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Over 4,000 overseas voters’ ballots challenged in Pennsylvania

Challenges in key state aren’t valid, says ACLU, and appear to be mass effort through mail-merge process

The Guardian - US · Nov 4, 2024

Contested state supreme court seats are site of hidden battle for abortion access

Judges are on ballot in election swing states such as Arizona and Georgia whose courts recently upheld abortion bans

The Guardian - US · Nov 2, 2024

Legal Disputes Over Mail-In Ballot Challenges In Pennsylvania

Legal challenges to mail-in ballot applications in Philadelphia's suburbs spark concerns over voter eligibility and potential violations of federal and sta...

Top News · Oct 30, 2024

Groundbreaking Attorney to Make History as First Openly Trans Lawyer to Argue Before Supreme Court

The ACLU lawyer is representing a group of transgender minors who filed a lawsuit against Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Latin Times · Oct 22, 2024

Prosecutors ask Massachusetts' highest court to allow murder retrial for Karen Read

Prosecutors called on the highest court in Massachusetts not to support dropping two charges against Karen Read who is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend based

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024

Gavin Grimm won a landmark victory for US trans youth. He now struggles to survive

At 16, his bathroom case reshaped LGBTQ+ equality in the US. Now facing homelessness as trans rights are stripped nationwide, he says: ‘The system won’t serve our liberation’

The Guardian - US · Oct 12, 2024

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Empowering Speech by Moderating It," by Danielle Keats Citron & Jonathan Penney

A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.

Reason · Oct 11, 2024

The ACLU of South Carolina is Suing To Publish Interviews With a Death Row Inmate

South Carolina bans all media interviews with incarcerated people, a policy the state's ACLU chapter says is the most restrictive in the country and infringes on its First Amendment rights.

Reason · Oct 10, 2024

Trump and guns loom large as scandal-hit supreme court gets back to work

Battered by ethics scandals, the court shows no signs of reining itself in – and it could play a key role in the election

The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2024

Amid Trump's Claims of Mass Deportation, ACLU Sues for Information on U.S. Immigration Detention Capabilities

The organization is concerned about how such policies could impact the civil rights and civil liberties of immigrants

Latin Times · Oct 4, 2024