Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Dec 18, 2023

ACLU Applauds New National Law Enforcement Accountability Database But Identifies Its Significant Shortcomings

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration today launched a National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, a collection of records aimed at bringing transparency to and documenting...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Oct 04, 2023

ACLU Responds to United Nations Reports on Policing and Racial Justice

GENEVA — Two United Nations reports detailing the ways in which systemic racism infects every facet of our criminal legal system in the United States will be presented before the...

Issue Areas: Human Rights Criminal Law Reform

Sep 12, 2023

ACLU Responds to National Public Defense Workload Study

NEW YORK — A first of its kind comprehensive national study into how many cases public defense attorneys can reasonably handle provides new evidence that many public defense syst...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Sep 05, 2023

ACLU Condemns Unprecedented RICO Indictment of People Protesting Construction of Controversial Police Training Center in Georgia

ATLANTA — Georgia’s attorney general has obtained indictments against more than 60 people, alleging violations of the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (...

Issue Areas: National Security Criminal Law Reform Free Speech

Aug 21, 2023

ACLU Submits Amicus Brief Supporting Constitutionality of Restrictions on Gun Possession by Individuals Subject to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

NEW YORK — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Rahimi, a Second Amendment challenge to the federal l...

Issue Areas: Women's Rights Criminal Law Reform LGBTQ Rights

Court case: United States v. Rahimi

Jul 06, 2023

Lawsuit Challenges Unequal Response to Mental Health Emergencies in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON — Bread for the City, a D.C.-based nonprofit supporting underserved communities, filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the District of Columbia’s practice of sen...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Disability Rights

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