Press Releases
Jan 16, 2017
ACLU Calls on Americans to Take “The People’s Oath” and Pledge to Protect and Defend the Constitution
Launches Digital Campaign to Create Personalized Oaths to Coincide with Jan. 20th Inauguration
Jan 13, 2017
Statement on Release of Department of Justice findings on Chicago Police Department
The following is the statement of ACLU of Illinois Police Practice Project Director Karen Sheley regarding the release of the Department of Justice findings on the Chicago Police D...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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...
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Wisconsin Supreme CourtJul 2025
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State V. K.r.c.. Explore Case.State v. K.R.C.
This case asks whether a 12-year-old boy was in custody and entitled to Miranda warnings during a closed-door police interrogation by a school resource officer in the school building. The court of appeals held that he was not in custody, not entitled to Miranda warnings, and voluntarily incriminated himself. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative and the ACLU of Wisconsin filed an amicus brief arguing that admitting the boy’s statements into evidence not only violated the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution but Article I, Section 8 of the Wisconsin Constitution, and urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to rest its decision on the state charter to better protect Wisconsinites’ civil liberties. -
News & CommentaryJul 2025
LGBTQ Parenting
Takeaways From The Supreme Court's Term. Explore News & Commentary.Takeaways from the Supreme Court's Term
This term was marked by sharp right turns in major civil rights cases, a mixed record on lower-profile cases, and mixed outcomes in an ascendant emergency docket -
PodcastJul 2025
LGBTQ Parenting
The Abcs Of Free Speech With Emerson Sykes. Explore Podcast.The ABCs of Free Speech with Emerson Sykes