Press Releases
Apr 21, 2016
Three More Plaintiffs Join Lawsuit Against North Carolina’s Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Law
ACLU and Lambda Legal Add Transgender High School Student and Lesbian Couple to Lawsuit to Fight HB 2
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 21, 2016
ACLU Vows to Sue Over Alabama Legislation Designed to Close Abortion Clinics
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After an Alabama House committee passed a bill that would shutter abortion clinics within 2,000 feet of a public school, the American Civil Liberties Union com...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Apr 20, 2016
ACLU Responds to Final Supplemental Briefing in Zubik v. Burwell Supreme Court Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today received supplemental reply briefs in Zubik v. Burwell, a case brought by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations that object on relig...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Apr 19, 2016
Federal Court of Appeals Rules In Favor of Transgender Student in Virginia Restroom Access Case
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal court of appeals today ruled in favor of transgender male student Gavin Grimm in his challenge to Gloucester High School’s discriminatory restroom pol...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 18, 2016
Sponsor Pulls Bill Restricting Transgender Students’ Access to Restrooms
NASHVILLE – Today Rep. Susan Lynn took HB 2414, the bill that would have prohibited transgender students from accessing restrooms and other sex-segregated facilities that corresp...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 14, 2016
ACLU Sues for Bureau of Prisons Documents on Approval of CIA Torture Site
The Senate Torture Report Details the Visit by Bureau of Prisons Personnel to the Detention Site COBALT in Afghanistan, Yet Bureau Denies Any Documentation Exists
Issue Areas:
National Security
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News & CommentaryDec 2024
Racial Justice
Human Rights
Why the Fight for Racial Justice is a Human Rights IssueWhy the Fight for Racial Justice is a Human Rights Issue
On International Human Rights Day, the ACLU is advocating for a long-sought after reparatory justice to end the continued abuses against Black and brown communities. -
News & CommentaryDec 2024
Privacy & Technology
AI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, BiasAI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, Bias
AI-generated police reports threaten to exacerbate existing problems in law enforcement, and to create new ones. -
News & CommentaryDec 2024
Civil Liberties
We Need to Know More About State Supreme Court CasesWe Need to Know More About State Supreme Court Cases
State Supreme Courts interpret laws that impact some of the most intimate parts of our lives. Communities have a right to know what’s on the docket.
