Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Mar 06, 2024

Chaplains, Civil Rights, and Faith Groups Oppose Public-School Chaplain Programs

Legislation allowing clergy in schools violates students’ and families’ religious-freedom rights.

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

Mar 04, 2024

ACLU Commends Biden Administration’s New Rules Protecting Religious Freedom for People Who Use Government-Funded Social Services

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union commends the Biden administration’s finalized rules to restore religious freedom protections for people who use federally funded...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

Jan 30, 2024

Muslim Americans Appeal to Ninth Circuit Over Illegal Religious Questioning by Border Officers

LOS ANGELES — Three Muslim Americans filed their opening appeal brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, challenging unconstitutional religious question...

Issue Areas: National Security Religious Liberty

Court case: Kariye v Mayorkas

Jan 09, 2024

Comment on Biden Administration Partial Repeal of Unlawful Trump Rule Allowing Refusals of Health Care

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced it would partially repeal a dangerous and unnecessary Trump-era rule, which numerous courts had declared unlawful, that would have...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty

Dec 04, 2023

Lawyers' Committee and American Civil Liberties Union Defend Free Speech in Schools in Case Challenging HB1775

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – On Monday, attorneys from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the American Civil Liberties Unio...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Racial Justice LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty

Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. O'Connor

Nov 16, 2023

Pennsylvania School District Agrees to Pay $200,000 After Discriminatory Decision to Block After School Satan Club From School Facilities

HELLERTOWN, Pa. — In a victory for free speech and religious liberty, The Satanic Temple, Inc. (TST) has reached a settlement with the Saucon Valley School District in a lawsuit ...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

Court case: The Satanic Temple v. Saucon Valley School District

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