Press Releases
Mar 29, 2019
Federal Court Strikes Down Public Charter School’s Policy Requiring Girls to Wear Skirts
LELAND, N.C. — A federal court ruled that a K-8 public charter school’s uniform policy violates the Constitution by requiring female students to wear skirts to school and prohi...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Peltier v. Charter Day School
Mar 28, 2019
ACLU Statement on HUD Complaint Against Facebook for Housing Discrimination
NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today charged Facebook with housing discrimination, alleging its paid advertising platform violates the Fair Housi...
Mar 28, 2019
House of Representatives Passes Resolution in Support of Transgender Servicemembers
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed H. Res. 124 today, expressing opposition to the Trump Administration’s attempts to ban transgender people from serving in the A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 27, 2019
House of Representatives Passes Paycheck Fairness Act
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Fairness Act today to strengthen protections against sex-based pay discrimination. The bill makes critical updates t...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Mar 27, 2019
Congress Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Address Policing for Profit
WASHINGTON — The Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration or FAIR Act was introduced today in the House. The bill would reform the practice of law enforcement seizing money, homes, ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Mar 27, 2019
ACLU Applauds Veto of Bill to Restrict Abortion Access in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union applauds the decision of Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló to veto Senate Bill 950. The House voted to override the veto, and...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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New MexicoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Oliver. Explore Case.United States v. Oliver
The Department of Justice sued New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, 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 federal government's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls. -
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.