Press Releases

Apr 04, 2019

ACLU, Sierra Club, and Border Communities Ask Court to Block Construction of Trump’s Border Wall

NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club, ACLU of Texas, and ACLU of Northern California filed a motion today to immediately stop the illegal construction of Pr...

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court case: Sierra Club v. Trump — Challenge to Trump’s National Emergency Declaration to Construct a Border Wall

Apr 04, 2019

Federal Court Allows Kentucky Forced Narrated Ultrasound Law to Stand

Punitive Law Serves No Medical Purpose, Requires Physicians to Play Fetal Heartbeat, Even if Patient Objects

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Beshear: Mandatory Ultrasound

Apr 02, 2019

ACLU and Knight Institute Challenge Constitutionality of Far-Reaching Government Censorship System

Organizations Argue “Prepublication Review” Unconstitutionally Restricts Speech of Millions of Former Public Servants

Issue Areas: Free Speech

Court case: Edgar v. Haines

Apr 01, 2019

ACLU Launches First Ever Presidential Voter Engagement Effort for 2020 Race

DURHAM, N.H. — The American Civil Liberties Union launched its first ever large-scale presidential campaign engagement, Rights for All, this week to ensure our next president is ...

Mar 29, 2019

Federal Court Strikes Down Public Charter School’s Policy Requiring Girls to Wear Skirts

LELAND, N.C. — A federal court ruled that a K-8 public charter school’s uniform policy violates the Constitution by requiring female students to wear skirts to school and prohi...

Issue Areas: Women's Rights

Court case: Peltier v. Charter Day School

Mar 28, 2019

ACLU Statement on HUD Complaint Against Facebook for Housing Discrimination

NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today charged Facebook with housing discrimination, alleging its paid advertising platform violates the Fair Housi...

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