Press Releases

Oct 16, 2023

ICYMI: Leading Medical and Legal Experts Ask Supreme Court to Review Dangerous Medication Abortion Ruling

WASHINGTON – Leading medical and legal experts submitted amicus briefs last week in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine outlining the need for the Supreme Court to review an...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: Danco Laboratories, LLC, v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine; U.S. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

Oct 13, 2023

Texas Senate Passage of S.B. 11 and S.B. 4 Poses Dangerous Threats to Immigrants’ Rights

AUSTIN, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas condemn the Texas Senate’s passage of two extremist anti-immigrant bills that would have grave conseque...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Oct 12, 2023

Describing Modern Day Prison Labor’s Roots in Slavery, Groups Urge Court to Uphold Rights of Incarcerated Workers Subjected to Harsh Conditions, Inhumane Treatment

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. – Speaking out in a case involving Marylanders incarcerated at the Baltimore County jail, a coalition uniting the national American Civil Liberties Union, s...

Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights

Oct 11, 2023

Oral Arguments Wrap in U.S. Supreme Court Case Challenging South Carolina’s Congressional Map for Racial Discrimination

WASHINGTON — This morning, oral arguments concluded in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the fate of Sout...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Court case: Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (Congressional Map Challenge)

Oct 11, 2023

ACLU of Maine Asks Law Court to Uphold First Amendment Rights

PORTLAND – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative Tuesday filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Maine Supreme Judicial C...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Oct 11, 2023

ACLU Applauds EEOC Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Rules, Urges Additional Key Protections

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union applauds the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s proposed regulations strengthening the rights of workers under the Pregna...

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