Press Releases
Jan 10, 2018
ACLU and Demos Present Arguments at Supreme Court in Ohio Voter Purge Case
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and Dēmos presented arguments today to the Supreme Court in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, a case focusing on Ohio’s p...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute
Jan 09, 2018
ACLU Statement on Public Release of Fusion GPS Senate Judiciary Committee Testimony
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released today a transcript of the testimony from Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson, given durin...
Jan 09, 2018
Florida Court Permanently Blocks Abortion Restriction
Ruling permanently halts restriction forcing patients to delay care for 24 hours, make separate appointment
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Gainesville Woman Care, LLC v. State of Florida
Jan 09, 2018
ACLU Comment on White House Immigration Meeting
WASHINGTON — President Trump and members of Congress met today on immigration.
Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the American Civil Liberties Union,...
Jan 05, 2018
Civil Rights, Housing, and Community Development Organizations Urge HUD to Maintain Critical Fair Housing Tool
WASHINGTON — Seventy-six national civil rights, faith-based, affordable housing, and other organizations have voiced their strong opposition to the Department of Housing and Urba...
Jan 05, 2018
ACLU Opposes New Surveillance Bill
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union voiced its opposition to a bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to e...
Issue Areas:
National Security
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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.