Press Releases
Aug 31, 2017
Government Settles in First Lawsuit Filed Against Trump’s Muslim Ban
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today settled with the plaintiffs in the first legal challenge to the president’s original executive order, which sought to bar travelers fr...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Darweesh v. Trump
Aug 30, 2017
Federal Court Strikes Down Virtually All of Texas’ Anti-Immigrant Senate Bill 4
SAN ANTONIO — A federal court has struck down virtually all of Texas’ Senate Bill 4, a law slated to take effect September 1 that would have forced local law enforcement to car...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: City of El Cenizo et al v. State of Texas et al
Aug 30, 2017
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration Decision to Block Critical Equal Pay Data Collection
WASHINGTON — The White House Office of Management and Budget announced today that it would immediately halt implementation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEO...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Aug 28, 2017
ACLU Responds to Trump Administration Giving Police Departments Grenade Launchers, Bayonets, Other Military Equipment
NASHVILLE — Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that President Donald Trump will issue an executive order today allowing the federal government to give police departments ce...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Aug 28, 2017
ACLU Files Pregnancy Discrimination Charge with EEOC On Behalf of Connecticut Police Officer
Town of Cromwell Forced Pregnant Police Officer on to Unpaid Leave
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Alicea v. Cromwell Police Department
Aug 28, 2017
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Transgender Service Member Ban
MARYLAND — The American Civil Liberties Union and Covington & Burling LLP today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the president’s directive banni...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
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Seven people detail what it’s like to be held in a California immigration detention center. One man who likely has prostate cancer has continuously been denied medication and urgent treatment. -
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United States V. Demarinis. Explore Case.United States v. DeMarinis
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) sued Maryland demanding the release of its full, unredacted voter file, which includes the highly sensitive and personal data of every voter in the state. This suit appears to be part of DOJ’s effort to build a national voter database without congressional authorization, improperly question the validity of state voter rolls, and intimidate eligible voters in Maryland and around the country. -
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United States V. Bellows (amicus). Explore Case.United States v. Bellows (Amicus)
Representing the ACLU of Maine, the ACLU Voting Rights Project and the ACLU of Maine filed an amicus brief in a federal lawsuit over the federal government’s demand that Maine turn over its entire voter registration rolls, including with voters’ sensitive personal data such as drivers’ license numbers and partial social security numbers.