Press Releases
Oct 27, 2015
ACLU Comment on the Passing of Alvin J. Bronstein, Prisoners' Rights Champion
Alvin J. Bronstein, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project, died on Saturday afternoon. He was 87.
Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of th...
Oct 23, 2015
Court Dismisses ACLU Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance
Case Was Brought on Behalf of Wikimedia, Human Rights Groups, Others
Oct 22, 2015
ACLU Praises Obama's Veto of Defense Bill Restricting Guantánamo Transfers
WASHINGTON — President Obama today vetoed the annual defense spending bill, which contained restrictions on transferring prisoners out of Guantánamo to thwart efforts to close t...
Oct 21, 2015
Transgender Student Asks Appeals Court to Stop Virginia School’s Discriminatory Restroom Policy
ACLU Seeks Reversal of Lower Court Decision That Forces Trans Students to Continue Using Separate Facilities
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Oct 21, 2015
ACLU Challenges Deep South Debtors' Prisons in Pushback Against National Scourge
BILOXI, Miss. — In the latest pushback against the national scourge of debtors' prisons, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging the illegal arrest...
Court case: Kennedy v. City of Biloxi
Oct 20, 2015
ACLU Comment on US Senate Vote on ‘Sanctuary’ Policies Bill
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate bill seeking to defund over 350 localities that have adopted community trust policies and refused to execute unconstitutional immigration detainers has...
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