Trans Liberty has launched “Operation Lifeboat” to provide assistance to transgender Kansans affected by the enactment of Senate Bill 244, which invalidates previously issued identity documents and imposes criminal penalties for restroom use in government buildings.
A landmark settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit challenging the unlawful targeting and questioning of five journalists about their reporting near the U.S.-Mexico border, upholding the First Amendment rights of the press.
The ACLU won a case against the Department of Homeland Security, prompting them to withdraw a subpoena for Google to provide personal information about a man who had criticized the government’s immigration enforcement actions, protecting his First Amendment rights.
The California Lawyers Association has raised concerns about recent federal immigration enforcement practices, which it says may violate constitutional protections and civil liberties, and has called for courts and oversight institutions to ensure independent review of such actions.
The families of two Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. missile strike last October have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that the strike was part of a broader campaign to target civilian boats in international waters without warning, justification or due process.
The ACLU has filed a brief in support of The New York Times’ lawsuit against the Department of Defense, arguing that the new press policy is an unconstitutional attack on free expression and democratic accountability.
The Department of Justice released a memo under the Trump administration that threatens to roll back key protections for transgender and intersex people under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, potentially putting them at increased risk of sexual assault in federal prisons, jails, and youth facilities.
Immigrants’ rights advocates are condemning the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 240,000 Venezuelans, calling it a devastating escalation of attacks on immigrant communities and urging Congress to pass legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for TPS holders.
The ACLU, along with unions, clinics and law firms, filed a class-action lawsuit challenging widespread violations of due process for immigrants detained by ICE, alleging that immigrants are being misclassified and denied bond, leading to long-term incarceration or disappearances.
The House of Representatives narrowly passed the “Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025”, which would impose steep mandatory minimum sentences and potential life sentences on asylum seekers, teenagers, and immigrant families attempting to reunite, with critics arguing that it represents an extreme expansion of federal sentencing and would undermine public safety.
A federal court ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it attempted to rescind billions of dollars in research funding from Harvard University, citing concerns about campus antisemitism and ideological capture, in violation of the university’s First Amendment rights.
Mario Alexander Guevara, an award-winning journalist and founder of MG News, has been detained by ICE for over two months for his reporting on law enforcement operations, despite an immigration judge granting him bond, and the ACLU has filed a habeas petition arguing his detention is unconstitutional and retaliatory.
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, seeking records related to the expansion of the SAVE program and the use of personal information to maintain voter lists.
The ACLU has filed a comment warning that the HHS’s new directive would exclude noncitizens from dozens of community health, early education and social support programs, which they called “unlawful” and “harmful” to vulnerable communities.
Advocacy groups and teachers have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a New Hampshire law banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs, arguing that it violates the civil rights of students and educators.
The Supreme Court ruled that Medicaid patients do not have a right to sue to enforce their right to a qualified health care provider of choice, potentially limiting access to essential reproductive health care services.
The ACLU has released a report finding that the death penalty process systematically excludes Black Americans, women, and religious individuals from the jury box, raising constitutional concerns and calling for the abolition of death qualification.
The Justice Department under the Trump administration has withdrawn from key police reform agreements in Minneapolis and Louisville, abandoning efforts to increase federal oversight of local law enforcement and closing investigations into several other police departments.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Trump Administration cannot deport Venezuelan detainees accused of being members of a gang using the wartime law, and referred the case back to a lower federal appeals court to determine if the migrants can be legally deported.
SACRAMENTO, CA – California Assemblymember Kate Sanchez (R-Rancho Santa Margarita) last week introduced legislation here to require…