Press Releases

Sep 20, 2016

ACLU of Oklahoma Calls for Criminal Charges Against Tulsa Police Officers in Murder of Terence Crutcher

OKLAHOMA CITY — In response to the release of two videos depicting the murder of Terence Crutcher (seen here via The Tulsa World website), an unarmed Black Tulsan whose car had b...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Sep 18, 2016

ACLU and Lambda Legal Statement on H.B. 2 Developments

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The ACLU and Lambda Legal today called on Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina legislative leaders to repeal H.B. 2, the state law that bans many transgender...

Sep 16, 2016

ACLU Seeks Intervention in Lawsuit Targeting Anti-Discrimination Protections for Transgender People and Women

FORT WORTH, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion to intervene in a case challenging a section of the Affordable Care Act that prohibits health care ent...

Court case: Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell

Sep 15, 2016

Arizona Attorney General Issues Opinion Establishing Constitutional Standards for Enforcement of Key SB 1070 Provisions, Ending Lawsuit

Immigrants’ and civil rights groups vow to monitor enforcement of “show me your papers” law

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Valle del Sol v. Whiting et al.

Sep 15, 2016

Notorious Private Prison Closes Today in Walnut Grove, Mississippi

WALNUT GROVE, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Corrections closed Walnut Grove Correctional Facility today, a prison operated under contract with the state by the Management...

Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Sep 14, 2016

High-Profile Campaign Calls on Obama to Pardon Edward Snowden

ACLU, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch announce campaign supported by George Soros, Steve Wozniak, Bruce Ackerman, Timothy Edgar, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daniel Radcliffe, Joyce Carol Oates, Danny Glover, Jimmy Wales, Eve Ensler, others

Issue Areas: National Security

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