Press Releases

The American Civil Liberties Union has media staff available to handle inquiries from journalists on issues affecting civil liberties, including questions on legislative matters that touch on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms and inquiries related to ACLU lawsuits. Reporters with questions about ACLU work, please contact media@aclum.org.

Jun 17, 2025

Transgender US Passport Holders Granted Temporary Relief in Challenge to Trump Gender Marker Policy

This decision acknowledges the immediate and profound negative impact that this passport policy has on the ability of people across the country to travel for work, school, and family.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Jun 16, 2025

Federal District Court Strikes Down NIH’s Unlawful Directives That Led to the Elimination of Critical Research

In a major victory for public health, the court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting certain research were unlawful, arbitrary and capricious, and therefore void.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice, LGBTQ Rights
Jun 09, 2025

Legal Organizations Across Ideologies Urge Court to Block President Trump’s Unconstitutional Attacks on Harvard

Legal organizations across the ideological spectrum today urged the District of Massachusetts court to block the Trump administration’s attempted hostile ideological takeover of Harvard University. 
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression
May 27, 2025

Residents sue City of Quincy and Mayor Koch to stop plan for religious statues on public building

A multifaith group of Quincy, Massachusetts residents and taxpayers filed a lawsuit today in Norfolk Superior Court to halt the planned installation of two large religious statues of Catholic saints at the entrance of the city’s new public safety building. The plaintiffs are members of diverse...
May 27, 2025

Final settlement reached in lawsuit against Hampden County Sheriff for the death of Madelyn Linsenmeir

The ACLU, together with Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts and Goulston & Storrs, finalized a settlement with the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department in a civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of Madelyn Linsenmeir. 
Issue Areas: Police Accountability
May 23, 2025

Censored Patient Safety Research Must Return to Government Website, Judge Rules

Republishing these articles is a victory for free speech and public health. The government can’t censor medical research solely because it disfavors certain viewpoints.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, LGBTQ Rights
May 09, 2025

Rümeysa Öztürk To Be Freed from Detention as Case Proceeds

More than six weeks after the Trump administration arrested and detained her because of an op-ed, a federal court ordered the release of Rümeysa Öztürk.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
May 07, 2025

Appeals Court Orders Trump Administration to Transfer Rümeysa Öztürk to Vermont

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the government to comply with a lower court’s ruling to move Ms. Öztürk from a Louisiana detention center to a facility in Vermont.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression
Apr 30, 2025

ACLU Asks Court to Expand Temporary Relief to All Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People Seeking Passports

It is important that every person has the ability to live and travel safely, and we will continue to fight to rescind this unlawful policy to make sure that this relief extends to everyone.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights