Press Releases
Oct 23, 2024
ACLU Statement on Former President Trump’s Repeated Threats to Prosecute or Punish Political Opponents if Elected
WASHINGTON, DC —A new NPR investigation has found that former President Donald Trump has made more than a hundred threats to investigate, prosecute, jail or otherwise punish his ...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Civil Liberties
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
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