Press Releases

Mar 04, 2019

ACLU Report Highlights Staff Shortages, Over-Policing, and Discriminatory Discipline in Schools

ACLU Analysis of Federal Civil Rights Data Shows Large Disparities in School Arrests in Every State, Fueled by Lack of Support Staff

Issue Areas: Racial Justice

Mar 01, 2019

Judge Allows Case Against Orleans Parish DA Cannizzaro for Using Bogus Subpoenas and Jailing Crime Victims to Proceed

NEW ORLEANS — A federal district court judge ruled yesterday that a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro fo...

Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Court case: Singleton v. Cannizzaro

Feb 28, 2019

Congress Introduces Legislation to Block Use of Religious Freedom Restoration Act to Discriminate

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress introduced the Do No Harm Act today, which would prevent the use of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to evade compliance with federal...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

Feb 26, 2019

ACLU Comment on House Passage of Resolution to Terminate Emergency Declaration

WASHINGTON — The House today passed H.J. Res. 46, a resolution of disapproval to terminate the president’s emergency declaration to secure funds for a wall along the southern b...

Feb 22, 2019

ACLU Urges Pa. Supreme Court to Find Death Penalty Unconstitutional

Funding Disparities Between Counties Leads to Extreme Inequities, Numerous Committees Find

Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

Feb 22, 2019

ACLU Comment on House Resolution to Terminate Emergency Declaration

WASHINGTON — Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) today introduced a resolution of disapproval to terminate the president’s emergency declaration to secure funds for a wall along the ...

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