Press Releases
Jun 21, 2019
ACLU Files Request for Preliminary Injunction in Alabama Abortion Ban Lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to block Alabama’s near-total abortion ban while the legal challenge proceeds.
Governor K...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 21, 2019
'Fight Back: Protect Abortion Access' GoFundMe Launched to Support ACLU, Planned Parenthood, & National Network of Abortion Funds
New GoFundMe to Protect Reproductive Rights Across the U.S.
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 20, 2019
In a Limited Ruling, Supreme Court Upholds Government’s Display of 40-Foot-Tall Cross
WASHINGTON — A governmental display of an enormous Latin cross as a war memorial does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, accord...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Court case: American Legion v. American Humanist Association
Jun 18, 2019
ACLU Calls on District Attorney Lacey to Eliminate Death Penalty Sentencing in Los Angeles
New Data Show County's Death Sentences Characterized by Racial Bias, Unfit Lawyers
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jun 17, 2019
National African American Reparations Commission, ACLU to Host Forum on Reparations
Forum to Follow Congressional Hearing on Bill to Form a Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 14, 2019
Court Rules in Favor of Jane Doe, Other Young Immigrant Women in ACLU Abortion Case
Court Rules That the Trump Administration’s No-Abortion Policy Should Remained Blocked While the Case Proceeds as a Class Action
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.