Press Releases
Aug 18, 2023
Federal Court Sides with Civil Rights Groups and Lifts Georgia’s Ban on Line Relief and Birthdate Requirement on Absentee Ballot Envelopes for 2024 Elections
ATLANTA — A federal court in the Northern District of Georgia issued rulings today in response to emergency motions filed by civil rights groups to lift restrictions put in place...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Aug 18, 2023
ACLU and Planned Parenthood File Notice of Appeal After Court Rules Against Single-Subject Challenge
LINCOLN, Neb. – Today, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and its medical director, Dr. Sarah Traxler, filed a notice of appeal to the Nebraska Supreme Court following a Lancast...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Hilgers
Aug 17, 2023
Appeals Court Blocks Idaho Ban on Transgender Youth Athletes
BOISE, Idaho – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an injunction against an Idaho law barring transgender athletes from participating in student athletics. The court fo...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Hecox v. Little
Aug 17, 2023
Federal District Court Refuses to Halt Florida’s Discriminatory Housing Law
Plaintiffs Vow to Appeal Ruling
Issue Areas:
National Security
Racial Justice
Court case: Shen v. Simpson
Aug 16, 2023
ACLU Comment on Fifth Circuit Decision in Medication Abortion Case
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling today in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a case in which the plaintiffs are seeking to take mifepriston...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Aug 16, 2023
ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Enforce Free Speech Rights in Government Censorship Cases
The ACLU filed two amicus briefs in cases concerning government officials’ power to block members of the public from their social media accounts.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
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