Press Releases
Apr 18, 2016
Sponsor Pulls Bill Restricting Transgender Students’ Access to Restrooms
NASHVILLE – Today Rep. Susan Lynn took HB 2414, the bill that would have prohibited transgender students from accessing restrooms and other sex-segregated facilities that corresp...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 14, 2016
ACLU Sues for Bureau of Prisons Documents on Approval of CIA Torture Site
The Senate Torture Report Details the Visit by Bureau of Prisons Personnel to the Detention Site COBALT in Afghanistan, Yet Bureau Denies Any Documentation Exists
Issue Areas:
National Security
Apr 13, 2016
Fresno Judge Rules State May Be to Blame for Fresno’s Flawed Public Defense System
FRESNO – A Fresno judge has ruled against the state of California in its effort to avoid responsibility for ensuring that people who can’t afford to hire their own lawyers are ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Apr 13, 2016
ACLU Responds to Supplemental Briefing in Zubik v. Burwell Supreme Court Case
WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court yesterday received supplemental briefs in Zubik v. Burwell, a case brought by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations that obj...
Apr 12, 2016
Federal Appeals Court Revives Challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law
CHICAGO – A federal appeals court has directed a lower court to consider the claims of voters who have trouble obtaining identification under Wisconsin’s strict voter ID law.
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Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Apr 12, 2016
ACLU Statement on North Carolina Governor’s Executive Order on LGBT Discrimination
RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) today issued an executive order that maintains House Bills 2’s provisions that force transgender people to use the wrong restroom ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
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