Press Releases
Jun 26, 2018
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Muslim Ban Ruling
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Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 25, 2018
Supreme Court Sends LGBT Discrimination Case Back to Washington State Supreme Court for Review
WASHINGTON — On the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, the high court vacated and remanded the Washington State Supreme Court’s decision in Arlene...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Arlene's Flowers et al v. Washington et al
Jun 24, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump’s Call to Deprive Immigrants of Due-Process Rights
NEW YORK — President Trump today advocated for eliminating due process for immigrants, saying: “When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, brin...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 22, 2018
Federal Judge Holds Arizona Prison Officials in Contempt and Imposes $1.5 Million in Fines for Failing to Provide Adequate Health Care to Prisoners
PHOENIX – A federal judge has held Arizona prison officials in contempt for repeatedly violating the terms of a 2014 settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU ...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Jensen v. Thornell
Jun 22, 2018
Judge Approves Settlement Requiring Major Improvements at Montana State Prison in Conditions for Prisoners with Disabilities
Agreement Between Montana Department of Corrections and the ACLU and CREEC Resolves Final Claims from 1994 Lawsuit over Prison Conditions
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Langford v. Bullock
Jun 22, 2018
Supreme Court Rules Police Need a Warrant to Track Cellphones
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled today that the government needs a warrant to access a person’s cellphone location history.
In the case, Carpenter v. United States, the Ame...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: Carpenter v. United States
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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.