Press Releases

Jun 24, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge from United States, Families, and Doctors Against Transgender Health Care Ban

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in a legal challenge brought by the United States and Tennessee families and a medical provider against...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti

Jun 22, 2024

ACLU Reflects on 25 Years Since Landmark Supreme Court Decision in Olmstead v. L.C.

WASHINGTON — On the 25th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C., Zoe Brennan-Krohn, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Disabil...

Issue Areas: Disability Rights

Jun 21, 2024

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Muñoz Ruling

WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 ruling in State Department v. Muñoz, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a U.S. citizen who said her constitutional rights were violated by the federal go...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 21, 2024

ACLU Applauds Effort to Repeal Comstock Act

Trump’s allies have pledged to use the law to try to ban abortion nationwide

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Jun 21, 2024

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Restrictions on Gun Possession by Individuals Subject to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal criminal law that makes it a felony for anyone subject to a civil domestic violence restraining order to possess a gun...

Issue Areas: Women's Rights

Court case: United States v. Rahimi

Jun 19, 2024

Civil Liberties Groups Will File Lawsuit Against Louisiana Law Requiring Public Schools to Display the Ten Commandments

BATON ROUGE, La. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from ...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

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