Press Releases
Dec 13, 2016
ACLU Challenges Florida Law Requiring Registration Before Counseling Women on Abortions
Criminal Law Requires Trusted Advisers to Provide State-mandated Information and Notify a Minor’s Parents
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Fulwider v. Senior
Dec 06, 2016
Appeals Court to Hear Argument in ACLU Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance
Case Brought on Behalf of Wikimedia, Human Rights Groups, and Other Organizations
Dec 05, 2016
ACLU Statement on White House Report on Use of Force for National Security
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration today released a 61-page memo covering its rules on when and how to use force in the name of national security.
Hina Shamsi, director of the...
Dec 05, 2016
ACLU And LGBT Groups Call on Obama to Grant Clemency to Chelsea Manning
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and over a dozen LGBT groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama today urging the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 30, 2016
ACLU of North Carolina Responds to Lack of Charges in Police Killing of Keith Lamont Scott
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, Mecklenburg County District Attorney Andrew Murray announced that he will not bring charges against the police officer who killed Keith Lamont Scott. The...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Nov 30, 2016
Reproductive Rights Groups Challenge Abortion Restrictions in Three States
ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Center Fight Unconstitutional Measures in Alaska, Missouri, and North Carolina
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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