Press Releases
Dec 21, 2015
ACLU Announces New Trone Center for Criminal Justice Reform and Advisory Board of Private Sector and Education Leaders to Promote Reintegration
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union announced the creation of the Trone Center for Criminal Justice Reform. The Center, located at the ACLU national headquarters, will fo...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Dec 18, 2015
ACLU Comment on President Obama’s Commutations and Pardons
WASHINGTON, DC – The White House announced that the federal prison sentences of 95 people would be commuted. Two people were pardoned. Five of those with commuted sentences were ...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Dec 17, 2015
ACLU Challenges Minnesota’s Ban on Medicaid Coverage of Transition-Related Surgery
Lawsuit Says Ban Arbitrarily Denies Transgender People Necessary Healthcare
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: OutFront v. Johnson Piper
Dec 16, 2015
Court Dismisses Challenge to Racist Arizona Abortion Ban
Ninth Circuit Rules Women Have No Standing to Challenge Law That Forces Doctors to Racially Profile
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Dec 16, 2015
ACLU Comment on Omnibus Funding Bill
Bill Includes Riders That Would Infringe on Civil Liberties, ACLU Says
Issue Areas:
National Security
Dec 09, 2015
ACLU Challenges Arizona Abortion Law that Discriminates Against Black and Asian American Women
Ban on So-called Race and Sex Selection Abortions Forces Providers to Racially Profile Patients
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