Press Releases

Jun 16, 2023

Florida Educators Urge Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold Preliminary Block of Unlawful “Stop W.O.K.E.” Censorship Law

ORLANDO, Fla. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and Ballard Spahr urge the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh ...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Racial Justice Religious Liberty LGBTQ Rights

Court case: Pernell v. Lamb

Jun 16, 2023

North Carolina Health Care Providers Challenge Abortion Restrictions in Senate Bill 20

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina health care providers filed a lawsuit today challenging several provisions in Senate Bill 20, a sweeping law that severely restricts access to a...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Court case: Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Stein

Jun 16, 2023

NYCLU, ACLU Sue New York State Department of Labor for Withholding Records on Automated Identity-Verification Tools

NEW YORK — Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) for not providing...

Issue Areas: Racial Justice

Jun 15, 2023

ACLU Client Released from Conservatorship, One of the First Under California’s New Law

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A probate judge in Santa Cruz County has terminated the conservatorship of Marie Bergum, a California woman with an intellectual disability. Bergum, who is r...

Issue Areas: Disability Rights

Jun 15, 2023

ACLU Comment on Nusrat Choudhury Confirmation for the Eastern District of New York

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Nusrat Choudhury, legal director of the ACLU of Illinois to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. “The ACL...

Issue Areas: Civil Liberties

Jun 15, 2023

ACLU Applauds the Supreme Court’s Decision Upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today issued a landmark victory for tribal sovereignty by rejecting all the constitutional challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), legis...

Issue Areas: Racial Justice

Court case: Brackeen v. Haaland

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