Press Releases
Mar 09, 2018
ACLU Files National Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trump Administration’s Practice of Forcibly Separating Parents and Young Children
Action Broadens Existing Lawsuit Involving Congolese Mom and 7-Year-Old Daughter
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Mar 09, 2018
ACLU Comment on Introduction of “First Amendment Defense Act”
WASHINGTON — Twenty Republican senators introduced the so-called “First Amendment Defense Act” this week, which would allow private companies and not-for-profit government co...
Mar 09, 2018
ACLU Sues Georgia County Over Discriminatory, Wealth-Based Bail System
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Georgia filed a federal class-action lawsuit today against Glynn County, Georgia, for violating the constituti...
Court case: Mock et al v. Glynn County et al
Mar 07, 2018
Funeral Home Unlawfully Discriminated Against Its Employee By Firing Her For Being Transgender, a Federal Appeals Court Rules
DETROIT — Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes unlawfully discriminated against Aimee Stephens when it fired her ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 06, 2018
Trump Administration Releases Asylum-Seeking Mother Following ACLU Lawsuit
NEW YORK — Just days after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit to reunite an asylum-seeking mom and her 7-year-old daughter, the government has abruptly re...
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Mar 06, 2018
ACLU Opposes Federal Bill Aimed at Boycotts of Israel as Free Speech Violation
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the Senate today opposing a revised version of a bill that would criminalize supporting certain boycotts of compa...
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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.