Press Releases
Sep 28, 2023
ACLU Applauds Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Report and Urges Congress to Fundamentally Reform Section 702
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Called for Major Changes to Law the Government Uses to Warrantlessly Surveil Americans’ International Communications
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Sep 27, 2023
ACLU Announces Sophia Lin Lakin as Director of the Voting Rights Project
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union announced today the appointment of Sophia Lin Lakin as director of the Voting Rights Project.
As director of the Voting Rights Proje...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Sep 27, 2023
Montana Court Blocks Enforcement of Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
Missoula, MT – A Montana state district court judge today blocked enforcement of Senate Bill 99, the discriminatory law that threatens the health and well-being of Montana transg...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Van Garderen et al. v. State of Montana
Sep 27, 2023
ACLU Sues Private Prison Company After Preventable Death of Asylum Seeker at Torrance Detention Facility
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The wrongful death estate of Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian asylum seeker, has filed a lawsuit against the private prison company CoreCivic, which runs ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Sep 26, 2023
Supreme Court of Ohio will Hear Oral Argument Tomorrow in Challenge to Extreme Abortion Ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument tomorrow in a case brought by abortion providers challenging the state government’s extreme ban on abortion a...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost
Sep 26, 2023
ACLU Commends FCC Decision to Begin to Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union commends the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement of a new notice of proposed rulemaking to reinstate both vit...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
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