Press Releases
Jan 30, 2020
Kimberly Craven Joins ACLU as Legal Director for South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming
Kimberly Craven has joined the ACLU as the new legal director for the ACLU of South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming.
Craven will lead and expand the ACLU’s legal program across ...
Jan 30, 2020
Hundreds Rally at State Capitol to Push for Criminal Justice Reform
Advocates sounded the alarm about crimeless revocation, advocate against construction of a new prison
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Jan 30, 2020
ACLU National and ACLU Puerto Rico Oppose Puerto Rico Internet Voting Bill
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Puerto Rico urged Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez in a public letter sent today to veto Senate P...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
National Security
Jan 29, 2020
ACLU Statement on the House Passage of the Temporary Reauthorization of Fentanyl Analogues Act
WASHINGTON — The House has passed the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act, legislation that extends the Drug Enforcement Age...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jan 29, 2020
Federal Court Orders Sumter County to Adopt Court-Drawn Maps For School Board Elections
Court Orders County to Move Election from May to November to Increase Black Voter Participation
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jan 29, 2020
ACLU of Maine Calls on Legislature to End Automatic License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines
AUGUSTA, Maine – The ACLU of Maine today called on the legislature to permanently end the practice of automatically suspending an individual’s driver’s license because they c...
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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.