criminal Records from COVID-19 Relief Loans
BALTIMORE — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Public Interest Law Center, and Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs filed a lawsu...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 15, 2020
ACLU Comment on Trump Legal Threat to Block Bolton Memoir Publication
WASHINGTON — President Trump today indicated his administration would sue to block the publication of John Bolton’s memoir. Below is comment from Ben Wizner, director of the AC...
Jun 15, 2020
Reaction to Governor Lamont’s Issuance of Executive Order Number 8
HARTFORD – Governor Ned Lamont today issued an executive order requiring the Connecticut State Police to review their use of force policy, temporarily suspend acquisition of mili...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 15, 2020
ACLU of Arkansas, Legal Service Providers Files Suit for Tenant Against Desha County Officials, Challenging Constitutionality of Criminal Eviction Law
MCGEHEE, ARK. – Representing a renter facing eviction and potential criminal penalties after losing their job due to COVID-19, the ACLU of Arkansas, the Bowen Legal Clinic, the C...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 15, 2020
ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Qualified Immunity Denial
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the American Civil Liberties Union’s petition in Baxter vs. Bracey, a challenge to the legal rule of “qualified immunity” ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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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. -
MassachusettsDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Galvin. Explore Case.United States v. Galvin
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the Massachusetts Secretary of State Galvin, seeking private, confidential voter data. DOJ’s efforts appear to be part of an effort to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls.