Press Releases
Jan 12, 2017
ACLU Comment on Expansion of NSA Information Sharing
WASHINGTON — The director of national intelligence issued procedures today that expand the power of the National Security Agency to share information with 16 other government age...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jan 12, 2017
First-Ever National Report on How Solitary Confinement Harms People With Physical Disabilities
Wheelchairs, Braille Materials, Hearing Aids, and Other Vital Devices Are Often Denied in Solitary
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Jan 10, 2017
ACLU Testimony From Sessions’ Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON — American Civil Liberties Union National Legal Director David Cole will testify tomorrow at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for attorney general. The full ...
Jan 10, 2017
Lifelong Civil Rights Activist Andrea Young Takes the Helm of the ACLU of Georgia
ATLANTA – Lifelong civil rights activist and Georgia native Andrea Young is the new executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, taking the helm of the st...
Jan 09, 2017
ACLU Challenges Kentucky’s New Abortion Ultrasound Law
Law Requires Doctors to Display and Narrate Ultrasound Images Over Patients’ Objections
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 09, 2017
ACLU Acts to Block Court Order That Permits Discrimination Against Women, Transgender People Seeking Health Care
FORT WORTH, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion to stay a nationwide court order preventing the federal government from enforcing an Affordable Care A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Court case: Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell
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U.S. Supreme CourtJun 2025
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O'bannon V. King. Explore Case.O'Bannon v. King
Virginia permanently disenfranchises all people with felony convictions unless the governor restores their rights. This lawsuit—brought by the ACLU of Virginia and co-counsel partners—argues that the policy violates the Readmissions Act of 1870, which bars Virginia from denying the vote based on convictions that didn’t exist at common law in 1870. The state tried to dismiss the case by invoking sovereign immunity, but the courts rejected that argument. Now, the case moves forward with the potential to restore voting rights to thousands of Virginians. -
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Who We Fight For: The Journey To Trans Liberation. Explore Podcast.Who We Fight For: The Journey to Trans Liberation
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News & CommentaryJun 2025
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Jose Antonio Vargas On What We Get Wrong About Immigration Reform. Explore News & Commentary.Jose Antonio Vargas on What We Get Wrong About Immigration Reform
Vargas shares with the ACLU the common misconceptions about immigration and immigrants that he’s encountered through work with his nonprofit, Define America. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
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Parents Push Back Against The Trump Administration's Latest Attack On Working Families. Explore News & Commentary.Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families
The Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families