Press Releases
Sep 18, 2024
ACLU Statement on Senator’s Discriminatory Questioning of Civil Rights Leader Maya Berry
WASHINGTON — American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero, released the following statement regarding Sen. John Kennedy’s questioning of Maya Berry, the ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Prisoners' Rights
Sep 18, 2024
New ACLU Report Unveils How Immigration Enforcement Impedes Texans’ Ability to Seek Abortion Care
New ACLU Report Unveils How Immigration Enforcement Impedes Texans’ Ability to Seek Abortion Care
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 17, 2024
Federal Appeals Court Reverses Habeas Decision, Denies Right to Bond Hearing in Mandatory Detention Case
Decision undermines immigrants’ right to due process, sets dangerous precedent for people in immigration detention awaiting deportation
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 16, 2024
Free Speech Coalition Urges Supreme Court to Strike Down Texas’ Unconstitutional Age Verification Law
The case will determine whether adults in America continue to have the right to freely access sexual content online
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Sep 14, 2024
Civic Engagement Groups Seek to Intervene in Challenge to Executive Order on Voter Registration
AMARILLO, TX — The League of Women Voters of the United States, Black Voters Matter, and Naeva (formerly known as Native American Voters Alliance) moved today to intervene on beh...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: America First Policy Institute v. Biden
Sep 12, 2024
Nevada Court Orders State Medicaid Program to Cover Abortion
Silver State Hope Fund case against Nevada Department of Health and Human Services expands abortion access for low-income Nevadans
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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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. -
News & CommentaryDec 2024
Voting Rights
Election Day is Over. Why is the Electoral College Voting Now?Election Day is Over. Why is the Electoral College Voting Now?
The Electoral College meets December 17th to certify the results of the 2024 election, but why? The ACLU breaks down if the process is worth keeping. -
News & CommentaryDec 2024
Privacy & Technology
Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and BeyondFace Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond
You shouldn't participate in face recognition ticketing schemes.