Press Releases
about Racial Justice
Jun 29, 2023
ACLU Comment on President Biden’s Response to the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Affirmative Action
WASHINGTON — Today, President Biden delivered strong remarks in response to the Supreme Court rulings in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 29, 2023
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Harvard and UNC’s Affirmative Action Policies
WASHINGTON — Today, the Supreme Court issued two rulings in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC restricting schools’ ability to full...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 16, 2023
Florida Educators Urge Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold Preliminary Block of Unlawful “Stop W.O.K.E.” Censorship Law
ORLANDO, Fla. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and Ballard Spahr urge the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh ...
Court case: Pernell v. Lamb
Jun 16, 2023
NYCLU, ACLU Sue New York State Department of Labor for Withholding Records on Automated Identity-Verification Tools
NEW YORK — Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) for not providing...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 15, 2023
ACLU Applauds the Supreme Court’s Decision Upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today issued a landmark victory for tribal sovereignty by rejecting all the constitutional challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), legis...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Court case: Brackeen v. Haaland
May 25, 2023
ACLU Acknowledges Improvements to DOJ Racial Profiling Policy, But Says Far More is Needed
On Anniversary of President Biden’s Policing Executive Order, ACLU Disappointed by Administration’s Failure to Fully Ban Discriminatory Profiling
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