Press Releases
Apr 12, 2016
Federal Appeals Court Revives Challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law
CHICAGO – A federal appeals court has directed a lower court to consider the claims of voters who have trouble obtaining identification under Wisconsin’s strict voter ID law.
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Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Apr 12, 2016
ACLU Statement on North Carolina Governor’s Executive Order on LGBT Discrimination
RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) today issued an executive order that maintains House Bills 2’s provisions that force transgender people to use the wrong restroom ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Apr 08, 2016
ACLU Statement on Encryption Bill
WASHINGTON — A discussion draft of proposed bill written by Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) published last night would require companies to give the g...
Apr 07, 2016
ACLU Warns New Border Patrol Use-of-Force Data ‘Raises Several Alarms’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection released statistics today on use-of-force incidents for fiscal year 2015-2016, claiming a reduction in incidents but not addressin...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 07, 2016
Groups Challenging HB2 Respond to UNC Position on Discriminatory Law
RALEIGH – The University of North Carolina system today announced that it has chosen to follow House Bill 2, a sweeping anti-LGBT law that would prevent transgender students, emp...
Apr 06, 2016
ACLU Sues Federal Government Seeking Bond Reform in Immigration System
LOS ANGELES – The federal government sets unreasonable bonds for detained immigrants, including asylum seekers, by failing to consider immigrants' financial resources or ability ...
Court case: Hernandez v. Barr
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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. -
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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 -
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The Abcs Of Free Speech With Emerson Sykes. Explore Podcast.The ABCs of Free Speech with Emerson Sykes