Press Releases
Aug 30, 2016
President Obama Announces a Second Set of More than 100 Clemency Grants This Month
WASHINGTON — In his second set of clemency grants this month, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 111 prisoners today, 72 of whom were applicants whose petitions wer...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Aug 30, 2016
Christian Woman Must be Allowed to Wear Religious Headscarf for Driver License Photo, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Lawsuit Says
ALABAMA – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Alabama filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a Christian woman who was forced by Lee County officials to remove...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Court case: Allen v. English
Aug 29, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, Lambda Legal Seek Greater Relief for Transgender North Carolinians Harmed by H.B. 2
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – LGBT rights groups challenging North Carolina’s House Bill 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restrooms that match their gender, toda...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 26, 2016
North Carolina Blocked From Enforcing Anti-Transgender Law Against Plaintiffs While Lawsuit Proceeds
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal court today granted a request to stop the University of North Carolina from enforcing H.B. 2, the state law that bans many transgender people from restr...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 26, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Appeals Court Action in Wisconsin Voter ID Challenge
CHICAGO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today declined to review a challenge to Wisconsin’s restrictive voter ID law at this time. The American Civil Libert...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Aug 24, 2016
Police Secretly Put Large Part of Baltimore Under Constant Aerial Video Surveillance
Technology Was Developed for U.S. Military in Iraq
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has media staff available to handle inquiries from journalists on national issues affecting civil liberties, including questions on legislative matters that touch on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms and inquiries related to ºìÐÓÊÓƵ lawsuits.
To schedule an interview with an ºìÐÓÊÓƵ expert, email media@aclu.org.
Contact an ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Affiliate
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has 54 local offices across the U.S. working with attorneys and activists in their communities to shape better policies and spread awareness about their states' priority civil rights issues.
Local inquiries should be directed to the appropriate ºìÐÓÊÓƵ state affiliate.
-
U.S. Supreme CourtNov 2025
National Security
Trump V. Illinois. Explore Case.Trump v. Illinois
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Illinois and other free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois, the state’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s attempt to federalize National Guard troops and deploy them into Chicago and surrounding counties. The case is at the Supreme Court on the Trump administration’s emergency application seeking to stay or temporarily lift the lower courts’ orders blocking the deployment. -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
Civil Liberties
Defending Veterans’ Rights For Over A Century. Explore News & Commentary.Defending Veterans’ Rights for Over a Century
This Veterans Day, we renew our commitment to ensuring that the rights of those who serve are honored and protected. -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
There’s Only One State That Is Asking The Right Questions ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Digital Identity. Explore News & Commentary.There’s Only One State That is Asking the Right Questions ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Digital Identity
A digital ID system involves value-laden choices that should be made through explicit political discussion and debate -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership At Ice Offices Despite Human Rights Violations. Explore News & Commentary.Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE Offices Despite Human Rights Violations
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, the Trump administration is replacing nearly half of top leaders at ICE field offices across the country with Border Patrol, an agency long criticized for its culture of cruelty and lack of accountability.