Press Releases
Mar 26, 2024
Ohio Families File Lawsuit Challenging Ban on Gender-Affirming Healthcare for Transgender Youth
COLUMBUS- Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, and the global law firm Goodwin filed a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional enactment of House Bill 68, ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 26, 2024
Supreme Court Could Impose Nationwide Restrictions on Abortion
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral argument later today in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, which could have serious effects on people’s ability to access a...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Mar 25, 2024
Federal Judge Dismisses Elon Musk’s X Lawsuit Against Nonprofit Researchers
In a win for free speech, a California district court dismissed X’s efforts to target the Center for Countering Digital Hate for highlighting the social network’s flaws.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Mar 25, 2024
Black Voters in South Carolina Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Deny Stay in Racial Gerrymandering Case
State Has Asked to Use Discriminatory Congressional Map in 2024
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Mar 22, 2024
School that Forced Girls to Wear Skirts to Promote “Chivalry” to Pay $1.465 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs as Part of Settlement
School Also Agrees to Update Its Handbook to Remove Short Hair Rule for Boys
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Peltier v. Charter Day School
Mar 21, 2024
ACLU Statement On FY24 Appropriations Bill Funding Immigrant Detention, Anti-Immigrant Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The second package of final Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills in the U.S. House of Representatives fails to rein in wasteful and harmful spending by Immigr...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Immigrants' Rights
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