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Jun 27, 2024

The Supreme Court Just Declined to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients. Here’s What to Know

Reproductive Freedom
Today’s ruling does not signal the end of the road in the fight for protecting life-saving emergency care, or the fight for our reproductive freedom.
Today’s ruling does not signal the end of the road in the fight for protecting life-saving emergency care, or the fight for our reproductive freedom.
Someone wearing a sticker that says "I Fight For Abortion Access."
Someone wearing a sticker that says "I Fight For Abortion Access."
May 16, 2024

Eight Supreme Court Cases To Watch

First Amendment
This term, the Court will rule in cases addressing reproductive rights, gun control, social media regulation and more hot-button issues.
This term, the Court will rule in cases addressing reproductive rights, gun control, social media regulation and more hot-button issues.
An external shot of the U.S. Supreme Court.
An external shot of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Apr 26, 2024

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests

First Amendment

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them.

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them.

A faculty rally in favor of academic free speech is held in the main quad at Columbia University in New York.
A faculty rally in favor of academic free speech is held in the main quad at Columbia University in New York.
Apr 5, 2024

The Supreme Court Will Soon Determine Whether Cities Can Punish People for Sleeping in Public When They Have Nowhere Else to Go

Criminal Legal Reform

The ACLU of Utah joined an amicus brief defending the rights of people experiencing homelessness. Read our Q&A with Scout Katovich, staff attorney at the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on the...

The ACLU of Utah joined an amicus brief defending the rights of people experiencing homelessness. Read our Q&A with Scout Katovich, staff attorney at the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on the...

The exterior of the Supreme Court.
The exterior of the Supreme Court.
Mar 19, 2024

State Legislative Sessions: How They Impact Your Rights

Many state legislative sessions are underway right now — learn more about this crucial political process and how it can bolster or reduce your rights.
Many state legislative sessions are underway right now — learn more about this crucial political process and how it can bolster or reduce your rights.
Individuals in a group holding ACLU-branded signs saying "We the People," and "You Can't Legislate Away Our Existence."
Individuals in a group holding ACLU-branded signs saying "We the People," and "You Can't Legislate Away Our Existence."
Mar 15, 2024

Why Allowing Chaplains in Public Schools Harms Students

First Amendment

Across the country, efforts to install chaplains in public schools threaten to undermine students’ religious freedom rights and their well-being. Here’s what you need to know.

Across the country, efforts to install chaplains in public schools threaten to undermine students’ religious freedom rights and their well-being. Here’s what you need to know.

A group of kids moving in a school hallway.
A group of kids moving in a school hallway.