Jul 03, 2019
Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Border Wall in National Emergency Challenge
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court today denied the government’s attempt to begin construction of President Trump’s border wall using funds unauthorized by Congress. Th...
Jul 03, 2019
ACLU Comment on Trump Threat to Reverse Course on Census

NEW YORK — One day after announcing it would move forward with printing the 2020 census without the citizenship question, the Trump administration is threatening to reverse cours...
Jul 03, 2019
Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Attempts to Gut Family Planning Program in Response to ACLU Lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals restored a preliminary injunction today in the ACLU’s case against the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back Title X, th...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Jul 03, 2019
Judge Blocks Ohio’s Near Total Abortion Ban in ACLU Case
CINCINNATI — A federal judge temporarily blocked an Ohio law today that would have banned abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before most women know they are pregnant....
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Jul 03, 2019
Supreme Court Urged Not to Roll Back Workplace Protections for LGBTQ People
WASHINGTON – Thousands of businesses, women CEOs and women’s rights organizations, civil rights organizations, current and former elected officials, faith leaders, scholars and...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Jul 02, 2019
Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration Policy of Arbitrarily Jailing Asylum Seekers
SEATTLE — A federal court has blocked a Trump administration policy that categorically denies bond hearings to asylum seekers. The policy, announced April 16 by Attorney General ...
Court case: Padilla v. ICE
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