Press Releases
Aug 22, 2024
ACLU Urges Eighth Circuit to Protect Students' Right to Learn about Race in School
The courts must safeguard classroom discussions against political censorship
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Walls v. Sanders
Aug 21, 2024
Closing Arguments Conclude in Landmark Lawsuit that Could Affect More than 100 People on North Carolina’s Death Row
RALEIGH, N.C. – Attorneys delivered closing arguments today in North Carolina v. Hasson Bacote, a landmark case filed under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act that could affec...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Aug 21, 2024
Court Accepts Request to Review Appeal of Crystal Mason Acquittal
FORT WORTH, Texas - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has decided to reexamine the voting case of Fort Worth grandmother Crystal Mason that it had previously sent back to the Tex...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Crystal Mason v. State of Texas
Aug 20, 2024
Voting Rights Groups File Amicus Brief to Protect Arizona’s Eligible Voters from Documentary Proof of Citizenship Law
The League of Women Voters of the United States, League of Women Voters of Arizona, Secure Families Initiative, and Modern Military Association of America filed an amicus brief thi...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes (Amicus)
Aug 20, 2024
ACLU Announces Roadmap to Protect and Expand Immigrants’ Rights Under a Harris Administration
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released the Harris on Immigration: A New Opportunity to Reform Our Immigration System memo today, outlining Democratic nom...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 16, 2024
ACLU Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Biden Administration Title IX Rule
WASHINGTON – By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court of the United States today denied the Biden administration’s request to allow most of its Title IX rule to take effect in places w...
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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.