ACLU Press Releases

• Published on July 9, 2024 - 18:35 GMT

  

  How Donald Trump's Election Lies and Other Anti-Voter Policies Will Continue to Impact Our Democracy

  Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him is not only a lie—no widespread voter fraud was detected in that election—it’s a lie that breeds public mistrust in our electoral system. Today, he is already casting doubt on the 2024 …

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• Published on July 3, 2024 - 17:08 GMT

  

  Supreme Court Grants Trump, Future Presidents a Loaded Weapon to Break the Law

  The Supreme Court’s decision to grant presidents immunity from prosecution for criminal acts committed while in office not only gives Donald Trump a free pass for his past crimes, but sets a dangerous precedent for all future presidents. Before Trump, no …

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• Published on July 2, 2024 - 22:32 GMT

  

  Trump’s Attacks on DEI Reveal Administration's Agenda for Second Term

  When Donald Trump’s administration ended in 2020, two-thirds of Americans believed that Trump had increased racial tensions in the U.S. The Trump administration’s sustained assault on political, civic, and legal efforts to promote racial justice and the …

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• Published on June 28, 2024 - 16:59 GMT

  

  55 Years After Stonewall, Police Reform Stalls at Symbolic Gestures

  Fifty five years after a police raid at a popular drag bar in Greenwich Village led to the Stonewall uprising, interactions between police and queer folks can certainly appear a lot different than they did in the 1960s. The laws banning crossdressing, …

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• Published on June 27, 2024 - 20:26 GMT

  

  The Supreme Court Just Declined to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients. Here’s What to Know

  Today, the Supreme Court declined to issue a ruling in Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States. Instead, it sent the case back down to the lower courts where anti-abortion extremists will continue to fight to strip pregnant people of the basic right to …

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• Published on June 25, 2024 - 19:42 GMT

  

  The Oklahoma Supreme Court Just Rejected the Nation’s First Religious Public Charter School

  In a win for the separation of church and state, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma’s approval of the nation’s first religious public charter school violates the state constitution and charter-school statute, as well as the U.S. Constitution. …

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• Published on June 25, 2024 - 19:14 GMT

  

  What Voters Really Want for Immigration and Public Safety Reform

  When it comes to immigration and public safety, Republican and Democratic platforms have become virtually indistinguishable. Both sides are espousing a narrative that calls for harsher policies, more enforcement, and increased incarceration. Candidates …

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• Published on June 24, 2024 - 21:04 GMT

  

  Overturning Roe is Just the Beginning

  Today marks two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, wiping out federal protections for abortion rights. This decision was a direct result of Donald Trump’s actions. In 2016, during his presidential campaign, he vowed to appoint Supreme Court justices …

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• Published on June 21, 2024 - 21:49 GMT

  

  The Supreme Court's Gun Decision Is Not a Victory for Women

  This piece was first published in Slate on 6/21/24. The U.S. Supreme Court today broke from its recent embrace of gun rights, leaving in place a federal criminal law that makes it a felony for anyone subject to a civil domestic violence restraining order …

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• Published on June 21, 2024 - 18:23 GMT

  

  "Taking Pride in Who We Are"

  A freshly pressed tuxedo shirt. A black bowtie and a crisp black tuxedo jacket, topped off by my curly red afro. On that day last fall, I knew I looked good. I felt like myself. I was so excited to take my senior class portrait. It was a rite of passage I’ …

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• Published on June 18, 2024 - 18:55 GMT

  

  The Supreme Court Rejected an Attack on Medication Abortion, But the Fight Is Far From Over.

  This month, the Supreme Court refused to consider a request by anti-abortion groups to impose nationwide restrictions on mifepristone, a safe medication used in most U.S. abortions and for miscarriage care. Without addressing whether mifepristone should be …

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• Published on June 13, 2024 - 15:18 GMT

  

  Trump on LGBTQ Rights: Rolling Back Protections and Criminalizing Gender Nonconformity

  Donald Trump’s administration initiated a sustained, years-long effort to erase protections for LGBTQ people. This included an effort to “define ‘transgender’ out of existence,” erode protections for transgender students and workers, and weaken access to …

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• Published on June 6, 2024 - 18:57 GMT

  

  Trump on Immigration: Tearing Apart Immigrant Families, Communities, and the Fabric of our Nation

  On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has promised to pursue even more extreme anti-immigrant policies if he wins a second term. These policies would disregard fundamental principles of democracy and the rule of law to devastate immigrant communities and …

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• Published on June 6, 2024 - 16:32 GMT

  

  This November, Freedom is on the Ballot

  In less than six months, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will once again face off for the presidency. While a presidential rematch is relatively rare — this marks the first time since 1956 — the outcome of this particular rematch will have an outsized impact on …

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• Published on May 31, 2024 - 18:41 GMT

  

  Police Want to Treat Your Data Privacy Like Garbage. The Courts Shouldn't Let Them.

  Imagine this: You lost your phone, or had it stolen. Would you be comfortable with a police officer who picked it up rummaging through the phone’s contents without any authorization or oversight, thinking you had abandoned it? We’ll hazard a guess: hell no …

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• Published on May 30, 2024 - 21:38 GMT

  

  Protecting Students' Free Speech: Anthony Romero's Message to Graduates

  Executive Director Anthony D. Romero spoke to graduates at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. He stressed the critical need to protect free speech on college campuses. He calls on universities to uphold the principles of open debate …

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• Published on May 30, 2024 - 18:56 GMT

  

  Anti-Abortion Extremists Want to Use the 150-Year-Old Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Nationwide

  The outcome of the 2024 election will have a profound impact on access to abortion care in this country. Donald Trump’s allies have drawn up an agenda for a potential second presidential term, and they have made clear that if Trump is elected, he will dust …

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• Published on May 30, 2024 - 15:50 GMT

  

  The Long History of Discrimination in Job Hiring Assessments

  Applying for jobs can be a difficult and frustrating experience: you’re putting forward your qualifications to be judged by a prospective employer. We all want to be treated fairly. We want our qualifications to speak for themselves. But for job seekers …

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• Published on May 23, 2024 - 20:19 GMT

  

  A Comic That Illustrates the Fight to Protect Free Speech on Campus

  Nowhere is free speech more important than on university campuses. These comics explore why student activism must be protected from censorship and government interference. For more than 100 years, the ACLU has defended students’ First Amendment rights …

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• Published on May 20, 2024 - 17:15 GMT

  

  We Fought for Deaf People on Probation and Parole in Georgia — and Won

  A five-year effort to get equal access for deaf and hard-of-hearing people on parole and probation in Georgia has ended in victory. The American Civil Liberties Union and our legal partners reached a groundbreaking settlement that requires the Georgia …

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