American Civil Liberties Union
Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021. Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions ...

ACLU in West Virginia sues House over open meetings law

Jun. 11, 2021 04:47 AM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is seeking to void four laws that it claims were passed in violation of open...

FILE - Migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua sit in line after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, May 17, 2021, in La Joya, Texas. The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country under federal pandemic-related powers that prevent many from seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US

By Elliot Spagat And Julie Watson Jun. 04, 2021 02:50 AM EDT

This undated family photo, shows Jamar Medor, of Fairfield, Conn., a student at Fairfield Warde High School. The arrest of a Connecticut high school student, who is white, accused of posting racist comments about Medor on social media, is being supported by civil rights advocates, but free speech groups are calling it an unusual move by police that raises First Amendment issues. Medor told WABC-TV that he and his family are still shocked by the posting, and he had never experienced racism in school before. He said he stayed home from school one day because he didn't feel comfortable. “I just had no words when I saw it. I was so confused,” he said. (Courtesy Judith Medor via AP)
Student's arrest for racist post sparks free speech debate

By Dave Collins May. 19, 2021 07:41 AM EDT

Migrants from Honduras wait in a Border Patrol truck after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, May 17, 2021, in La Joya, Texas. The Biden administration has agreed to let up to about 250 people a day in the United States at border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge, part of negotiations to settle a lawsuit over pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a right to apply for asylum, an attorney said Monday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
US eases asylum restrictions at border amid legal challenges

By Elliot Spagat And Adriana Gomez Licon May. 18, 2021 12:10 AM EDT

New Mexico ACLU sues over treatment of immigrant detainees

May. 14, 2021 05:14 PM EDT
ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center on Friday sued a private prison company over the...

FILE - In this June 4, 2020, file photo, protesters march on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York following the death of George Floyd. State lawmakers across the U.S. are reconsidering the tradeoffs of facial recognition technology amid civil rights and racial bias concerns. Complaints about false identifications during protests over the killing of Floyd prompted Amazon, Microsoft and IBM to pause sales of their face recognition software to police. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
States push back against use of facial recognition by police

By Julie Carr Smyth May. 05, 2021 01:20 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2021 04:43 PM EDT
Boston Globe. April 20, 2021. Editorial: There’s too much secrecy in state government. It’s time for a constitutional amendment to change...

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster talks about vaccine distribution and abortion during a news conference in Columbia, S.C. McMaster has opened up COVID-19 vaccination to all of the state's residents ages 16 and up, saying Friday, March 26, that they could begin scheduling appointments next week and receive the vaccine starting March 31. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, file)
ACLU sues McMaster for ordering state workers' office return

By Meg Kinnard Apr. 06, 2021 05:34 PM EDT

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper listens to a question during a briefing at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)
Cooper, N.C. prison officials agree to release 3,500 inmates

By Bryan Anderson Feb. 25, 2021 03:50 PM EST

ACLU challenges Trump-era rule on behalf of asylum seekers

Feb. 09, 2021 12:29 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — A civil liberties group is challenging a Trump-era immigration policy as it seeks to unite seven asylum seekers with their families in...

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020 file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Dozens of civil rights and advocacy organizations are calling on the Biden administration to immediately halt federal executions after an unprecedented run of capital punishment under President Donald Trump. They want President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of inmates on federal death row. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
82 advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions

By Michael Tarm And Michael Balsamo Feb. 09, 2021 08:00 AM EST

Connecticut to close maximum-security Northern prison

By Dave Collins Feb. 08, 2021 04:26 PM EST
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut will be closing its highest security prison that was once home to the state's death row by July 1, mostly because of the...

Officials broke law with false virus resolution, ACLU says

Jan. 20, 2021 03:30 AM EST
ORONO, Maine (AP) — A rural Maine county violated the state's open meeting law when it adopted a resolution that misled the public about the coronavirus...

ACLU sues feds over withholding records in immigration cases

Jan. 19, 2021 01:21 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — The federal government routinely denies access to records that may help defendants in immigration cases, putting immigrants facing court action...

El Paso County jail agrees to do more to stop virus spread

By Colleen Slevin Jan. 04, 2021 06:25 PM EST
DENVER (AP) — Inmates in a Colorado jail will get daily temperature checks and those who test positive for COVID-19 will be regularly monitored by medical...

Maine CDC unsure when vaccine will reach inmates

Dec. 23, 2020 01:45 AM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Public health authorities in Maine said Wednesday it's impossible to know when coronavirus vaccines could reach inmates in the state's...

FILE - This Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, shows the exterior of Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana, Calif. A California judge has ordered Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, a 50 percent reduction of the population in Orange County jails to protect incarcerated people from a major coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
Judge orders reduction at Orange County jail due to COVID-19

Dec. 11, 2020 08:08 PM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a news conference in the briefing room at the White House in Washington. A federal judge in Maryland has denied the Trump administration's request to reinstate a rule that would require women to visit a hospital, clinic or medical office to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that public health risks for patients only have grown worse. In March, dozens of anti-abortion advocates signed a letter to Azar in which they called for halting abortion procedures during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Judge refuses to reinstate rule for dispensing abortion pill

By Michael Kunzelman Dec. 10, 2020 11:30 AM EST

Ohio governor to extend curfew as virus deaths surpass 7K

By Farnoush Amiri Dec. 07, 2020 04:18 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday that he will extend the statewide curfew as Ohio surpassed 7,000 virus-related deaths. ...