Press Releases
Jul 09, 2019
ACLU Opposes Department of Housing and Urban Development Proposed Rule on Mixed-Status Families in Public Housing and Section 8 Programs
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a public comment strongly opposing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposed rule change on eligibility requirements for...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 08, 2019
Federal Court Rules Florida County Public Meeting Policy Discriminates Based on Religion
MIAMI – The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled today that the Brevard County, Fla., Commissioners’ policy of using religious beliefs to determine who can offer...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jul 05, 2019
ACLU Asks Federal Court to Block Trump’s Ongoing Bid to Add Census Citizenship Question
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union and partners today asked a federal court in New York to block the Trump administration from taking any action that would delay the p...
Court case: Department of Commerce v. New York
Jul 03, 2019
Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Border Wall in National Emergency Challenge
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court today denied the government’s attempt to begin construction of President Trump’s border wall using funds unauthorized by Congress. Th...
Jul 03, 2019
ACLU Comment on Trump Threat to Reverse Course on Census
NEW YORK — One day after announcing it would move forward with printing the 2020 census without the citizenship question, the Trump administration is threatening to reverse cours...
Court case: Department of Commerce v. New York
Jul 03, 2019
Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Attempts to Gut Family Planning Program in Response to ACLU Lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals restored a preliminary injunction today in the ACLU’s case against the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back Title X, th...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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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.