Press Releases

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Oct 14, 2025

Massachusetts Court Blocks Religious Statues on Government Building in Quincy

Norfolk Superior Court granted a preliminary injunction blocking the planned installation of two large statues of Catholic saints outside the entrance of the new public safety headquarters in Quincy.
Issue Areas: Government Transparency, Freedom of Religion and Belief
Oct 06, 2025

Transgender People Ask Supreme Court to Reject Trump Administration Effort to Enforce Discriminatory Passport Policy

Attorneys representing transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans asked the Supreme Court today to reject a request from the Trump administration to stay a preliminary injunction in Orr v. Trump.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Oct 03, 2025

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

A federal appeals court in Massachusetts today upheld a block on President Trump’s executive order that seeks to strip babies born in the United States of their U.S. citizenship. The case is New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Donald J. Trump.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Sep 30, 2025

Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Behalf of Mohsen Mahdawi, Rümeysa Öztürk

A three-judge panel heard arguments today from lawyers representing Mohsen Mahdawi and Rümeysa Öztürk, two students detained earlier this year by ICE in retaliation for their speech in support of Palestinian rights.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Sep 25, 2025

Labor, Reproductive Rights, Civil Liberties Advocates Applaud State Senate’s Passage of Data Privacy Legislation

The Massachusetts Senate today passed the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (S.2608), which would provide strong, comprehensive protections for consumers and communities especially vulnerable to the abuse of sensitive personal data.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Sep 23, 2025

New Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Widespread Denial of Due Process in Immigration Courts

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit in federal court to challenge the widespread denial of bond hearings to people detained by ICE.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Sep 05, 2025

Federal Court Declares Noncitizen’s Detention Under Laken Riley Act Unconstitutional

In what appears to be the first decision to address mandatory detention under the Laken Riley Act, a federal judge in Boston ruled today that detaining an individual solely on the basis of his prior arrest violates due process.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Sep 03, 2025

Court Holds that Medical Researchers’ Censorship Suit Can Continue

A federal court denied the government’s motion to dismiss the claims from doctors alleging the federal government censored research that mentioned LGBTQ people
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression
Aug 22, 2025

Supreme Court Issues Partial Stay in NIH Research Grants Case 

In a significant setback for public health, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts likely lacked jurisdiction to review the termination of research grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) targeting research on disfavored topics...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom