Press Releases
Jun 27, 2023
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Ruling in North Carolina Redistricting Case
WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution’s Elections Clause does not allow state legislatures to ignore their own state constitut...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Moore v. Harper (Amicus)
Jun 26, 2023
Texas School Boards Must Reject School Chaplains, Civil-Liberties Groups Warn
AUSTIN, Texas — Allowing chaplains in public schools would violate the state and U.S. constitutions, according to a letter sent to Texas school districts and charter schools toda...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jun 26, 2023
Supreme Court Lifts Temporary Halt on Federal Lawsuit Challenging Louisiana’s Discriminatory Congressional Maps
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted a temporary halt on a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s discriminatory congressional maps. The action sends the case, Rob...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Robinson v. Landry
Jun 26, 2023
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal from Public Charter School Seeking Permission to Violate Students’ Constitutional Rights
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court of the United States today let stand a federal court decision holding that a North Carolina public charter school must respect its students’ consti...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Free Speech
Court case: Peltier v. Charter Day School
Jun 23, 2023
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Government Over Asylum Ban and Rapid Deportation Process that Places Asylum Seekers in Grave Danger
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of the District of Columbia, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and National Immigrant Justice Center today sued the B...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 23, 2023
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Ruling in United States v. Texas Immigration Case
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from Texas and Louisiana to the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement priorities in United States v. Texas...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: United States v. Texas
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