Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Aug 30, 2023

Sex Workers and Legal Advocates File Federal Trade Commission Complaint Against Mastercard

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union, Hacking//Hustling, and a coalition of sex-worker-led, anti-trafficking, and LGBTQ organizations urge the Federal Trade Commission...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Privacy & Technology Racial Justice Women's Rights

Aug 21, 2023

ACLU Submits Amicus Brief Supporting Constitutionality of Restrictions on Gun Possession by Individuals Subject to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

NEW YORK — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Rahimi, a Second Amendment challenge to the federal l...

Issue Areas: Women's Rights Criminal Law Reform LGBTQ Rights

Court case: United States v. Rahimi

Jul 25, 2023

Advocates Challenge Discriminatory Eviction Screening Policies Enforced by Two Cook County Landlords

CHICAGO – In two historic filings, housing advocates are challenging policies of two large landlords in Cook County, Illinois that automatically reject applicants who have any pr...

Issue Areas: Racial Justice Women's Rights

Jun 30, 2023

ACLU Responds to Supreme Court Ruling in 303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis

Washington, D.C. – The Supreme Court this morning issued its ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis. David Cole, Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union, offered the foll...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights Racial Justice Disability Rights Free Speech Religious Liberty

Court case: 303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis

Jun 26, 2023

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal from Public Charter School Seeking Permission to Violate Students’ Constitutional Rights

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States today let stand a federal court decision holding that a North Carolina public charter school must respect its students’ ...

Issue Areas: Women's Rights Free Speech

Court case: Peltier v. Charter Day School

Jun 23, 2023

ACLU Condemns Congressional Bill To Patent Human Genes, Nature, and Abstract Ideas

A new bill would overturn decades of Supreme Court precedent and would tear down some of the public’s only protections from the worst patent abuses.

Issue Areas: Women's Rights Free Speech Privacy & Technology

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