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Supreme Court Upholds Vermont Student’s Free Speech Rights (06/27/2007)
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the political free speech rights of a Williamstown Middle School student, putting to rest a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont three years ago.

ACLU Launches Nationwide Action Against NSA Snooping on Americans’ Phone Calls (05/24/2006)
NEW YORK -- Responding to reports that phone companies are turning over private details about Americans’ telephone calls to the National Security Agency, the American Civil Liberties Union today launched a nationwide initiative to end illegal government spying.

Vermont Campaign Finance Measure Would Limit Free Speech, ACLU Tells Supreme Court (02/28/2006)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Supreme Court to heed more than 30 years of precedent and reject a Vermont measure that would allow the state to impose expenditure limits on political campaigns.

Vermont Continues the Trend: Becomes Third State to Speak Out Against Federal Abuses Under USA PATRIOT Act (05/29/2003)
MONTPELIER - The Vermont State Legislature yesterday gave final passage to the nation's third statewide resolution calling for the protection of individual liberties in the face of intrusive federal actions taken since 9/11.

ACLU Commends Vermont Legislature's Adoption of a "Civil Union" Statute for Same-Gender Couples (04/25/2000)
MONTPELIER, VT -- The Vermont affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union commends the members of the General Assembly, which today completed the adoption of a Civil Union statute.

In Stunning Civil Rights Victory, VT Court Directs State to Give Same-Sex Couples Marriage Benefits (12/20/1999)
MONTPELIER -- In a defining moment in the struggle for recognition of gay and lesbian relationships, Vermont's Supreme Court today ruled that lesbian and gay couples are entitled all of the same "common benefits and protections" which the law gives to married couples.

ACLU's Executive Director in Vermont Announces Intention to Retire in 2000 (09/20/1999)
MONTPELIER, VT -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont announced today that Leslie Williams, Executive Director of the affiliate since 1988, will be stepping down from the post early in the new year.

ACLU to File Constitutional Challenge to Vermont's Campaign Finance Restrictions (08/12/1999)
MONTPELIER, VT -- New campaign finance restrictions on contributions and spending cut to the heart of the First Amendment's protection of political freedom, according to a lawsuit to be filed tomorrow in U.S. District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont.