Press Releases
Feb 13, 2023
Advocates Promise Legal Action In Defense of Transgender Youth in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Lambda Legal are promising the transgender youth of Tennessee they will bring immediate legal ac...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 07, 2023
ACLU Statement on Biden’s State of the Union
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union released the following statement from ACLU National Political Director Deirdre Schifeling, responding to President Joe Biden’s S...
Feb 06, 2023
ACLU Challenge to Kansas Death Penalty Begins Today
WICHITA, Kan. — An unprecedented constitutional challenge to the death penalty in Kansas begins today in the Sedgwick County District Court.
Attorneys for Kyle Young will argue t...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Court case: Kansas v. Kyle Young
Feb 02, 2023
ACLU, EFF Seek to Protect the Public’s Right to Access Judicial Records
Amicus Brief Urges the Court to Increase Transparency of SCA Warrant Requests
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Prisoners' Rights
Feb 02, 2023
Advocates Promise Swift Legal Action Against Restrictions on Health Care for Oklahoman Trans Youth
OKLAHOMA CITY — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and Lambda Legal today promised swift legal action in opposition to proposed restrictions on critical an...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Feb 01, 2023
West Virginia Providers and Advocates File Challenge Against Extreme and Unconstitutional Abortion Ban Passed Last Year
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia abortion providers and advocates filed a lawsuit today in federal court challenging multiple provisions of HB 302, the state’s near-total abor...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Women's Health Center of West Virginia v. Sheth
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