Press Releases

Nov 19, 2015

School Discipline Settlement Underscores Harm to City Students and Importance of Reform

NEW YORK — The New York Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP today agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit on behalf...

Issue Areas: Racial Justice

Court case: B.H. v. City of New York

Nov 18, 2015

Baltimore Jail Settlement to Bring Major Improvements in Medical Care, Facilities

BALTIMORE – The Public Justice Center, the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the American Civil Liberties Union today announced a settlement agreement in Duvall v. Hogan, t...

Issue Areas: Smart Justice Prisoners' Rights

Nov 17, 2015

ACLU, Coalition Urge Congress to Continue Support for US Refugee Resettlement Program

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, along with 80 other groups, sent a letter to Congress voicing support for the U.S. refugee resettlement program and opposing effo...

Issue Areas: National Security Immigrants' Rights

Nov 13, 2015

Supreme Court Will Hear Case That Could Allow States to Strip Away Abortion Access

Texas Case Will Decide Whether States Can Impose Medically Unnecessary Regulations that Force Clinics to Shut Down

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., v. Strange

Nov 12, 2015

ACLU CBP Body-Camera Announcement Fails to Address Accountability Crisis

LAS CRUCES, NM—Today, Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske announced additional phases to further study the use of body-worn and other camera technologies at U.S. Customs and Border P...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Nov 12, 2015

ACLU Asks Obama to Pardon Puerto Rican Independence Activist

The American Civil Liberties Union today made a plea asking for a presidential pardon to commute the disproportionate sentence and order the release of Puerto Rican Independence ac...

Issue Areas: Smart Justice Human Rights

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