Press Releases
Jan 26, 2022
Statement on Justice Breyer Retirement
WASHINGTON — In response to reports that U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer has made clear his intention to retire from the nation’s highest court, ACLU Nation...
Jan 25, 2022
Federal Appeals Court Decision Ensures Iowa Schools Can Require Masking to Protect Students with Disabilities
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today ruled that the Rehab Act requires schools to impose universal masking rules where necessary to ensure st...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jan 24, 2022
Federal Court Blocks Alabama’s New Congressional Map
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal court today struck down Alabama’s newly drawn congressional map.
As a result of the preliminary injunction, the state Legislature must draft a new ...
Court case: Allen v. Milligan
Jan 24, 2022
Comment on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C.
NEW YORK — The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear two cases challenging affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The cases will decide whe...
Jan 20, 2022
Supreme Court Lets Texas Abortion Ban Case Drag On
Ban likely to stay in effect for foreseeable future after Supreme Court rejects most promising attempts to block the law and allows remainder of lawsuit to languish in lower court
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
Jan 20, 2022
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS AND ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER FILE LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF FLORIDIAN UNLAWFULLY PROFILED AND DETAINED FOR BEING BORN ABROAD
OCALA, Fla. — The American Civil Liberties Union, along with the ACLU of Florida, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf ...
Court case: Brooks v. Woods
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News & CommentaryOct 2025
Free Speech
Government Pressure To Suspend Jimmy Kimmel Was An Abuse Of Power. Explore News & Commentary.Government Pressure to Suspend Jimmy Kimmel Was an Abuse of Power
Late-night hosts have become targets as the Trump administration pressures networks, raising urgent questions about First Amendment protections. -
Rhode Island Supreme CourtOct 2025
Civil Liberties
Parente Et Al. V. Lefebvre Et Al.. Explore Case.Parente et al. v. Lefebvre et al.
This case asks whether state officials in Rhode Island can be held liable for their discriminatory acts under the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act (RICRA), a state anti-discrimination law. The State of Rhode Island asserts that it has sovereign immunity as to claims brought under the RICRA and therefore cannot be sued for damages for violating that law. The State Supreme Court Initiative and the ACLU of Rhode Island filed an amicus brief arguing that the State is wrong: discrimination claims under the RICRA are covered by the State Tort Claims Act’s broad waiver of state sovereign immunity for “all actions of torts.” Thus, state officials may be held liable when they engage in discrimination prohibited by the RICRA, allowing harmed Rhode Islanders to seek redress. -
News & CommentaryOct 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Pregnant And Postpartum Women Face Neglect And Abuse In Ice Detention. Explore News & Commentary.Pregnant and Postpartum Women Face Neglect and Abuse in ICE Detention
ACLU letter documents miscarriages, denial of prenatal care, and inadequate food and medical attention for women held in immigration facilities, calling for immediate release and reforms.