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about Free Speech
Dec 02, 2025
SCOTUS Should Protect Organizations from State Subpoenas That Chill Free Speech, ACLU Argues
In First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin, the Supreme Court will consider when federal courts can review claims that state subpoenas unconstitutionally chill First Amendment rights
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Dec 01, 2025
ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Protect Free Expression Online in Copyright Case
In Cox v. Sony, punishing service providers will put all Internet users at risk
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Nov 20, 2025
ACLU Statement on President Donald Trump’s Comments About Members of Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Donald Trump said six Members of Congress exhibited 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' after they made a video encouraging members of t...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Nov 20, 2025
Oklahoma Students and Educators Ask Appeals Court to Block Classroom Censorship Law
The 2021 law restricts teaching about race and gender
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. Drummond
Nov 18, 2025
ACLU Demands Information From DHS About Alarming Pattern of Retaliation against Those Recording Immigration Agents
Immigration agents have threatened, brandished guns, and arrested those who record their raids. The ACLU is urgently seeking disclosure of records related to this practice.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Nov 10, 2025
ACLU and Partners Urge Supreme Court to Maintain Block on Trump’s Deployment of Military Troops to Chicago
WASHINGTON — Free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois, the state’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s at...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Free Speech
Court case: Trump v. Illinois
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Court CaseDec 2025
Free Speech
Foia Request For Dhs Records On Practices Regarding Persons Who Record Immigration Or Law Enforcement Activity And/or Publish Information. Explore Case.FOIA Request for DHS Records on Practices Regarding Persons Who Record Immigration or Law Enforcement Activity and/or Publish Information
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News & CommentaryNov 2025
Free Speech
Immigrants' Rights
Immigration Agents Are Retaliating Against People Who Record Them. Explore News & Commentary.Immigration Agents are Retaliating Against People Who Record Them
We’re filing a FOIA to find out how deep the problem goes -
U.S. Supreme CourtNov 2025
Free Speech
Cox Communications, Inc. V. Sony Music Entertainment. Explore Case.Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment
In a brief spearheaded by leading copyright scholars Rebecca Tushnet (Harvard Law), Mark Lemley (Stanford Law), and Chris Springman (NYU Law), the ACLU, the ACLU of Virginia, and the Center for Democracy and Technology filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment. In this significant copyright case, the Supreme Court will review a 4th Circuit ruling holding that an internet service provider could be liable for vast copyright damages because it took insufficient steps to disconnect IP addresses accused of downloading copyrighted material. The case is at the Supreme Court on the merits docket, with oral arguments scheduled for Monday, December 1, 2025. -
News & CommentaryDec 2025
Free Speech
Our Holiday Book Guide For Justice-minded Readers. Explore News & Commentary.Our Holiday Book Guide for Justice-Minded Readers
In our series, ACLU staffers share books and merch to give this holiday season that have helped them better understand civil liberties and civil rights, fight for our communities and our Constitution, and increase engagement in creating a more perfect union.