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Jul 19, 2023
ACLU Cheers House Judiciary Committee for Supporting Bills Expanding Protections for Journalists and Reining in Warrantless Government Surveillance
The ACLU now calls on the full House of Representatives to pass the PRESS Act and the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act
Issue Areas: Free Speech National Security Privacy & Technology
Jul 19, 2023
ACLU Condemns Texas Gov. Abbott’s Deliberate and Harmful Treatment of Migrant Children and Adults
Civil Liberties Organization Calls for Immediate Investigation and End to Collaboration Between CBP and Texas Department of Public Safety
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jul 18, 2023
ACLU Comment on the Freedom to Vote Act
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress today reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act, a far-reaching federal bill that would strengthen American democracy and thwart the assault on voting...
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Jul 18, 2023
Emergency Filing Details Routine Solitary Confinement for Youth at Angola Prison
Advocates are asking a federal judge to take emergency action and remove children from Angola Prison after mounting abuses
Issue Areas: Juvenile Justice
Court case: Alex A. v. Edwards
Jul 17, 2023
Sierra Club, Southern Border Communities Coalition, and ACLU Reach Settlement with U.S. Government in Border Wall Case Challenging the Illegal Transfer of Military Construction Funds
As part of the settlement in Sierra Club v. Biden (formerly Sierra Club v. Trump), the U.S. government agrees to halt further wall construction and mitigate environmental damage in the sites illegally funded by the Trump administration using stolen Defense Department funding.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights National Security
Court case: Sierra Club v. Trump — Challenge to Trump’s National Emergency Declaration to Construct a Border Wall
Jul 14, 2023
ACLU Supports Challenge to Arkansas Law that Places Unconstitutional Age-Verification and Parental Consent Requirements on Social Media Users
Arkansas’s so-called “Social Media Safety Act” stifles freedom of expression online by requiring users to verify their ages and, if under 18, obtaining explicit parental consent before using social media.
Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology
Court case: NetChoice v. Griffin
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