Press Releases
Oct 24, 2018
ACLU Calls for Moratorium on Law and Immigration Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition
Demands DHS Disclose If and How It Plans to Use the Surveillance Technology Following Reports of Amazon Courting ICE to Buy ‘Rekognition’
Oct 21, 2018
ACLU Statement on Reports of Trump Administration Attacks on Transgender People
NEW YORK—The Trump administration is reportedly working to dramatically roll-back protections for transgender students and narrow the definitions of sex and gender that courts ha...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Oct 19, 2018
ACLU, Rep. Castro, and Others Deliver 200,000 Petitions Demanding Greyhound Stop Allowing Border Patrol Raids
DALLAS — More than 200,000 signed petitions were delivered today to Greyhound’s headquarters demanding the transportation company stop allowing Border Patrol officials to board...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 16, 2018
ACLU Challenges Georgia Voter Signature-Matching Law
ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Georgia filed a lawsuit today against Secretary of State Brian Kemp and all county registrars demanding they provide due ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Kemp
Oct 15, 2018
Alabama Judge Vacates Death Sentence for ACLU Client
MOBILE, Ala. — The death sentence for American Civil Liberties Union client Lam Luong was successfully vacated by an Alabama court today at a hearing where Luong was resentenced ...
Oct 15, 2018
ACLU Statement on Harvard Admissions Trial
BOSTON — Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) and Ed Blum’s latest crusade against diversity in schools goes to trial in Boston today, where Harvard University will defend its h...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
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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. -
GeorgiaDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Raffensperger. Explore Case.United States v. Raffensperger
The Department of Justice sued Georgia, 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 DOJ's efforts to build a national voter database without congressional authorization, improperly question the validity of state voter rolls, and intimidate eligible voters in Georgia and across the country. -
ColoradoDec 2025
Voting Rights
United States V. Griswold. Explore Case.United States v. Griswold
Representing Common Cause and two Colorado voters, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and ACLU of Colorado have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Colorado turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.