Press Releases
Jul 03, 2019
Judge Blocks Ohio’s Near Total Abortion Ban in ACLU Case
CINCINNATI — A federal judge temporarily blocked an Ohio law today that would have banned abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before most women know they are pregnant....
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jul 03, 2019
Supreme Court Urged Not to Roll Back Workplace Protections for LGBTQ People
WASHINGTON – Thousands of businesses, women CEOs and women’s rights organizations, civil rights organizations, current and former elected officials, faith leaders, scholars and...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: LGBTQ Discrimination Cases at the Supreme Court
Jul 02, 2019
Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration Policy of Arbitrarily Jailing Asylum Seekers
SEATTLE — A federal court has blocked a Trump administration policy that categorically denies bond hearings to asylum seekers. The policy, announced April 16 by Attorney General ...
Court case: Padilla v. ICE
Jul 02, 2019
ACLU Comment on Census Victory
NEW YORK— The Trump administration announced it will move forward with printing the 2020 census without the citizenship question. The move comes after the Supreme Court last week...
Court case: Department of Commerce v. New York
Jul 02, 2019
ACLU Statement on Metro Transit Police Officer’s Use of Taser on Bystander
WASHINGTON – On Saturday evening June 22 at a platform in the U St. Metro station, Metro Transit Police Officer Jonathan Costanzo tasered Metro customer Tapiwa Musonza as he was ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jul 01, 2019
Court Says Woman who was Assaulted in Immigration Detention Facility Gets Her Day in Court
PHILADELPHIA — An appeals court ruled today ruled that E.D., an asylum-seeker, could move forward with her claims against the Berks County Residential Center, a family immigrant ...
Court case: E.D. v. Sharkey
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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. -
MassachusettsDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Galvin. Explore Case.United States v. Galvin
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the Massachusetts Secretary of State Galvin, seeking private, confidential voter data. DOJ’s efforts appear to be part of an effort to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls.