Press Releases

Nov 28, 2023

Plaintiffs in Georgia Redistricting Lawsuit Offer Remedial State Legislative Maps

General Assembly’s New State Senate Map Proposal Likely Violates Court’s Order

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Nov 27, 2023

ACLU Urges Congress to Oppose Attempt to Sneak Section 702 Reauthorization into “Must-Pass” Defense Spending Bill

ACLU vows to oppose the NDAA and score the vote if Section 702 reauthorization is included

Issue Areas: National Security

Nov 27, 2023

ACLU and Digital Rights Groups Support Nonprofit in Lawsuit Over Its Reports Critical of Content on X

SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology

Nov 21, 2023

Federal Court Rules Pennsylvania Mail Ballots Without a Handwritten Date On the Outer Envelope Must be Counted

PITTSBURGH — A federal court in western Pennsylvania ruled today that voters who submit mail ballots in time to be counted in an election — but who mistakenly forget to handwri...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Nov 20, 2023

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Radical Ruling in Arkansas Redistricting Case

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a 2022 lower court ruling in an Arkansas redistricting case that radically concluded that voters may not sue ...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Nov 16, 2023

Pennsylvania School District Agrees to Pay $200,000 After Discriminatory Decision to Block After School Satan Club From School Facilities

HELLERTOWN, Pa. — In a victory for free speech and religious liberty, The Satanic Temple, Inc. (TST) has reached a settlement with the Saucon Valley School District in a lawsuit ...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

Court case: The Satanic Temple v. Saucon Valley School District

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