Press Releases
May 19, 2016
ACLU Tells Military Appeals Court Chelsea Manning Prosecution Was Unconstitutional
ACLU Brief Argues Espionage Act Allows Selective Prosecution of Whistleblowers and Forecloses ‘Public Interest’ Defense, Violating First Amendment
May 18, 2016
House Introduces Bill to Modify RFRA to Prevent Discrimination and Harm
WASHINGTON — With support from the American Civil Liberties Union, Reps. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) today introduced the Do No Harm Act in Congress to ensure t...
May 17, 2016
Federal Court Orders Kansas to Register Thousands of Voters Who Have Been Blocked From Doing So
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal court has ordered Kansas to register thousands of eligible voters who have been blocked from doing so. The state must begin registering them effecti...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Fish v. Schwab (formerly Fish v. Kobach)
May 16, 2016
ACLU Responds to Supreme Court Opinion to Let Lower Court Rulings Stand in Zubik v. Burwell
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today issued an opinion in Zubik v. Burwell that vacates the judgments in the cases before it. It also issued orders vacating the judgments of th...
May 16, 2016
ACLU and Lambda Legal Ask Court to Block Enforcement of North Carolina’s Anti-Transgender Law
RALEIGH, N.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal today asked a federal court to order an immediate halt to enforcement of a North ...
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
May 13, 2016
ACLU Comment on Sheriff Arpaio Contempt Ruling
PHOENIX — A federal court has found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his top deputies in contempt for repeatedly violating court orders to stop racially profiling Latinos a...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.
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