Press Releases
Nov 19, 2018
Federal Court Blocks Trump Asylum Ban
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s new asylum ban. The American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center f...
Court case: East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr
Nov 16, 2018
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Action in Census Citizenship Challenge
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral argument on February 19, 2019, about what evidence can be considered in the legal challenge to the Trump administration's a...
Nov 16, 2018
ACLU Statement on Secretary DeVos’s Proposed Rule on Title IX
NEW YORK — Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued a notice of proposed rulemaking related to Title IX and sexual assault on campus.
Louise Melling, American Civil Liberties Un...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Nov 16, 2018
ACLU Comment on CNN Lawsuit Ruling
WASHINGTON — A federal court today granted CNN’s motion for a temporary restraining order and ordered the White House to reinstate CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acost...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Nov 15, 2018
ACLU Comment on Report of DOJ Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange
NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal today reported that the Department of Justice is preparing to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Ben Wizner, director of the American ...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Nov 14, 2018
More Than 200 Organizations Call on Congress to Reject Funding Increases for Immigration Enforcement During Lame Duck, Cut Funding in 2019
Signers Call on Congress to Reject any Funding Deal That Will Allow DHS to Further Militarize the Border and Harm Immigrant Communities
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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.