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.

Dec 10, 2018

Victory! Federal judge affirms right to secretly record police

A federal court ruled that secret recording of law enforcement officials performing their duties in public is protected by the First Amendment.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Police Accountability
Court Cases: Martin v. Rollins (formerly Martin v. Evans, Martin v. Gross)
Nov 28, 2018

Court blocks City of Holyoke's ban on lawn signs and bumper stickers

“We are grateful to the Court for recognizing our First Amendment rights to express ourselves on our private property.”
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression
Nov 26, 2018

Madelyn Linsenmeir's family has a right to know how she died

Madelyn's family is seeking information about her arrest and detention before she died in police custody.
Issue Areas: Police Accountability, Criminal Law Reform
Court Cases: Linsenmeir v. City of Springfield and Estate of Madelyn E. Linsenmeir v. City of Springfield
Nov 16, 2018

Holyoke wants to police your lawn signs

People have a right to express personal political views through signs displayed on their property.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression
Court Cases: Molloy et al. v. City of Holyoke
Nov 15, 2018

ACLU demands records on Boston's "gang database" used in deportations

“In order to make Boston a safe city for all its residents, we must meaningfully address discriminatory policing, and confront the role the gang database plays in the lives of young people of color in our city."
Issue Areas: Police Accountability, Privacy and Surveillance, Racial Justice, Immigrants' Rights
Nov 07, 2018

Statement on Jeff Sessions' resignation as Attorney General

Ironically, Sessions may have been forced out of his job not due to any of his improper actions as attorney general, but instead because of one thing he did properly.
Nov 06, 2018

Massachusetts votes to uphold dignity and respect for our transgender neighbors

By winning the first statewide popular vote on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters reaffirmed our Commonwealth as a place that fiercely defends our basic values of dignity and respect for everyone.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Nov 06, 2018

Voters want prosecutors who are committed to criminal legal reform

Voters will be watching – and the ACLU will be working – to make sure district attorneys follow through on promises made for a smarter and fairer criminal justice system.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Oct 12, 2018

After years of misconduct, thousands of additional wrongful convictions are dismissed

Marking a victory for justice, the Massachusetts supreme court delivered a historic decision, requiring thousands of additional dismissals in the Amherst drug lab scandal.
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform