Press Releases
Mar 19, 2024
ACLU Cheers Supreme Court Decision to Allow No Fly List Challenge to Continue
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today ruled in FBI v. Fikre that a U.S. citizen can continue to challenge his placement on the No Fly List, after the government removed him from i...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Court case: FBI v. Fikre
Mar 14, 2024
ACLU Commends Senate Judiciary Committee’s Bill to Rein in the Government’s Use of Mass Warrantless Surveillance
The SAFE Act would make important reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Issue Areas:
National Security
Mar 12, 2024
“Dangerous and Unconstitutional”: ACLU Slams House Intelligence Committee Plan to Use Section 702 to Spy on Pro-Palestinian Protestors Without a Warrant
WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner has been secretly trying to sway his colleagues to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Feb 14, 2024
ACLU Urges Congress to Vote NO on Section 702 Reauthorization if Widely Supported Civil Liberties Protections Aren’t Included
Vital reforms to Section 702 include safeguards that would require a warrant to access Americans’ data
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jan 10, 2024
ACLU Urges Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Protect Right to Privacy in Internet Searches
ACLU and librarians file amicus in Pennsylvania v. Kurtz, asking the state Supreme Court to protect people seeking information online
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
National Security
Court case: Commonwealth v. Kurtz
Dec 20, 2023
ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Allow No Fly List Challenge to Continue
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Oregon, and Goodwin Procter today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court case FBI v. Fikre, which will de...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Court case: FBI v. Fikre
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The Latest
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U.S. Supreme CourtSep 2026
Privacy and Surveillance
People Not Politicians V. Onder (amicus). Explore Case.People Not Politicians v. Onder (Amicus)
Whether congressional elections in Missouri for the November 2026 midterms will be held using districts that never lawfully took effect because they have not been subject to a vote by the people via the referendum process. -
North CarolinaSep 2026
Privacy and Surveillance
Edwards V. Witherspoon. Explore Case.Edwards v. Witherspoon
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U.S. Supreme CourtSep 2026
Privacy and Surveillance
Hoskins V. Von Glahn (amicus). Explore Case.Hoskins v. von Glahn (Amicus)
Whether congressional elections in Missouri for the November 2026 midterms will be held using districts that never lawfully took effect because they have not been subject to a vote by the people via the referendum process. -
Washington, D.C.Sep 2026
Privacy and Surveillance
Levine V. Faa. Explore Case.Levine v. FAA
On September 4, 2026, the ACLU, ACLU of D.C. and the National Press Photographers Association filed an amicus brief to urge the court to block airspace restrictions on drone flights, banning such flights over any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facility or “mobile asset,” which includes any DHS vehicle.