Press Releases
May 23, 2024
Senate Vote on Border Bill Highlights Need for Balanced, Humane Approach to Immigration
WASHINGTON – The Senate today failed to move forward with the reintroduction of S. 4361, an extreme anti-immigrant bill that would have codified Trump-era immigration policies. T...
May 23, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Unanimous Post-Trial Decision and Long-Settled Precedent, Allows South Carolina’s Racially Discriminatory Congressional Map to Stand
WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court today issued a decision that reversed a federal trial court’s unanimous finding that Congressional District 1 in South Carolina’...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
May 23, 2024
ACLU Announces Awardees for Pro Bono Attorney and Firm of the Year
Attorney John A. Freedman and Law Firm Covington & Burling are Recognized for Their Contributions to Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Legal Work
May 22, 2024
Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Key Provision of Florida’s Anti-Immigrant SB 1718
MIAMI — A federal court today blocked Section 10 of Florida’s draconian anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718.
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for...
May 22, 2024
ACLU Statement on Latest Congressional Attempt to Dismantle Free Speech Online
WASHINGTON – The House Energy and Commerce Committee had a Communications and Technology Subcommittee legislative hearing today on a bill that would effectively end Section 230 o...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
May 16, 2024
ACLU Applauds President Biden’s Announcement to Reclassify Marijuana, Calls for More Reform
WASHINGTON – President Biden announced today that he plans to reschedule marijuana into a category of controlled substances that have a currently accepted medical use and only a ...
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