Press Releases
Mar 13, 2024
Academy Award-Winning Actress Ariana DeBose Named ACLU Artist Ambassador for Voting Rights
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that Academy Award-winning actress Ariana DeBose will join the organization’s Artist Ambassador Program to advocat...
Mar 12, 2024
“Dangerous and Unconstitutional”: ACLU Slams House Intelligence Committee Plan to Use Section 702 to Spy on Pro-Palestinian Protestors Without a Warrant
WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner has been secretly trying to sway his colleagues to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Mar 12, 2024
Supreme Court Extends Pause on Anti-Immigrant Texas Legislation that Would Overstep Federal Law
Decision prevents law from going into effect until March 18
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 08, 2024
Historic Hearing Challenging Racial Bias in North Carolina’s Death Penalty Concludes with Overwhelming Evidence of Discrimination in Capital Cases
North Carolina v. Hasson Bacote, the leading case filed under NC’s Racial Justice Act, could affect more than 100 people on death row
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Court case: North Carolina v. Hasson Bacote
Mar 07, 2024
ACLU Statement on Biden’s State of the Union
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union released the following statement from ACLU Chief Political and Advocacy Officer Deirdre Schifeling, responding to President Joe Bi...
Mar 07, 2024
ACLU Condemns House Energy & Commerce Committee Vote on TikTok Ban Bill
WASHINGTON — Only two days after introduction, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to advance a bill that would effectively ban TikTok in t...
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