Press Releases
Nov 06, 2024
ACLU Statement on Arizona Abortion Access Amendment Passage and Implementation
PHOENIX — Arizonans passed Proposition 139 yesterday, which will establish a fundamental right to abortion in the state constitution and provide a path to challenge Arizona’s d...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Nov 06, 2024
Planned Parenthood Files Lawsuit to Restore Abortion Access, on Heels of Voters Approving Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative
KANSAS CITY — Following the passage of Amendment 3, the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, Missouri’s two Planned Parenthood providers filed suit to restore abortion acc...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Nov 06, 2024
ACLU Responds to Election of Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), had the following reaction to The Associated Press’ call of the 2024 presidenti...
Nov 04, 2024
Georgia Supreme Court Overturns Relief for Cobb County Voters
Voters Must Vote in Person on Election Day or Make sure their Absentee Ballot is Received by 7 p.m. on Election Day
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Ayota v. Fall
Nov 04, 2024
ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Hear Guantánamo Attorney’s Lawsuit Challenging CIA’s Excessive Secrecy
This cert petition in Connell v. CIA follows an appeals court ruling that allowed the CIA to continue abusing Glomar responses to evade accountability
Issue Areas:
National Security
Nov 04, 2024
Supreme Court to Determine Future of Equal Protection and Voting Rights Act Claims in Louisiana Case
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to review the case of Robinson v. Callais, which could determine how congressional maps are drawn in Louisiana.
The court will now...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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