Press Releases
Dec 06, 2019
ACLU Opposes So-Called Fairness for All Act
WASHINGTON — In response to introduction of the so-called Fairness for All Act in the House of Representatives, Ronnie Newman, National Political Director for the American Civil ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Dec 05, 2019
Indiana BMV to Translate Driver’s Manual to Arabic, Burmese, Chin, and Mandarin Following ACLU Lawsuit
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has agreed to translate the Driver’s Manual into Arabic, Burmese, Chin, and Mandarin by March of 2021, in a settlement that ...
Dec 04, 2019
New ACLU of Montana Report: Exclusionary Discipline in Montana’s Schools Pushes Students Out at Alarming Rates
Indigenous Students Face Highest Disparities in Out-of-School Suspensions and Arrests
Issue Areas:
Juvenile Justice
Dec 04, 2019
ACLU Statement on Attorney General William Barr’s Comments on Policing
NEW YORK — During formal remarks at the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing, Attorney General William Barr said: “if communities don’t give suppo...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 02, 2019
ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Follow Precedent and Strike Down Medically Unnecessary Abortion Restriction
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued that the Supreme Court should protect people’s right to access abortion in an amicus brief filed before the Suprem...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: June Medical Services v. Russo
Nov 27, 2019
ACLU-RI Court Brief Supports Challenge to Extradition of Man Likely to Be Tortured If Returned to His Country
The American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights Project and the ACLU of Rhode Island have today filed a “friend of the court” brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Bost...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' 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.