Press Releases
Nov 07, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration Contraceptive Rule
NEW YORK — The Trump administration issued final regulations today that would allow virtually any employer to claim a religious or moral exemption that enables it to deny any emp...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Nov 07, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump Dismissal of Jeff Sessions
NEW YORK — In response to reports that President Trump has asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero iss...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Nov 07, 2018
ACLU Statement on Failure of Discriminatory Measures in Midterm Elections
WASHINGTON — Several ballot measures supporting increased immigration enforcement and racial profiling failed at the ballot box yesterday. Lorella Praeli, American Civil Libertie...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 07, 2018
ACLU Statement on 2018 Midterm Election Results
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union spent $28.3 million in the midterm elections by supporting ballot measures, raising civil liberties issues in candidate races, and b...
Nov 02, 2018
ACLU Comment on Federal Appeals Court Ruling in Georgia Voting Challenge
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has rejected Georgia’s request to stay a temporary restraining order blocking election officials from throwing out absentee ballots or applica...
Court case: Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Kemp
Nov 02, 2018
Supreme Court Allows Trial Over Census Citizenship Question to Proceed
NEW YORK — The Supreme Court has denied the Trump administration’s request to delay a federal trial in the challenge over placing a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The...
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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.