Press Releases
Jun 15, 2016
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joe Walsh Pledges to Fight North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law
RALEIGH, N.C. — American singer-songwriter and former Eagles’ guitarist Joe Walsh announced he will give a portion of the proceeds from two upcoming shows in North Carolina to ...
Jun 15, 2016
ACLU Sues City of Cleveland Over RNC Rules that Violate Free Speech
CLEVELAND — The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed a lawsuit in federal court yesterday seeking changes to regulations put in place by the city of Cleveland for the 201...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jun 14, 2016
CIA Releases Dozens of Torture Documents in Response to ACLU Lawsuit
Secret Documents Describe Graphic Abuse and Admit Mistakes
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 14, 2016
ACLU Statement on Orlando Tragedy
NEW YORK — ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero said the following in response to the Orlando tragedy:
“The Orlando tragedy has shaken us all. At times like this, we must ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 14, 2016
Kansas Must Begin Registering 18,000 Eligible Voters It Had Illegally Blocked
TOPEKA, Kan. — Today marks the deadline for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to start registering more than 18,000 Kansans who have tried to register to vote but were blocke...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Fish v. Schwab (formerly Fish v. Kobach)
Jun 14, 2016
ACLU Settlement With ICE Will Allow Immigrants Held in Detention to Use Functional Telephones for Contacting Lawyers, Families, Government Agencies
Immigration Officials Agree to Give Immigrant Detainees Fighting Deportation Reliable Access to Phones
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Lyon v. ICE, et al
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While the NLRB’s reopening is encouraging, workers must rely on each other to fulfill the promise of collective action. -
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Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance. -
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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. -
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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.