Press Releases
Mar 07, 2025
Families and Doctors Ask Federal Court to Enforce Injunction Blocking Trump Administration’s Anti-Trans Healthcare Policy
BALTIMORE – Attorneys representing families and doctors from across the country filed a motion in federal court today asking the court to enforce its nationwide preliminary injun...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: PFLAG v. Trump
Mar 07, 2025
Advocates Sue to Challenge Withholding of Gender-Affirming Care in Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON – Three transgender people currently incarcerated in federal custody have filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump Administration and the Federal Bureau of Priso...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 06, 2025
Artists Mount First Amendment Challenge to New Grant Requirements by the National Endowment for the Arts
Applicants must attest that they will not “promote gender ideology” to be eligible for funding in accordance with President Trump’s executive order.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 05, 2025
ACLU and Knight Institute Urge Court to Construe Foreign Agent Registration Act Narrowly
Overbroad law has chilling effects on journalists, media organizations, and nonprofits
Issue Areas:
National Security
Mar 05, 2025
ACLU and NEA Sue U.S. Department of Education Over Unlawful Attack on Educational Equity
CONCORD, N.H. – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of New Hampshire, the ACLU of Massachusetts, the National Education Association (NEA), and the National Educat...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Mar 05, 2025
ACLU Celebrates Reintroduction of John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Amidst 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
WASHINGTON — With the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Mongtomery marches just around the corner, the American Civil Liberties Union urges Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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News & CommentaryMar 2025
Religion and Reproductive Rights
Trump's Attempt to Deride NLRB Won't Stop Power of Collective ActionsTrump's Attempt to Deride NLRB Won't Stop Power of Collective Actions
While the NLRB’s reopening is encouraging, workers must rely on each other to fulfill the promise of collective action. -
News & CommentaryMar 2025
Religion and Reproductive Rights
Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI ModelsMachine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance. -
News & CommentaryMar 2025
Religion and Reproductive Rights
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple. -
News & CommentaryMar 2025
Religion and Reproductive Rights
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on ColumbiaA Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia
The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.