Press Releases
Nov 15, 2023
Colorado Man Secures Another Court Victory After He was Jailed for Refusing to Attend Christian Worship Services While on Parole
DENVER — Under a ruling issued yesterday by the U.S. District Court for the Federal District of Colorado, a man whose parole officer sent him back to jail for refusing to take pa...
Court case: Carmack v. Janny et al
Nov 14, 2023
ACLU of Texas Condemns Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Bills
AUSTIN, Texas — State lawmakers today passed two anti-immigration bills that will impact U.S. citizens and migrants. The votes follow revelations about the links between white su...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Nov 14, 2023
Faith Leaders, Education Advocates, and Parents Seek To Join Oklahoma Attorney General’s Lawsuit Opposing Operation of a Religious Public Charter School
OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of faith leaders, public-education advocates, and public-school parents – who are among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed on July 31, 2023, to stop Okla...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Nov 10, 2023
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Louisiana’s Congressional Map is Discriminatory
NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today agreed with a lower court that the congressional map enacted by the Louisiana Legislature following the 2020 census is disc...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Nov 08, 2023
Statement on Ohio Six-Week Ban Abortion Litigation Following Passage of Issue 1
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In response to Ohio voters passing a state constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom, litigators in Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost — the case c...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost
Nov 08, 2023
ACLU of Maine Seeking Protections from Unchecked Police Power at Law Court
The organization is arguing at Maine’s highest court for increased protections from unreasonable warrantless arrests following the 2018 detention, arrest, and strip-search of a York County man
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