Press Releases
Sep 13, 2016
Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike; Government Agrees to Move Forward With Recommended Gender Affirming Surgery
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning ended her hunger strike today, having secured assurances from the Army that she will receive the medically prescribed...
Sep 13, 2016
ACLU Asks Supreme Court Not to Review Decision Protecting Transgender Student’s Restroom Access
WASHINGTON — In a brief filed with the Supreme Court today, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia argue that the Supreme Court should not step in to review ...
Sep 13, 2016
ACLU Statement on HUD Guidance on Nuisance Ordinances
NEW YORK — The Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced guidance explaining that local nuisance ordinances that penalize tenants, including victims of domestic...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Sep 08, 2016
ACLU Comment on Dismissal of Tamesha Means’s Case
Woman Denied Medical Care at Hospital Because of Religious Directives
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Aug 31, 2016
Supreme Court Denies Stay in North Carolina Voting Rights Case
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied North Carolina’s request to stay a federal appeals court ruling that struck down the state’s restrictive voting law.
The Amer...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
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
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