The Trump administration on Wednesday told a federal court in Washington it plans to release into Syria a detained American citizen accused of fighting for the so-called Islamic State, but his lawyers say that’s a “death warrant” and they will ask the court to intervene.
Read moreA federal judge found late Wednesday the government’s practice of separating immigrant parents and their minor children who come to the U.S. seeking asylum potentially violates the families’ due process rights.
Read moreAn Iowa judge on Friday agreed to issue a temporary injunction barring enforcement of the state’s newly enacted fetal-heartbeat law that critics say would outlaw almost all abortions in the Hawkeye State.
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against a Kansas school district, claiming that it violated students’ free speech rights.
Read moreWith two weeks to go before its membership conference, the American Civil Liberties Union pushed a federal judge to get its advertising campaign going on Washington-area public transit.
Read moreThe ACLU brought a federal complaint to obtain records on government contracts with private companies for license plate reader databases for immigration enforcement.
Read moreAsylum-seeking kids fleeing violence in their home countries of Central and South America faced beatings, sexual abuse, and death threats when apprehended by U.S. border agents, the ACLU concluded after reviewing thousands of pages of complaints filed on the children’s behalf.
Read moreBacked by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, 16 Democratic voters sued Governor John Kasich and other Republican lawmakers on Wednesday, claiming the GOP manipulated the congressional map to such a degree that it no longer reflects the political will of Ohioans.
Read moreTwo years ago, the U.S. government won the right to keep information about its predator-drone program classified. It went to the Second Circuit on Tuesday to keep a portion of the court’s secret ruling redacted.
Read moreTwo abortion providers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union sued Iowa on Tuesday, claiming its newly enacted fetal-heartbeat law that outlaws abortion in all but the earliest stages of pregnancy is unconstitutional.
Read moreA federal judge refused Thursday to throw out a Massachusetts lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s policy of searching electronic devices at the border without a warrant.
Read moreA federal judge Friday heard arguments for what he called a “very significant and interesting issue”: whether the government should be barred from separating asylum-seeking families in immigrant detention facilities.
Read moreMilwaukee reportedly approved a $1.9 million payment Monday to settle a class action brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin claiming city police used abusive stop-and-frisk tactics motivated by race and ethnicity.
Read moreJust weeks after winning the dismissal of more than 11,000 drug convictions, the ACLU called on the highest court in Massachusetts for additional dismissals and sanctions against the state Attorney General’s Office.
Read moreThe federal government argued Wednesday before the Sixth Circuit for the enforcement of deportation orders for over 100 Iraqi nationals who were released from detention facilities earlier this year.
Read morePlanned Parenthood is challenging a new Indiana law requiring physicians to report “all abortion complications” or face licensing and criminal consequences, claiming the law is too vague on what constitutes a complication.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit struck down Indiana’s law banning abortions motivated by a fetus’ gender, race or disability, which primarily impacted women seeking to abort rather than have a baby with Down syndrome.
Read moreThe League of Women Voters of Missouri sued the state Tuesday, claiming it did not follow federal voting-rights law requiring it to update the voter database with information from motor-vehicle records, which the group says impacts half a million residents every year.
Read moreDror Ladin, the ACLU attorney who won a landmark settlement for terrorism detainees subjected to CIA tortures designed by two psychologists, warned Thursday that immunity laws may become more widely applied because of that case.
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