American Civil Liberties Union

US Supreme Court reverses Trump administration push to restrict treatment for transgender inmates

The court denied the Justice Department's emergency request to lift a federal judge's order blocking the Federal Bureau of Prisons from implementing the policy.

Prison cell block
Demonstrators hold placards that read "Free Mohsen" in reference to Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, who was detained, as they gather at Foley Square in Manhattan, New York City, US, April 15, 2025.

Anti-Israel Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi fights deportation to Jordan

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY student Mohsen Mahdawi poses for a portrait inside Havemeyer Hall on the Columbia University campus in New York City, New York, US, May 18, 2025.

US reinstates deportation proceedings against pro-Palestinian student Mahdawi

People attend a demonstration against increased immigration enforcement, days after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, outside a hotel that demonstrators believe is being used by federal agents, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 9, 2

Tens of thousands march in Minneapolis after ICE shooting, 29 arrested


Kennedy seeks to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care

Kennedy proposed rules barring hospitals that provide such care from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs and prohibiting Medicaid from paying for it.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

Apple, Google plan software to slow virus, joining debate on tracking

To be effective, the Silicon Valley system would require millions of people to opt in the system, trusting the technology companies’ safeguards.

An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018.

The final nail in the ACLU’s coffin

The ACLU’s move from the neutral protector of civil liberties to a partisan advocate of hard-left politics is both a symptom and consequence of it's changes.

GROUPS INCLUDING the Council on American-Islamic Relations, MoveOn.org, Oxfam, and the ACLU hold a rally and prayer service in front of the White House to mark the anniversary of the first Trump administration travel and refugee ban in January