Press Releases

Jun 28, 2024

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma’s Anti-Immigrant HB 4156

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court has temporarily blocked Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a harmful and far-reaching law that would have devastating consequences for Oklahoma’s immigrant c...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Padres Unidos de Tulsa v. Drummond

Jun 28, 2024

ACLU Comment on TPS Redesignation for Haiti

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration today announced the extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from Aug. 4, 2024, to Feb. 3, 2...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 28, 2024

Civil Rights Advocates Achieve the Nation’s Strongest Police Department Policy on Facial Recognition Technology

DETROIT, Mich. — Civil rights advocates announced today a settlement in the lawsuit brought on behalf of Robert Williams, who was wrongfully arrested by the Detroit Police Depart...

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology

Court case: Williams v. City of Detroit

Jun 28, 2024

Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Block Law Banning Health Care for Texas Trans Youth

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Supreme Court today reversed a lower court ruling blocking enforcement of Senate Bill 14, permitting the anti-transgender law to remain in effect. The l...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: Loe v. Texas

Jun 28, 2024

ACLU Responds to Supreme Court Decision that Cities Can Punish People for Being Homeless

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled today that the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit cities from punishing unhoused people for sleepi...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Disability Rights

Court case: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

Jun 27, 2024

Supreme Court Declines to Protect Pregnant People’s Right to Emergency Care

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Idaho and Moyle v. United States, dismissing the case from the Supreme Court docket without a ruling on the merits, and se...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States

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