Press Releases
Jun 06, 2019
ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center Sue Trump Administration Over Discriminatory Cash Bail System
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s cash bail system that di...
Jun 05, 2019
ACLU Comment on Today’s Federal Court Hearing in Census Citizenship Lawsuit
NEW YORK — A federal court heard arguments today related to new evidence showing that the Trump administration added the census citizenship question not to protect minority votin...
Court case: Department of Commerce v. New York
Jun 05, 2019
ACLU Mourns the Loss of Herb Sandler
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union mourns the loss of a dear friend and colleague, Herb Sandler, leader of the Sandler Foundation. Anthony D. Romero, executive directo...
Jun 04, 2019
House of Representatives Passes Historic Bill to Protect Immigrants from Deportation
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed the Dream and American Promise Act, H.R. 6, today to protect Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 04, 2019
ACLU Sues to Challenge Discriminatory Housing Policy at Virginia Apartment Complex
CHESTERFIELD, Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 04, 2019
ACLU Testifies Before Congress on State Abortion Bans
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Freedom Project Director Jennifer Dalven testified today before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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News & CommentaryJan 2026
Free Speech
How A Covid-era Law Banning ‘fake News’ In Puerto Rico Targets The Press. Explore News & Commentary.How a COVID-era Law Banning ‘Fake News’ in Puerto Rico Targets the Press
Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. -
News & CommentaryJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
How To Give The Government New Power To “un-person” Someone, In Three Easy Steps. Explore News & Commentary.How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps
States That Adopt Digital Driver’s Licenses Need to Rethink How IDs are Revoked -
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.