Press Releases
Apr 12, 2020
Court Issues Order Ensuring People in Alabama Can Continue to Get Abortion Care
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal court issued a preliminary injunction tonight preventing the state of Alabama from using the guise of the COVID-19 crisis to prevent people from obta...
Apr 10, 2020
Federal District Court Sets Date to Hear ACLU and ACLU of Georgia’s Lawsuit on the State’s Poll Tax
ATLANTA – The Federal District Court set a hearing date for April 24, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. concerning the Motion for Preliminary Injunction that the ACLU of Georgia requested in t...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Apr 10, 2020
ACLU Comment on Apple/Google COVID-19 Contact Tracing Effort
NEW YORK — Apple and Google today announced a joint contact tracing effort using Bluetooth technology.
Below is comment from Jennifer Granick, ACLU surveillance and cybersecurity...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Apr 10, 2020
NYCLU Seeks Emergency Bond Hearings for Detained Immigrants at Key Facilities in New York and Louisiana
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union and Equal Justice Under Law today sought a preliminary injunction in Onosamba-Ohindo v. Barr, a federal class-action lawsuit against...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 10, 2020
ACLU of Arkansas Joins Civil Rights Organizations Demanding Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic
LITTLE ROCK – The ACLU of Arkansas this week joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and other civil rights groups in issuing a Demand for Immediate Actio...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Apr 10, 2020
ACLU of Arkansas Joins Civil Rights Organizations Demanding Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The ACLU of Arkansas this week joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and other civil rights groups in issuing a Demand for Immediate...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
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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.