Aug 08, 2023
Midwives and Doctors File Lawsuit Challenging Alabama’s De Facto Ban on Birth Centers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A group of midwives and doctors filed a lawsuit in state court today challenging ongoing actions by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), which have ...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Aug 07, 2023
Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Trans-Inclusive Restroom Policy at Ohio School District
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio issued a judgment on the pleadings in a lawsuit challenging Bethel Local Schoo...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Aug 07, 2023
ACLU Deeply Concerned by Oregon’s Passage of Unnecessary and Overbroad Law Criminalizing Domestic Terrorism
Group Says HB 2772 is Latest Example of Law Enforcement Seeking to Suppress Public Protest Via Domestic Terrorism Authorities
Aug 06, 2023
After Third Wrongful Arrest, ACLU Slams Detroit Police Department for Continuing to Use Faulty Facial Recognition Technology
DETROIT —According to a new lawsuit, the Detroit Police Department has wrongly arrested yet another person based on a faulty facial recognition match. Porcha Woodruff, who was ei...
Aug 03, 2023
Federal Appeals Court Grants Stay in Biden Asylum Ban Case
Court does not rule on merits and places case on speedy review schedule SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court today said the Biden administration’s new asylum ban, which was...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 01, 2023
ACLU Comment on Trump Indictment in January 6 Probe
NEW YORK — The following statement is from Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, after the grand jury handed down an indictment for Donald ...
Issue Areas: Civil Liberties
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