Press Releases
Aug 30, 2024
Voting Rights Groups Respond to Pennsylvania Court Decision on Handwritten Date Requirements for Mail Ballots
Court rules that disqualifying mail ballots for a missing or incorrect handwritten date violates the fundamental right to vote
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Black Political Empowerment Project v. Schmidt
Aug 30, 2024
ACLU Releases Roadmap to Fight Mass Incarceration Under a Harris Administration
The roadmap continues the ACLU’s 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Harris administration.
Aug 29, 2024
Trans People & Families File Lawsuit Against South Carolina’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Transgender South Carolinians and their families are suing the state of South Carolina to block enforcement of a ban on gender-affirming healthcare. They are r...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 28, 2024
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Government’s Unlawful Detention and Inhumane Treatment of Acquitted Man
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national who was acquitted of terrorism-related charges last year, filed a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern D...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 28, 2024
ACLU Releases Roadmap to Rein in Government Surveillance Under a Harris Administration
The roadmap continues the ACLU’s 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Harris administration.
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Aug 27, 2024
Tennessee Families and Medical Provider Urge Supreme Court to Block Ban on Hormone Therapies for Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON – In a landmark upcoming Supreme Court case, transgender adolescents, their families, and a medical provider from Tennessee have urged the Supreme Court of the United ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti
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