Press Releases
Jun 24, 2024
ACLU and ACLU of South Carolina Sound Alarm on Sweeping New Book Ban Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina regulation that would enable mass censorship of books in school classrooms and libraries is set for automatic approval tomorrow, June 25th.
Tit...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 24, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge from United States, Families, and Doctors Against Transgender Health Care Ban
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in a legal challenge brought by the United States and Tennessee families and a medical provider against...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti
Jun 22, 2024
ACLU Reflects on 25 Years Since Landmark Supreme Court Decision in Olmstead v. L.C.
WASHINGTON — On the 25th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C., Zoe Brennan-Krohn, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Disability Ri...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jun 21, 2024
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Muñoz Ruling
WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 ruling in State Department v. Muñoz, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a U.S. citizen who said her constitutional rights were violated by the federal go...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 21, 2024
ACLU Applauds Effort to Repeal Comstock Act
Trump’s allies have pledged to use the law to try to ban abortion nationwide
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 21, 2024
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Restrictions on Gun Possession by Individuals Subject to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal criminal law that makes it a felony for anyone subject to a civil domestic violence restraining order to possess a gun...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: United States v. Rahimi
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