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Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:56:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/11/apple-touch-icon.png@2x-150x150.png Press Releases | ŔĎĘěĹ®ÎçŇą¸ŁŔű 32 32 ACLU Warns FIFA Risks Becoming Stage For Authoritarianism As President Trump Awarded Inaugural “Peace Prize” /press-releases/aclu-warns-fifa-risks-becoming-stage-for-authoritarianism-as-president-trump-awarded-inaugural-peace-prize Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:56:26 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=218570 Supreme Court to Hear High-Stakes Birthright Citizenship Challenge   /press-releases/supreme-court-to-hear-high-stakes-birthright-citizenship-challenge Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:16:13 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=218555 World Cup 2026: FIFA Needs to Act on Human Rights /press-releases/world-cup-2026-fifa-needs-to-act-on-human-rights Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:21:06 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=218425 SCOTUS Should Protect Organizations from State Subpoenas That Chill Free Speech, ACLU Argues /press-releases/scotus-should-protect-organizations-from-state-subpoenas-that-chill-free-speech-aclu-argues Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:12:00 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=218341 ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Protect Free Expression Online in Copyright Case /press-releases/aclu-urges-supreme-court-to-protect-free-expression-online-in-copyright-case Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:44:04 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=218268 ACLU Statement on President Donald Trump’s Comments About Members of Congress /press-releases/aclu-statement-on-president-donald-trumps-comments-about-members-of-congress Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:18:51 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=218144 Transgender Federal Worker Sues Trump-Vance Administration Over Federal Bathroom Ban /press-releases/transgender-federal-worker-sues-trump-vance-administration-over-federal-bathroom-ban Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:42:03 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=218096 Oklahoma Students and Educators Ask Appeals Court to Block Classroom Censorship Law /press-releases/oklahoma-students-and-educators-ask-appeals-court-to-enjoin-classroom-censorship-law Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:39:00 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=218074 New ACLU Report Exposes Systemic Failures Behind Wrongful Death Penalty Convictions /press-releases/new-aclu-report-exposes-systemic-failures-behind-wrongful-death-penalty-convictions Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:20:51 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217860 ACLU Comment on Department of Education’s Dismantling of Core Civil Rights and Education Offices /press-releases/aclu-comment-on-department-of-educations-dismantling-of-core-civil-rights-and-education-offices Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:32:40 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217892 Dozens of Veterans Descend on Capitol Hill to Oppose Military Deployments to U.S. Cities /press-releases/dozens-of-veterans-descend-on-capitol-hill-to-oppose-military-deployments-to-u-s-cities Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:48:11 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217874 Judge Orders Texas School Districts to Remove Ten Commandments Displays in Response to New Lawsuit Filed by Families /press-releases/judge-orders-texas-school-districts-to-remove-ten-commandments-displays-in-response-to-new-lawsuit-filed-by-families Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:06:42 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217870 ACLU Demands Information From DHS About Alarming Pattern of Retaliation against Those Recording Immigration Agents /press-releases/aclu-demands-information-from-dhs-about-alarming-pattern-of-retaliation-against-those-recording-immigration-agents Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:23:34 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217855 ACLU Files Lawsuit to Demand Transparency from the FDA in Its Review of Medication Abortion Regulations /press-releases/aclu-files-lawsuit-to-demand-transparency-from-the-fda-in-its-review-of-medication-abortion-regulations Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:07:03 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217733 Immigrants Sue Trump Administration Over Inhumane Conditions at California’s Largest Immigration Detention Center /press-releases/immigrants-sue-trump-administration-over-inhumane-conditions-at-californias-largest-immigration-detention-center Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:01:06 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217690 Transgender West Virginia Teen Challenges Athletic Ban at Supreme Court /press-releases/transgender-west-virginia-teen-challenges-athletic-ban-at-supreme-court Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:38:15 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217655 ACLU and Partners Urge Supreme Court to Maintain Block on Trump’s Deployment of Military Troops to Chicago /press-releases/aclu-and-partners-urge-supreme-court-to-maintain-block-on-trumps-deployment-of-military-troops-to-chicago Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:14:20 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217620 Immigrants' Rights Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Legislation to Protect Immigrants, as Trump Administration Ends TPS for Venezuelans /press-releases/immigrants-rights-advocates-urge-congress-to-pass-legislation-to-protect-immigrants-as-trump-administration-ends-tps-for-venezuelans Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:13:46 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217591 Civil Society Organizations Join UN Human Rights Council in Urging Trump Administration to Cooperate with the Universal Periodic Review /press-releases/civil-society-organizations-join-un-human-rights-council-in-urging-trump-administration-to-cooperate-with-the-universal-periodic-review Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:20:00 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217547 Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration To Enforce Discriminatory Passport Policy /press-releases/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-enforce-discriminatory-passport-policy Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:58:44 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217510 Federal Appeals Court Refuses to Block Discriminatory Florida Housing Law That Targets Chinese Immigrants /press-releases/federal-appeals-court-refuses-to-block-discriminatory-florida-housing-law-that-targets-chinese-immigrants Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:29:22 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217376 Court Strikes Down Key Part of Trump’s Unlawful Voting Executive Order, Permanently Blocking Show-Your-Papers Requirement /press-releases/court-strikes-down-key-part-of-trumps-unlawful-voting-executive-order-permanently-blocking-show-your-papers-requirement Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:45:01 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217270 Federal Court Rules that FDA’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion are Unlawful, Vindicating Reproductive Health Experts /press-releases/federal-court-rules-that-fdas-restrictions-on-medication-abortion-are-unlawful-vindicating-reproductive-health-experts Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:30:26 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217220 Voters, Pro-Democracy Groups Seek to Stop Retaliatory Redistricting Targeting NC Black Belt /press-releases/voters-pro-democracy-groups-seek-to-stop-retaliatory-redistricting-targeting-nc-black-belt Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:40:38 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=217046 Journalists Argue Against Puerto Rico's COVID-era “Fake ŔĎĘěĹ®ÎçŇą¸ŁŔű” Law in Federal Appeals Court /press-releases/journalists-argue-against-puerto-ricos-covid-era-fake-news-law-in-federal-appeals-court Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:52:18 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216996 Court Officials Can’t Hide Secret Directives to Judges on How to Interpret Laws, NY’s Highest Court Says /press-releases/court-officials-cant-hide-secret-directives-to-judges-on-how-to-interpret-laws-nys-highest-court-says Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:13:09 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216857 Acquitted Soccer Player Free to Reunite with Family in Belgium After Over a Decade in Solitary Confinement /press-releases/acquitted-soccer-player-free-to-reunite-with-family-in-belgium-after-over-a-decade-in-solitary-confinement Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:40:36 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216852 Nonprofits Urge ICE to End Detention of Pregnant People Following Reports of Abuse and Medical Neglect /press-releases/nonprofits-urge-ice-to-end-detention-of-pregnant-people-following-reports-of-abuse-and-medical-neglect Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:04:23 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216833 Mahmoud Khalil Urges Appeals Court to Reject Government’s Attempt to Redetain Him for His Speech /press-releases/mahmoud-khalil-urges-appeals-court-to-reject-governments-attempt-to-redetain-him-for-his-speech Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:18:07 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216799 ACLU Statement on Divided Ninth Circuit Opinion Permitting Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Portland /press-releases/aclu-statement-on-divided-ninth-circuit-opinion-permitting-trumps-national-guard-deployment-in-portland Mon, 20 Oct 2025 21:16:26 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216785 DoDEA Must Return Books to Shelves, Judge Rules /press-releases/dodea-must-return-books-to-shelves-judge-rules Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:31:13 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216780 Over Seven Million People Exercise their First Amendment Rights in Nationwide No Kings Protests /press-releases/over-seven-million-people-exercise-their-first-amendment-rights-in-nationwide-no-kings-protests Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:50:14 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216810 United We Dream, ACLU, and Partners Launch Historic $30 Million Dollar Fund to Scale Up Access to Lawyers for Families Fighting Wrongful Detention, Deportation /press-releases/united-we-dream-aclu-and-partners-launch-historic-30-million-dollar-fund-to-scale-up-access-to-lawyers-for-families-fighting-wrongful-detention-deportation Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:08:19 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216603 Supreme Court Arguments Conclude in Landmark Voting Rights Case /press-releases/supreme-court-arguments-conclude-in-landmark-voting-rights-case Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:51:03 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216572 Rights Groups Demand Legal Memo on Caribbean Boat Strikes /press-releases/rights-groups-demand-legal-memo-on-trumps-executions-of-alleged-drug-smugglers-in-caribbean Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:10:02 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216566 ACLU Statement on the Passing of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy /press-releases/aclu-statement-on-the-passing-of-miss-major-griffin-gracy Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:12:58 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216501 ACLU and NYCLU Statement on the Trump Administration’s Indictment of NY State Attorney General Letitia James /press-releases/aclu-and-nyclu-statement-on-the-trump-administrations-indictment-of-ny-state-attorney-general-letitia-james Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:29:35 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216455 New Report Reveals Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Misled Public by Massively Inflating Costs of Court-Ordered Reforms /press-releases/new-report-reveals-maricopa-county-sheriffs-office-misled-public-by-massively-inflating-costs-of-court-ordered-reforms Wed, 08 Oct 2025 22:54:18 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216398 ACLU to Federal Appeals Court: White House Retaliation Against Disfavored Reporters Puts U.S. in Dangerous Company /press-releases/aclu-to-federal-appeals-court-white-house-retaliation-against-disfavored-reporters-puts-u-s-in-dangerous-company Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:28:53 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216302 Transgender People Ask Supreme Court to Reject Trump Administration Effort to Enforce Discriminatory Passport Policy /press-releases/transgender-people-ask-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-administration-effort-to-enforce-discriminatory-passport-policy Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:48:16 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216280 ACLU Statement on Court Blocking Trump’s Unwarranted National Guard Deployment to Portland /press-releases/aclu-statement-on-court-blocking-trumps-unwarranted-national-guard-deployment-to-portland Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:32:50 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216251 ACLU and ACLU of Illinois Slam President Trump’s Imminent Activation of 300 Troops to Chicago /press-releases/aclu-and-aclu-of-illinois-slam-president-trumps-imminent-activation-of-300-troops-to-chicago Sat, 04 Oct 2025 21:58:52 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216246 Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order /press-releases/federal-appeals-court-upholds-block-on-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:29:40 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216240 Mario Guevara To Be Deported After Appeals Court Denies Stay /press-releases/mario-guevara-to-be-deported-after-appeals-court-denies-stay Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:37:28 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216170 Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking N.H. State Law Attacking Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion /press-releases/federal-court-grants-preliminary-injunction-blocking-n-h-state-law-attacking-diversity-equity-and-inclusion Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:03:41 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216168 Kansas Supreme Court Denies AG Kobach Review in Appeal over Gender Markers on Drivers Licenses /press-releases/kansas-supreme-court-denies-ag-kobach-review-in-appeal-over-gender-markers-on-drivers-licenses Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:53:13 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216136 ACLU, ACLU of Virginia, ACLU of North Carolina Sue ICE for Records Regarding Potential Expansion of Immigration Detention in Virginia /press-releases/aclu-sue-ice-for-records-regarding-potential-expansion-of-immigration-detention-in-virginia Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:18:10 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216106 ACLU and ACLU of Missouri Condemn Governor Kehoe's Authorization to Deploy State National Guard to Assist ICE /press-releases/aclu-and-aclu-of-missouri-condemn-governor-kehoes-authorization-to-deploy-state-national-guard-to-assist-ice Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:28:34 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216083 Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Behalf of Mohsen Mahdawi, RĂĽmeysa Ă–ztĂĽrk /press-releases/appeals-court-hears-arguments-on-behalf-of-mohsen-mahdawi-rumeysa-ozturk Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:15:13 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216081 ACLU and ACLU of Louisiana Condemn Gov. Landry's Request to Defense Department to Deploy 1,000 State National Guard Troops into Communities /press-releases/aclu-and-aclu-of-louisiana-condemn-gov-landrys-request-to-defense-department-to-deploy-1000-state-national-guard-troops-into-communities Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:46:25 +0000 /?post_type=press_release&p=216076