Press Releases

Oct 28, 2016

Team Challenging North Carolina’s H.B. 2 Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Hear Case on Virginia High School Discriminatory Restroom Policy

Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it will hear a case brought by the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia that adopted a discriminatory restroom policy th...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al

Oct 28, 2016

Supreme Court Will Hear ACLU Case About School Policy Forcing Transgender Students to Use Separate Restrooms

Fourth Circuit Ruled Schools Can’t Bar Transgender Students From Using Restrooms Consistent With Their Gender Identity

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Oct 27, 2016

President Grants Commutations to 98 Federal Prisoners, Including Ignatzio Guiliano

WASHINGTON — After commuting the sentences of 102 prisoners on October 6, President Obama today brought the month’s total thus far to 200 by commuting the sentences of 98 more ...

Oct 27, 2016

ACLU Statement on FCC Vote Ordering Internet Providers to Obtain Customers' Consent Before Sharing Data

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted today to require internet service providers to get explicit permission from customers before they use or share their pers...

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology

Oct 25, 2016

ACLU Files Complaint Against Catholic Health System For Denying Care to Pregnant Woman With Brain Tumor

CHICAGO — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan today filed a government complaint against a Catholic health care provider that refused medically necessary ...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Oct 20, 2016

ACLU Sues West Virginia Clerk for Refusing to Accept Online Voter Registrations

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union today sued a West Virginia county clerk for refusing to accept and process online voter registrations. State law provides...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

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