Press Releases
Apr 24, 2020
ACLU of North Dakota Again Urges Gov. Burgum to Issue Temporary Eviction Moratorium Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Gov. Doug Burgum said that “good health starts with stable housing.”
But for North Dakotans whose income has been impacted because of involuntary unemployment, extended sicknes...
Apr 24, 2020
ACLU Comment on Federal Court Decision on Pilot Aerial Surveillance Case in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced it will promptly appeal a federal court decision allowing the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) to temporarily move...
Apr 24, 2020
Court Orders Release from Wyatt Detention Center of Two Immigrants Especially Vulnerable to COVID-19
Ruling on an emergency ACLU lawsuit, U.S. District Court Judge William Smith this morning issued a temporary restraining order providing for the release by 5 PM today of two immigr...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 24, 2020
U.S. Military Members File Class Action Suit Against Pentagon Over Broken Citizenship Promise
ACLU Lawsuit on Behalf of Thousands in Uniform Challenges Trump Administration Policy Obstructing Path to Citizenship
Apr 23, 2020
Federal Court Preserves Abortion Access in Ohio During COVID-19 Pandemic
COLUMBUS, O.H. — A federal court extended relief for Ohio patients today by continuing to block the Ohio Department of Health from using its COVID-19 order to ban abortion access...
Apr 23, 2020
Appellate Court Continues Injunction Blocking Alabama’s Attempts to Ban Abortion
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the state of Alabama’s request to stay a preliminary injunction the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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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.