Press Releases
Jul 13, 2017
ACLU Statement on House Amendment to Prohibit Transgender Care for Military Members and Their Families
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives will consider an amendment today to the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense policy bill, that prohibits transgender m...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 11, 2017
ACLU, Diverse Organizations to Participate in July 12 Net Neutrality Day of Action
ACLU Will Alter Website and Social Media to Educate Its 3 Million Supporters and Encourage Comments to FCC
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jul 10, 2017
ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Over Trump Election Commission Secrecy
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today over the lack of transparency by President Trump’s election commission.
The lawsuit charges the c...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: American Civil Liberties Union v. Donald Trump
Jul 07, 2017
Federal Appeals Court Rules that There is a First Amendment Right to Record the Police
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court in Philadelphia today joined “a growing consensus” in acknowledging that there is a First Amendment right to record the police in publi...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jul 02, 2017
ACLU Mourns Norman Dorsen
"Today, we lost one of this country’s most courageous defenders of equal justice, my friend and role model, Norman Dorsen. Norman was nothing short of a trailblazing giant in the...
Jun 30, 2017
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration’s Effort to Gather Details on All Voters in America
NEW YORK — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach sent a letter on behalf of President Trump’s election commission this week seeking details on every registered voter in the cou...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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PodcastDec 2025
Immigrants' Rights
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What’s On The Docket: A 2026 Scotus Briefing. Explore Podcast.What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
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News & CommentaryDec 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Inside An Ice Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions. Explore News & Commentary.Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions
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. -
MarylandDec 2025
Voting Rights
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. -
MaineDec 2025
Voting Rights
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.