Press Releases
Jun 06, 2018
President Commutes Life-Without-Parole Sentence of Alice Marie Johnson
Mother of Five Was Imprisoned in 1996 for a Nonviolent Drug Offense Without the Possibility of Parole
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Jun 06, 2018
ACLU, Immigrants’ Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, and Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of immigrants’ rights groups chal...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Department of Commerce v. New York
Jun 06, 2018
Federal Court Allows ACLU Challenge to Proceed in Case Against Trump Administration’s Family Separation Practice
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union’s challenge to the Trump administration’s practice of forcibly separating asylum-seeking parents and...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Jun 04, 2018
Supreme Court Issues Decision in Jane Doe Abortion Case
ACLU’s Class-Action Challenge to Trump Administration’s No-Abortion Policy Continues in Lower Courts
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 04, 2018
Supreme Court Upholds Basic Principles of Nondiscrimination, Reverses Colorado Civil Rights Commission Decision
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today reaffirmed the core principle that businesses open to the public must be open to all in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commiss...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 01, 2018
ACLU Statement on Trump Administration’s Release of Official Civilian Casualty Report
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today submitted to Congress a report revealing how many civilian casualties it believes resulted from U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syri...
Issue Areas:
National Security
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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.