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Dec 19, 2025
Voting Rights Groups, New Mexico Voters File Motion to Protect Voters’ Privacy
Lawsuit challenges DOJ demand for sensitive voter data
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Dec 19, 2025
Civil Rights Groups Urge Appeals Court to Order Timely Benefits Review for Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma
Amicus Brief Argues Lower Court Ruling Denying Expedited Adjudication Defies Congressional Intent
Issue Areas: Disability Rights Women's Rights
Court case: Karissa Wiggins v. Douglas Collins
Dec 18, 2025
ACLU Responds to President Trump’s Announcement Rescheduling Marijuana
WASHINGTON – President Trump announced today that he will direct executive agencies to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law, recognizing that ma...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Smart Justice
Dec 18, 2025
ACLU Condemns Florida Supreme Court Decision Upholding Non-Unanimous Capital Juries
Florida’s law, allowing for juries split 8-4 to sentence people to death, is the most extreme in the country
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment
Court case: Michael Jackson v. State of Florida
Dec 18, 2025
ACLU Will Challenge Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Effort to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON–Today, the American Civil Liberties Union condemned the Trump administration’s latest proposals to implement two nationwide rules that would significantly shut down ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Dec 18, 2025
ACLU Opposes Maricopa County’s Attempt to Halt Reform Before Reaching Compliance
PHOENIX – Maricopa County filed a motion yesterday to prematurely end court-ordered reforms in Ortega Melendres v. Sheridan, a class action lawsuit that found MCSO engaged in rac...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.
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