Press Releases
Jul 25, 2024
ACLU Announces Chase Strangio As Co-Director of LGBTQ & HIV Project
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the promotion of attorney Chase Strangio to the role of Co-Director for the LGBTQ & HIV Project. Formerly the De...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Jul 24, 2024
Court Rejects Attempt to Dismiss Case Seeking Accountability for Wrongful Prosecution of Abortion
McALLEN, Texas – A federal judge ruled today that a lawsuit seeking accountability for the unlawful investigation and prosecution of Lizelle Gonzalez can proceed, rejecting attem...
Court case: Gonzalez v. Ramirez et al.
Jul 24, 2024
ACLU and Students from Across the Country Urge Congress to Vote No on Kids Online Safety Act
The Senate plans to vote on this online censorship bill as soon as Thursday
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 23, 2024
Federal Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Voters with Disabilities in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court has struck down restrictions in Ohio’s House Bill 458 that made it a crime for all but a handful of family members to assist voters with disabi...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose
Jul 19, 2024
ACLU Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Fight the Expansion of Mass Incarceration by a Second Trump Administration
The roadmap continues ACLU’s 2024 “Freedom is on the Ballot” election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Biden second term.
Jul 15, 2024
ACLU, NWIRP in Court to Challenge USCIS’s Secretive and Harmful “Extreme Vetting” Program for Green-Card and Citizenship Applicants
WHAT:
The American Civil Liberties Union, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), and their partners will be in federal court on behalf of thousands of green-card and citizens...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
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