Jul 28, 2020
ACLU of Alabama Comment on Arrests of Protesters
MONTGOMERY, ALA. - Today, nine people were arrested while protesting in front of the Alabama Capitol, just days after a memorial service honoring Representative John Lewis was held...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Jul 28, 2020
ACLU Statement on the Trump Administration’s DACA Roll Back
WASHINGTON — The White House announced today that it is rolling back the full Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and replacing it with a skeleton program that...
Jul 28, 2020
ACLU Asks Court to Hold Federal Agents in Contempt for Violating Restraining Order
Federal Agents in Portland Repeatedly Attacked Clearly-Marked Journalists and Legal Observers in Violation of Court Order
Jul 28, 2020
ACLU-MN Files Class Action for Protesters Injured During George Floyd Protests
MINNESOTA - The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and Fish & Richardson filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of protesters who were injured during peaceful ...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Jul 27, 2020
ACLU Statement on Senate Republican Proposal, The “HEALS Act”
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-K.y.) today introduced the HEALS Act, a $1 trillion stimulus package intended to blunt the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pa...
Jul 27, 2020
ACLU, Southern Center for Human Rights File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Require Clayton County Sheriff to Protect People in Jail from Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak
ATLANTA – Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Georgia filed a motion in federal district court for preliminary injunc...
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights
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