Press Releases
Feb 03, 2025
ACLU Urges Court to Order Government to Release Records on Fusion Center and Joint Terrorism Task Force Surveillance
Just days ago, Trump ordered JTTFs to help with immigration enforcement in the U.S.
Issue Areas:
National Security
Free Speech
Jan 30, 2025
ACLU Urges Utah Supreme Court to Allow People on Death Row to Challenge Execution Methods
SALT LAKE CITY — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Utah filed an amicus brief in the Utah Supreme Court today urging the court to uphold the Utah Constitution’s pr...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Court case: Menzies v. Utah Department of Corrections
Jan 30, 2025
ACLU Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Ruling Protecting Expedited Citizenship for Military Service Members
WASHINGTON – Four years after a district court ruled that a Trump-era policy blocking military service members’ expedited path to citizenship was unlawful, the American Civil L...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 24, 2025
Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Case Involving Nation’s First Religious Public Charter School
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union, Education Law Center, and Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following statement c...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jan 24, 2025
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on SF 2340, Iowa’s Anti-Immigrant Law
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today upheld a temporary block on SF 2340, Iowa's worst-ever immigration law.
The Iowa law was passed during the...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 23, 2025
ACLU Blasts Trump Administration Threats Against State and Local Officials
Memo and Public Letter to DOJ Affirm That States Have No Obligation to Help Carry Out Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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News & CommentaryDec 2025
Civil Liberties
Through The Lens Of Liberty: The Aclu’s Year In Photos. Explore News & Commentary.Through the Lens of Liberty: The ACLU’s Year in Photos
From nationwide rallies to crucial Supreme Court cases, revisit the photos that encapsulate our eventful year. -
Court CaseDec 2025
National Security
Human Rights
Foia Case Seeking The Trump Administration’s Legal Justification For Deadly Boat Strikes. Explore Case.FOIA Case Seeking the Trump Administration’s Legal Justification for Deadly Boat Strikes
The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) authored a legal opinion that reportedly claims to justify the Trump administration’s illegal lethal strikes on civilians in boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. Media reports indicate that, in addition to claiming that the strikes are lawful acts in an alleged “armed conflict” with unspecified drug cartels, the OLC opinion also purports to immunize personnel who authorized or took part in the strikes from future criminal prosecution. Because the public deserves to know how our government is justifying these illegal strikes, and why they think the people who carried them out should not be held accountable, the ACLU is seeking immediate release of the OLC legal opinion and related documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. -
News & CommentaryDec 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse And Inhumane Conditions At Largest Immigration Detention Center In The U.s.. Explore News & Commentary.Detained Immigrants Detail Physical Abuse and Inhumane Conditions at Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S.
In a letter calling to end immigration detention at Fort Bliss, interviews with 45 people report physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport. -
South CarolinaDec 2025
Voting Rights
Naacp South Carolina State Conference V. Wilson. Explore Case.NAACP South Carolina State Conference v. Wilson
All voters with disabilities have the right to receive assistance voting from a person of their choice. South Carolina prohibits some voters with disabilities from receiving assistance and limits who voters can rely on for assistance. Voters with disabilities and the NAACP South Carolina State Conference sued to challenge those laws under Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act and protect disabled voters’ right to assistance.