ACLU THE DEBRIEF: We're Sharing Your Stories One Year After Dobbs. Read more. →, Federal Court Temporarily Blocks North Carolina Abortion Ban, How We Are Protecting the Right to Vote on the 10th Anniversary of Shelby v. Holder, A Victory for Indigenous Sovereignty, ACLU Win for Trans Youth Health Care in Tennessee, Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Free Speech in First Amendment and Immigration Case, ACLU Reaches Landmark Settlement in L.A. County Jails Case, ACLU Supreme Court Town Hall, Police Should Not Be Allowed to Compel Our Cell Phone Passwords, Protect Native Families 8JUL23

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As the attacks on our rights continue in state legislatures across the country and in the Supreme Court, every member of the ACLU – including you – has a critical role to play in the fight to defend and expand constitutional rights for all. Because of your generous support, ACLU teams are prepared to fight back against recent unjust decisions from the Supreme Court. We're continuing the fight to defend LGBTQ rights, promote racial justice in higher education, and challenge every attack on our fundamental freedoms. This crucial civil liberties work would not be possible without the extraordinary support from leaders like you. Please read on to learn more about the progress we're making together – and how you can take action to advance these efforts in the weeks and months to come.

We're Sharing Your Stories One Year After Dobbs. Read more. →

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks North Carolina Abortion Ban North Carolina's governor recently signed a bill into law to ban abortion after 12 weeks, stripping away the right to reproductive choice for millions of people living in the state and nearby areas where abortion is already banned. In response, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against North Carolina on behalf of Planned Parenthood and health care providers, and a judge temporarily blocked the law from going into effect.

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How We Are Protecting the Right to Vote on the 10th Anniversary of Shelby v. Holder Ten years ago, the Supreme Court struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), which had successfully protected Black, brown, Indigenous, and other marginalized voters for decades. The ruling unleashed a torrent of voter suppression laws, which have recently intensified. With another election on the horizon, we just launched the Democracy Defender program to fight back. A Victory for Indigenous Sovereignty The U.S. has a long, shameful history of using child welfare agencies to rip Native children from their families and place them in non-Native homes, in an effort to force these children to adopt white cultural norms. The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed to put an end to this extremely harmful practice, and the Supreme Court just rejected all constitutional challenges to the law in a landmark case. Now we must convince states to pass laws that build on federal protections. ACLU Win for Trans Youth Health Care in Tennessee The ACLU and the ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit against a case that bans best practice medical care for trans youth. In a victory for trans youth, their families, and health care providers, a federal judge has blocked enforcement of the law while the case proceeds in court. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Free Speech in First Amendment and Immigration Case In an ACLU case concerning free speech and immigrant rights, the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot criminalize speech that merely encourages a noncitizen to enter or stay in the U.S. unlawfully. It can only do so where the defendant intentionally solicits or aids and abets specific unlawful acts. ACLU Reaches Landmark Settlement in L.A. County Jails Case The ACLU recently reached an extraordinary agreement with L.A. County Jails that will ultimately reduce the number of people coming to jail through a number of measures, including mental health support. This is a watershed moment: It's the first time a jurisdiction has agreed the cornerstone to addressing abysmal jail conditions and overcrowding is to reduce the number of people coming to jail in the first place.

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ACLU Supreme Court Town Hall The Supreme Court ended its latest term with decisions that will have a profound impact on our civil liberties – from voting rights and Indigenous Justice to LGBT equality and equal opportunities in higher education. Last Thursday, we held a town hall to have ACLU experts break down what these decisions mean for civil liberties, how they impact our litigation and advocacy work, and what you can to do to help. You can watch the town hall here. Please note: This link will take you to a third-party website, youtube.com.

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Police Should Not Be Allowed to Compel Our Cell Phone Passwords Our cell phones and other digital devices play a central role in our private lives, storing an unprecedented amount of our most personal information, but courts have issued mixed rulings on cell phone privacy in the digital age. Last month, in a loss for our privacy, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment does not prevent the state from asking a criminal defendant for access to their cell phone.

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Protect Native Families Throughout history, federal and state governments have sought to undermine and threaten the existence of tribes through the forced separation and assimilation of Native children. The Supreme Court just upheld a law that keeps Native families together – but now, we need states across the country to build on these federal protections.

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