Press Releases
Oct 19, 2016
ACLU, Lambda Legal File Brief to Protect All Transgender People Harmed by Discriminatory H.B. 2
RICHMOND, Va. — In a lawsuit challenging the North Carolina law banning transgender people from using restrooms that correspond to their gender identity, LGBT rights groups yeste...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Oct 18, 2016
ACLU Urges Justice Department to Investigate Police Use of Face Recognition
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter today to the Justice Department urging it to investigate the increasing use and impact of face recognition by police...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Oct 17, 2016
ACLU Sues Georgia Over Failure to Extend Voter Registration Deadline After Hurricane Matthew
ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union today sued Georgia for refusing to extend the voter registration deadline in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
“The state’s failure ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 17, 2016
Mohamedou Slahi Released from Guantánamo After 14 Years Without Charge or Trial
‘Guantánamo Diary’ Author to Rejoin Family in Mauritania After U.S. Review Board Cleared Way for Release
Issue Areas:
National Security
Oct 14, 2016
ACLU Responds to Florida Supreme Court Ruling State’s Death Sentencing Statute Unconstitutional
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court today ruled that the state’s system of issuing death sentences is unconstitutional. The Florida Legislature passed a law earlier t...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Oct 13, 2016
ACLU Takes Legal Action to Protect Rights of Minnesota Transgender Student
St. Paul, MINN. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and the ACLU filed a motion yesterday to intervene on behalf of a transgender student in a lawsuit that seeks to...
Court case: Privacy Matters v. U.S. Department of Education
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