Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Dec 18, 2023

ACLU Urges the Supreme Court Not to Make it Harder to Bring Retaliatory Arrest Cases

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union and partners today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to protect our right to engage in constitutionally-p...

Issue Areas: Free Speech

Court case: Gonzalez v. Trevino

Dec 12, 2023

Lawsuit Challenges D.C. Transit Authority for Violating the First Amendment

Complaint alleges that WMATA unlawfully rejected controversial ads

Issue Areas: Free Speech LGBTQ Rights

Dec 05, 2023

ACLU and RCFP Urge Supreme Court to Block Two State Laws that Would Allow the Government to Regulate Editorial Discretion on Social Media

Private platforms’ decisions about what speech to host, publish, and distribute on the internet are protected by the First Amendment and cannot be mandated by the government.

Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology

Court case: NetChoice, LLC. v. Paxton

Dec 04, 2023

Lawyers' Committee and American Civil Liberties Union Defend Free Speech in Schools in Case Challenging HB1775

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – On Monday, attorneys from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the American Civil Liberties Unio...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Racial Justice LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty

Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. O'Connor

Nov 30, 2023

ACLU and EFF Applaud Ruling Halting Montana TikTok Ban

MISSOULA, Mont. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) applaud a ruling by the federal district court in Montana that...

Issue Areas: Free Speech National Security

Nov 27, 2023

ACLU and Digital Rights Groups Support Nonprofit in Lawsuit Over Its Reports Critical of Content on X

SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology

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