Press Releases
Oct 23, 2024
ACLU Sues Federal Agencies for Records Unveiling Conditions at Federal Prisons and Tent-Like Structures Used to Detain Immigrants
Lawsuit is ACLU’s third filing in series of FOIA litigation in preparation for potential mass detention and deportation program by future presidential administrations
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 22, 2024
ACLU Brief in Emergency Abortion Case Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Fetal Rights Argument
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Idaho filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today in Idaho and Moyle, et a...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
Oct 22, 2024
ACLU-SC and ACLU Sue South Carolina DMV, Election Commission Over Denial of Voter Registration Opportunities to Thousands of 17-year-olds
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV) has unlawfully denied young, eligible South Carolinians the opportunity to register to vote, an ACLU of S...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 21, 2024
Louisiana Families Urge Federal Court to Block State Law Mandating Ten Commandments Displays in All Public School Classrooms
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — Representatives for nine multi-faith Louisiana families today urged the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to block H.B. 71, a new ...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Oct 21, 2024
Court Holds Maryland Accountable for Dire Conditions in Baltimore Jails
The state remains noncompliant with a settlement agreement reached in 2016
Oct 21, 2024
ACLU Attorney Chase Strangio Will Present Argument at Supreme Court on Behalf of Private Plaintiffs in Upcoming Landmark Transgender Rights Case
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has granted a request for split argument time between the United States and attorneys representing transgender youth and their families challenging...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti/U.S. v. Skrmetti
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News & CommentaryDec 2024
Civil Liberties
National Security
Where Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Stands on Civil LibertiesWhere Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Stands on Civil Liberties
The ACLU has more than 100 years’ experience holding power accountable. As President-elect Donald Trump rolls out his cabinet picks, we analyze how his nominee for secretary of defense will impact civil liberties. -
News & CommentaryDec 2024
Privacy & Technology
Attempts at a Technological Solution to Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than GoodAttempts at a Technological Solution to Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good
Futile “content authentication technologies” are being pushed by companies and others. -
PodcastDec 2024
Capital Punishment
Can Commuting the Row Be Biden's Real Legacy? Herman Lindsey and Cassy Stubbs Discuss With W. Kamau BellCan Commuting the Row Be Biden's Real Legacy? Herman Lindsey and Cassy Stubbs Discuss With W. Kamau Bell
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Maryland Supreme CourtDec 2024
Criminal Law Reform
Roland Branch v. State of MarylandRoland Branch v. State of Maryland
This petition to the Supreme Court of Maryland asked the court to reconsider its adherence to Whren v. U.S., 517 U.S. 806 (1996), which declared that a traffic stop undertaken for pretextual reasons does not violate the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution so long as the police have probable cause to believe that a traffic violation occurred. The ACLU, alongside the ACLU of Maryland, filed an amicus brief in support of the defendant’s petition, in which the ACLU argued that the court should take up the question of whether pretextual stops violate the Maryland Constitution. In September 2024, the Court denied the petition.