Press Releases

Dec 15, 2023

ACLU Statement on Vanita Gupta’s Planned Departure from the Department of Justice

WASHINGTON — In response to the announcement that Associate Attorney General (AAG) Vanita Gupta will leave the Department of Justice in February, American Civil Liberties Union E...

Dec 15, 2023

NYCLU Statement in Response to Adams Administration Increasing School Safety Agents and Scanners

NEW YORK CITY – Following the Adams Administration’s decision to hire at least 650 new “assistant” school safety agents and install new scanning technology in nearly 80 sch...

Dec 15, 2023

Advocates Applaud Fifth Circuit’s Denial of State’s Request for Reconsideration in Robinson v. Ardoin

NEW ORLEANS — Today, in Robinson v. Ardoin, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Louisiana’s motion to revisit the court’s Nov. 10, 2023 decision upholding the constitut...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Court case: Robinson v. Ardoin

Dec 15, 2023

Fifth Circuit Denies Louisiana's Attempt to Thwart Private Plaintiffs' Right to Sue Under Section 2 of the VRA; Eighth Circuit Panel Decision Remains a Radical Outlier

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Louisiana’s petition for a rehearing in Robinson v. Ardoin, a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, Legal ...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Dec 15, 2023

Appeals Court Declines To Rule Against Connecticut’s Inclusive Policy for Transgender Athletes

NEW YORK CITY – In a Title IX case brought by cisgender plaintiffs challenging Connecticut’s inclusive student athletic policy, the Second Circuit sent the case back to the...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights

Court case: Soule et al v. CT Association of Schools et al

Dec 15, 2023

Georgia Court Blocks Racially Gerrymandered Cobb County School Board Map

COBB COUNTY, GA — In a win for Black and Latinx voters, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia blocked the Cobb County School Board from using its racially ...

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