Press Releases
Jun 27, 2016
Thousands of Children Now Covered in Lawsuit Over Lack of Legal Representation in Immigration Proceedings
Federal Court Grants Class-Action Status in Challenge to Obama Administration
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: J.E.F.M. v. Lynch
Jun 27, 2016
Supreme Court Issues a Victory for Women in Texas Abortion Case
NEW YORK — The Supreme Court issued a decisive ruling today in what has been described as the most important abortion case in decades. The 5-3 ruling strikes down two abortion r...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
Jun 24, 2016
ACLU Sues Federal Government for Granting Millions of Dollars to Religious Groups That Deny Young Women Access to Medical Care
Groups like the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have been awarded upwards of $10 million to care for unaccompanied immigrant minors despite their explicit refusal to allow them access contraception and abortion
Jun 23, 2016
Court Orders School Board to Let Transgender Student Gavin Grimm Use Same Restrooms as Other Boys
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal district court in Virginia today ordered the Gloucester County School Board to let Gavin Grimm use the same restrooms as other boys at his school.
The A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 23, 2016
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Immigration Ruling
WASHINGTON – In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today deadlocked in the case of United States v. Texas. It left in place a lower court order preventing the president from sh...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 23, 2016
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Fisher Ruling
WASHINGTON — In a 4-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin. The ruling means the school will b...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Court case: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
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News & CommentaryMar 2025
Racial Justice
Trump's Attempt to Deride NLRB Won't Stop Power of Collective ActionsTrump's Attempt to Deride NLRB Won't Stop Power of Collective Actions
While the NLRB’s reopening is encouraging, workers must rely on each other to fulfill the promise of collective action. -
News & CommentaryMar 2025
Privacy & Technology
Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI ModelsMachine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance. -
News & CommentaryMar 2025
Privacy & Technology
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple. -
News & CommentaryMar 2025
Free Speech
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on ColumbiaA Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia
The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.