Press Releases
Aug 30, 2016
President Obama Announces a Second Set of More than 100 Clemency Grants This Month
WASHINGTON — In his second set of clemency grants this month, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 111 prisoners today, 72 of whom were applicants whose petitions wer...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Aug 30, 2016
Christian Woman Must be Allowed to Wear Religious Headscarf for Driver License Photo, ACLU Lawsuit Says
ALABAMA – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Alabama filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a Christian woman who was forced by Lee County officials to remove...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Court case: Allen v. English
Aug 29, 2016
ACLU, Lambda Legal Seek Greater Relief for Transgender North Carolinians Harmed by H.B. 2
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – LGBT rights groups challenging North Carolina’s House Bill 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restrooms that match their gender, toda...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 26, 2016
North Carolina Blocked From Enforcing Anti-Transgender Law Against Plaintiffs While Lawsuit Proceeds
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal court today granted a request to stop the University of North Carolina from enforcing H.B. 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restr...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 26, 2016
ACLU Comment on Appeals Court Action in Wisconsin Voter ID Challenge
CHICAGO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today declined to review a challenge to Wisconsin’s restrictive voter ID law at this time. The American Civil Libert...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Aug 24, 2016
Police Secretly Put Large Part of Baltimore Under Constant Aerial Video Surveillance
Technology Was Developed for U.S. Military in Iraq
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
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