Press Releases

Dec 23, 2015

ACLU of NH Challenges State Prison Ban on Mailed Christmas Cards, Prayer Cards, and Children’s Drawings

“We do not doubt that Suboxone is a problem in New Hampshire’s prisons. But the Department of Corrections must address this problem without indiscriminately banning innocent s...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Dec 21, 2015

Study Documents Extreme Racial Disparity in Arrests for Low-Level Offenses

In four test cities, Blacks were 2.6 to 9.6 times more likely than Whites to be arrested for loitering, disorderly conduct, trespassing, and marijuana possession.

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Racial Justice

Dec 21, 2015

ACLU Announces New Trone Center for Criminal Justice Reform and Advisory Board of Private Sector and Education Leaders to Promote Reintegration

NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union announced the creation of the Trone Center for Criminal Justice Reform. The Center, located at the ACLU national headquarters, w...

Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Dec 18, 2015

ACLU Comment on President Obama’s Commutations and Pardons

WASHINGTON, DC – The White House announced that the federal prison sentences of 95 people would be commuted. Two people were pardoned. Five of those with commuted sentences were ...

Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Dec 17, 2015

ACLU Challenges Minnesota’s Ban on Medicaid Coverage of Transition-Related Surgery

Lawsuit Says Ban Arbitrarily Denies Transgender People Necessary Healthcare

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: OutFront v. Johnson Piper

Dec 16, 2015

Court Dismisses Challenge to Racist Arizona Abortion Ban

Ninth Circuit Rules Women Have No Standing to Challenge Law That Forces Doctors to Racially Profile

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Maricopa County Branch, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum vs. Tom Horne, et al.

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