Press Releases
May 04, 2017
ACLU Statement on So-Called ‘Religious Freedom’ Executive Order
NEW YORK — After careful review of the executive order covering the Johnson Amendment signed by President Trump today, the American Civil Liberties Union has determined not to fi...
May 04, 2017
ACLU Statement on Passage of American Health Care Act
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted today to enact the American Health Care Act.
Faiz Shakir, American Civil Liberties Union national political director, had this rea...
May 04, 2017
ACLU Promises Litigation on Today’s Trump Executive Order
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that would allow religious organizations to endorse political candidates and expand participation in politics. T...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Reproductive Freedom
May 03, 2017
ACLU of Texas Comment on Fatal Shooting of 15 Year-Old by Balch Springs Police Officer
DALLAS — Last Saturday night, 15 year-old Jordan Edwards was killed when Balch Springs PD officer Roy Oliver fired his rifle at a moving vehicle in which Edwards was a passenger....
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
May 02, 2017
ACLU Statement on Reports of Impending “Religious Freedom” Executive Order
NEW YORK — Louise Melling, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement in response to reports that President Trump will sign an ex...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 02, 2017
ACLU Supports Introduction of LGBT Anti-Discrimination Bill
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), and more than 200 other members of Congress today introduced the Equality Act, a comprehensive federal bil...
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