Press Releases
Feb 02, 2018
ACLU Comment on Release of Nunes Memo
WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee released a memo today that discussed FBI and Justice Department surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page.
Christ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Feb 01, 2018
Savannah Police Suspend Program Instructing Landlords to Deny Housing to People with Criminal Records
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department suspended its Crime Free Housing Program, which for 18 years had instructed landlords to refuse to rent apartm...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Criminal Law Reform
Jan 30, 2018
ACLU: Trump’s America is Exclusionary
WASHINGTON — Faiz Shakir, national political director at the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement after President Trump’s first State of the Union add...
Jan 30, 2018
ACLU Statement on Trump Guantanamo Executive Order
WASHINGTON — President Trump has signed an executive order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison open and directing the Pentagon to "reexamine" military detention policy.
Hina Shamsi...
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National Security
Jan 30, 2018
In First, Judge Blocks Kansas Law Aimed at Boycotts of Israel
TOPEKA, Kan. — The American Civil Liberties Union won an early victory today in its federal lawsuit arguing that a Kansas law requiring a public school educator to certify that s...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jan 30, 2018
Faith in Texas, Texas Organizing Project Education Fund Join Dallas County Bail Practices Lawsuit to Demand Public Access to Bail Proceedings
DALLAS — Social justice organizations Faith in Texas and Texas Organizing Project Education Fund became plaintiffs today in the lawsuit alleging unconstitutional bail practices i...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
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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.