Press Releases
May 31, 2018
ACLU Statement on CIA Torture Program Rulings From European Court of Human Rights
STRASBOURG, France — The European Court of Human Rights today found Lithuania and Romania were complicit in the CIA’s illegal torture and rendition programs. The decisions were...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Human Rights
May 31, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Sue North Carolina DMV For Revoking Driver’s Licenses of People Who Cannot Pay Traffic Tickets
Taking licenses from people who cannot pay violates the U.S. Constitution, lawsuit says
Court case: Johnson v. Jessup
May 30, 2018
ACLU, Color of Change, Free Press Call for Release of DHS “Race Paper”
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union joined Color of Change, Free Press, and over 35 other organizations to call for the release of the unredacted Department of Homela...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
May 25, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump Assistant Secretary of State Nomination
WASHINGTON — President Trump nominated Ronald Mortensen to Assistant Secretary of State today.
Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the American Civil ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 25, 2018
ACLU Secures DACA Renewal for Georgia Activist
NEW YORK — The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to renew Jessica Colotl’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and work permit to resolve a lawsuit brought b...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
May 24, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Voice Concern with Senate Bill on Sexual Harassment and Workplace Discrimination on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union voiced serious concerns about a Senate bill passed today that would reform the way sexual harassment and other forms of discrimina...
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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.