This year, SCOTUS will determine whether states can ban transgender students from youth sports — but the ACLU and women’s ...

Two journalists are challenging a law that threatens press freedom in an attempt to ban misinformation. In the height of the ...

Today, ICE agents shot and killed an unarmed 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, while she was in her car in a south ...

On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, YouGov fielded a survey of 1,016 registered voters nationwide between December 17 and 19, 2025. The survey measured voters’ views on the US military ...

Last week, IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft announced they would pause or end sales of their face recognition technology to police in the United States. The announcement caught many by surprise. For years, ...

This week marks 57 years since the signing of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), landmark legislation that ensured the right to vote was protected for all Americans. In the decades following the Civil War, ...

Know Your Rights: What To Do If You Are Detained For Taking Photographs Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right—and that includes ...

On April 11, 2025, the ACLU and ACLU of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop ...

The ACLU Impact Society is a community of visionaries who contribute a single gift of $1,000 or more annually to protect civil liberties across the nation. Your leadership as an Impact Society member ...

In the first installment of the ACLU's election 2024 memo series, our experts detail the threats a potential second Trump administration poses to immigrant families and America's immigration system.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic decision-making systems — algorithms that analyze massive amounts of data and make predictions about the future — are increasingly affecting Americans’ ...

Early Repeal of Sodomy Laws Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to get rid of its sodomy law. It did so in 1961, when it adopted an overall revision of its criminal laws. The revision closely ...