Press Releases
Dec 11, 2019
Federal Court Rules Trump Border Wall Illegal
OAKLAND — A federal court today ruled that President Trump’s use of emergency powers to divert $3.6 billion in military construction funds for the border wall is unlawful. The ...
Dec 10, 2019
ACLU Sues Frontier Airlines for Discrimination Against Pregnant and Breastfeeding Employees
DENVER — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed two companion lawsuits today against Frontier Air...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Freyer v. Frontier and Hodgkins v. Frontier
Dec 10, 2019
ACLU Urges Court to Keep ‘Devin Nunes’ cow’ Twitter Account Identity Anonymous
RICHMOND, Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union, Public Citizen, and ACLU of Virginia today urged a federal court to keep anonymous the identity of “Devin Nunes’ cow,” a...
Dec 09, 2019
ACLU Comment on DOJ Inspector General Report Examining FBI Investigation Into Trump Campaign
NEW YORK — U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz today released a report examining the FBI investigation into the Trump presidential campaign.
Below is co...
Dec 09, 2019
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Challenge to Unethical Kentucky Abortion Law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced today it would not review a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Kentucky’s forced narrated ultrasound law against ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Dec 06, 2019
In Win for Civil Rights Groups and Public Defenders, Appeals Court Orders New Orleans to Turn Over Surveillance Camera Locations
NEW ORLEANS – In a win for the city’s public defenders and civil rights groups representing them, a state appeals court has ordered the City of New Orleans to comply with a pub...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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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.