Press Releases
Jun 29, 2016
Over 100 Members of Congress Urge Court to Bar Employment Discrimination Against LGBT People
NEW YORK — More than 100 members of Congress Tuesday night urged a federal appeals court to hold that employers cannot discriminate against people based on their sexual orientati...
Jun 29, 2016
ACLU Challenges Law Preventing Studies on ‘Big Data’ Discrimination
First Amendment Lawsuit Brought on Behalf of Academic Researchers and Journalists Who Fear Prosecution Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Jun 28, 2016
ACLU and Lambda Legal Condemn Failure to Repeal North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT H.B. 2
RALEIGH – Today, after draft legislation with proposed changes to the sweeping anti-LGBT measure, North Carolina House Bill 2, was released, the American Civil Liberties Union, A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Jun 28, 2016
Major Settlement Approved to Improve Baltimore Jail’s Medical Care, Facilities
BALTIMORE – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today approved the settlement agreement in Duvall v. Hogan, the class-action suit on behalf of detainees in the Baltimore City ...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Duvall v. Hogan
Jun 28, 2016
Supreme Court Term More Liberal Than Expected, ACLU Says
Term May Represent 'End of an Era'
Jun 28, 2016
Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Begins to Ripple Across States
NEW YORK — One day after the Supreme Court’s most important decision on abortion in decades, the Court’s ruling is already having an impact on similar restrictions in other s...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on ColumbiaA Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia
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