Press Releases
Jan 09, 2024
ACLU to Defend NRA Before Supreme Court, to Uphold Advocacy Groups’ Right to Free Speech
The case will determine whether the First Amendment allows government regulators to threaten retaliation against businesses that work with a controversial advocacy organization.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: National Rifle Association v. Vullo
Jan 09, 2024
Comment on Biden Administration Partial Repeal of Unlawful Trump Rule Allowing Refusals of Health Care
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced it would partially repeal a dangerous and unnecessary Trump-era rule, which numerous courts had declared unlawful, that would have...
Jan 05, 2024
ACLU Rings Alarm Over Supreme Court Taking Up Emergency Abortion Care Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced today that it would pause a lower court decision holding that states may not bar hospitals from providing abortions to patients in emerge...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 02, 2024
ACLU, Free Press, and First Amendment Rights Orgs Urge Courts to Unseal Documents Related to FBI Raid on Journalist
Lack of transparency on how Tim Burke’s newsgathering allegedly violated computer crime laws has a chilling effect on journalism
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Dec 28, 2023
ACLU of Maine Condemns Ongoing, Forcible Displacement of Unhoused Residents
PORTLAND – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine condemns the City of Portland’s forcible displacement today of unhoused residents under the false promise that shelter sp...
Dec 27, 2023
Families Block Idaho Law Banning Health Care for Transgender Youth
BOISE – In a victory for families of transgender youth and their medical providers, a federal judge has preliminarily blocked enforcement of HB 71, an Idaho law banning gender-af...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Poe v. Labrador
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