Press Releases
Apr 13, 2020
ACLU of Washington Statement Regarding Gov. Inslee’s Announcement of COVID-19 Risk Reduction Measures
SEATTLE – Today, Gov. Inslee announced that he will release a limited number of individuals who are serving time in Washington state correctional facilities for non-violent offen...
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Smart Justice
Apr 13, 2020
ACLU of Alabama Comment on Governor Order to Resume Parole Hearings
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Today, Governor Ivey issued a supplemental emergency proclamation to allow for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles to resume parole hearings. This order c...
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Smart Justice
Apr 13, 2020
ACLU Files Temporary Restraining Order Against Oakdale Prison
Despite the government’s directive to reduce the population, Oakdale has identified just one person for release
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Smart Justice
Apr 13, 2020
ACLU and Little Rock Family Planning Services Sue to Keep Abortion Accessible in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Arkansas, law firm of O’Melveny & Myers, and Little Rock lawyer Bettina Brownstein took emergency...
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...
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Voting Rights
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New MexicoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Oliver. Explore Case.United States v. Oliver
The Department of Justice sued New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, 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 federal government's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Free Speech
How A Covid-era Law Banning ‘fake News’ In Puerto Rico Targets The Press. Explore News & Commentary.How a COVID-era Law Banning ‘Fake News’ in Puerto Rico Targets the Press
Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
How To Give The Government New Power To “un-person” Someone, In Three Easy Steps. Explore News & Commentary.How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps
States That Adopt Digital Driver’s Licenses Need to Rethink How IDs are Revoked -
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.