Press Releases
Dec 05, 2016
ACLU And LGBT Groups Call on Obama to Grant Clemency to Chelsea Manning
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and over a dozen LGBT groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama today urging the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 30, 2016
ACLU of North Carolina Responds to Lack of Charges in Police Killing of Keith Lamont Scott
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Andrew Murray announced that he will not bring charges against the police officer who killed Keith Lamont Scott. The...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Nov 30, 2016
Reproductive Rights Groups Challenge Abortion Restrictions in Three States
ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Center Fight Unconstitutional Measures in Alaska, Missouri, and North Carolina
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Nov 29, 2016
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in ACLU Immigration Detention Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments today in Jennings v. Rodriguez, a case that will decide the fate of thousands of people languishing in immigration prisons. America...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Jennings v. Rodriguez
Nov 29, 2016
ACLU Finds Parole Nearly Impossible for Prisoners Who Committed Serious Crimes as Youth
Report shows parole boards failing to release these prisoners, despite years of rehabilitation and evidence that they pose no risk to society
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Nov 22, 2016
President Obama Grants Commutations to 79 Federal Prisoners
WASHINGTON – After commuting the sentences of 72 prisoners earlier this month, President Obama today commuted the sentences of 79 more prisoners. Of today's 79 grants, 54 were in...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
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Wisconsin Supreme CourtJul 2025
Civil Liberties
+2 Issues
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
Civil Liberties
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
Free Speech
The Abcs Of Free Speech With Emerson Sykes. Explore Podcast.The ABCs of Free Speech with Emerson Sykes