Press Releases
Jun 24, 2024
Leading Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Organizations Launch 'Abortion Access Now' Campaign and $100 Million Investment
WASHINGTON –Marking the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, leading reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations have launched the 'Abortion Access Now' campaig...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 24, 2024
Clergy, Public-School Parents Sue to Block Louisiana Law Requiring Public Schools to Display the Ten Commandments
BATON ROUGE, La. — A multi-faith group of nine Louisiana families with children in public schools filed suit in federal court today to block H.B. 71, a new state law requiring al...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jun 24, 2024
ACLU and ACLU of South Carolina Sound Alarm on Sweeping New Book Ban Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina regulation that would enable mass censorship of books in school classrooms and libraries is set for automatic approval tomorrow, June 25th.
Tit...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 24, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge from United States, Families, and Doctors Against Transgender Health Care Ban
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in a legal challenge brought by the United States and Tennessee families and a medical provider against...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti/U.S. v. Skrmetti
Jun 22, 2024
ACLU Reflects on 25 Years Since Landmark Supreme Court Decision in Olmstead v. L.C.
WASHINGTON — On the 25th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C., Zoe Brennan-Krohn, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Disability Ri...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jun 21, 2024
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Muñoz Ruling
WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 ruling in State Department v. Muñoz, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a U.S. citizen who said her constitutional rights were violated by the federal go...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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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.