Press Releases
Sep 27, 2019
Taxpayer-Funded Child Welfare Agencies Allowed to Discriminate Against Same-Sex Couples
DETROIT – As a result of a federal court order issued today, St. Vincent Catholic Charities, a state-contracted and taxpayer-funded child welfare agency, will be allowed to refus...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Sep 27, 2019
ACLU of Arkansas Condemns Approval of Private Prison Contract
LITTLE ROCK – The ACLU of Arkansas today condemned the decision by the Board of Corrections to approve a 20-year contract for LaSalle Corrections to operate a private prison in s...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Sep 27, 2019
ACLU Demands Trump Administration End Investigation Into Duke-UNC Middle East Studies Program
Organization Calls on U.S. Department of Education to Turn Over Records Related to the Investigation
Sep 27, 2019
Federal Court Blocks Trump Fast-Track Deportation Policy
WASHINGTON — A federal court has blocked a Trump administration policy that sought to massively expand fast-track deportations without a fair legal process such as a court hearin...
Court case: Make the Road New York v. Wolf
Sep 26, 2019
Airman Becomes First Sikh American to Complete Basic and Technical Training with A Religious Accommodation
Sunjit Singh Rathour undertook his training while wearing a turban, beard, and unshorn hair in accordance with his Sikh faith
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Sep 26, 2019
ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling Upholding Kentucky Forced Narrated Ultrasound Law
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The American Civil Liberties Union today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Kentucky’s forced...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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Free Speech
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Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
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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.