Press Releases
Dec 18, 2023
ACLU Urges the Supreme Court Not to Make it Harder to Bring Retaliatory Arrest Cases
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union and partners today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to protect our right to engage in constitutionally-p...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Gonzalez v. Trevino
Dec 18, 2023
ACLU Applauds New National Law Enforcement Accountability Database But Identifies Its Significant Shortcomings
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration today launched a National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, a collection of records aimed at bringing transparency to and documenting...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 18, 2023
Attorneys Dismiss Class-Action Lawsuit Against Two Kentucky Abortion Bans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Attorneys dismissed a class-action lawsuit yesterday challenging two Kentucky abortion bans brought on behalf of lead plaintiff Jane Doe and Planned Parenthood ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Jane Doe, et al. v. Daniel Cameron, et al.
Dec 15, 2023
ACLU Urges Federal Court to Demand ICE Provide COVID-19 Antivirals to People in Detention
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Foundation of Northern California, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and Goodwin on Thursday urged a federal court ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Dec 15, 2023
ACLU Statement on Vanita Gupta’s Planned Departure from the Department of Justice
WASHINGTON — In response to the announcement that Associate Attorney General (AAG) Vanita Gupta will leave the Department of Justice in February, American Civil Liberties Union E...
Dec 15, 2023
NYCLU Statement in Response to Adams Administration Increasing School Safety Agents and Scanners
NEW YORK CITY – Following the Adams Administration’s decision to hire at least 650 new “assistant” school safety agents and install new scanning technology in nearly 80 sch...
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