Press Releases
Jun 05, 2020
North Carolina Supreme Court Finds the Repeal of Racial Justice Act Unconstitutional
DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina’s Supreme Court issued a sweeping order today in North Carolina v. Ramseur, restoring the full protections of the Racial Justice Act for people wh...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jun 05, 2020
ACLU and NAACP File Lawsuit to Make Voting Safer for Minnesotans during COVID-19 Crisis
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Minnesota, and Faegre Drinker LLP are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon seeking to make voting safer in...
Jun 05, 2020
ACLU Tells Sanford to Lift Curfew Order
SANFORD – The ACLU of Maine today sent a letter to Sanford City Manager Steven Buck, advising him that a planned curfew in the town would violate the First Amendment and exceed h...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Jun 05, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Curfews and Interrogations of Political Views
NEW YORK – As demonstrators continue to gather to protest police violence, reports indicates that people arrested for violating New York City’s curfew are being interrogated ab...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Jun 05, 2020
ACLU of Alabama Calls on Cities to Address Police Excessive Use of Force
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- This week, as protests over police killings of Black people have continued in the wake of George Floyd’s and Breonna Taylor’s deaths, we have seen extensive...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 04, 2020
Court Rules Tennessee Must Provide Absentee Ballots to Every Eligible Voter For All Elections in 2020 Due to COVID-19
In a victory for voting rights, a Tennessee court has ruled the state must make absentee voting available to every eligible voter for all elections in 2020, including the August 6 ...
Court case: Lay v. Goins
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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.