Press Releases
Aug 17, 2026
Texas Families Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Take Case on Texas Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Public School Classrooms
WASHINGTON — More than two dozen Texas families are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a state law that requires public schools to post a Protestant version...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Aug 14, 2026
ACLU Commemorates Samuel Paz, Former Board Member
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union celebrates the legacy and memory of Richard Samuel Paz, known as Sam Paz, a former ACLU board member, following his passing on Augus...
Aug 14, 2026
Challenge to West Virginia Methadone Clinic Moratorium Proceeds
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A federal judge in West Virginia today declined the state’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by West Virginia’s largest overdose prevention group, Sol...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Aug 14, 2026
Federal Court Rejects Effort to Block DeSoto County’s Majority-Black Judicial District
Court rules plaintiffs “wholly failed to carry their burden” in challenge to Mississippi’s only majority-Black judicial subdistrict
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Foster v. State of Mississippi
Aug 14, 2026
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Rights of Detained Noncitizens to Bond Hearings
First Circuit is the seventh appellate court to reject Trump administration's novel application of immigration detention statutes
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruli...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 13, 2026
ACLU Comment on Federal Appeals Court Ruling in Alien Enemies Act Challenge
NEW ORLEANS — The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans today dismissed W.M.M. v. Trump, a case challenging President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: WMM v. Trump
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