We filed a lawsuit today against a member of the Kalamazoo Board of County Canvassers to ensure election certification laws are followed. aclumich.org/en/press-relea…

BREAKING: The ACLU of Michigan has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit against Kalamazoo County Board of Canvasser Robert Froman after he signed a sworn affidavit stating that he will certify the November presidential election results.

Here's the deal. Michigan law clearly states that county boards of canvassers have a ministerial duty to sign off on clerks' canvassing of votes and procedures. Then opportunities for audits & recounts follow. Thank you ACLU of Michigan for ensuring the law will be followed.

In 12 states, candidates for elections chief — and those appointing them — are debating how easy to make mail voting and direct democracy. And in some states, election deniers are still bidding to take over the system. NEW from Taniel and Alex Burness: boltsmag.org/elections-chie…

BREAKING: We’re thrilled to announce Cecillia Wang as our new national legal director. Cecillia has the litigation experience and vision to lead our legal team in the fight to defend our rights. She is the first woman and the first woman of color to be top lawyer at the ACLU.

Los Angeles Public Press The City Council just voted 13-0 to pass the sanctuary ordinance, with some amendments.

URGENT: The four north county jails are now in a mandatory evacuation zone due to the Hughes Fire‼️ We’ve alerted the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, but we need your help. Call the Board and demand an immediate evacuation OUTSIDE of the Hughes Fire evacuation zone.

🗳️BREAKING: In a landmark win for voting rights, the NYCLU, ACLU, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, SteptoeLLP, + LatinoJustice PRLDEF have reached a first-of-its-kind settlement on behalf of Black, Latino, and Asian voters that will create fair, equitable legislative maps for voters in Nassau County.

#BREAKING Immigration raids rattled Kern County. Now, the ACLU is suing over alleged abuses via Sergio Olmos y yo: calmatters.org/justice/2025/0…

Agents slashed tires, yanked people out of trucks, threw people to the ground, and called farmworkers “Mexican bitches” during unannounced raids in Kern County, according to a complaint filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union.

NEW: ACLU obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols," or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.

As lawyers for Rumeysa Ozturk continue to fight for her release, Tufts University has filed a declaration in federal court in Boston supporting Ozturk's motion for release. It's the first time an American university publicly stands behind a detained international student:

NEW: Newark is just the third city in the country to lower the voting age to 16 — for school board elections. So teens are getting to vote for the first time... this month! And there's a tremendous amount of energy to get students to turn out. boltsmag.org/newark-teens-g…

Police in the U.S. have killed people every single day so far this year. mappingpoliceviolence.us

2028 National Democratic Primary, Without Harris: Pete Buttigieg 17% Cory Booker 14% Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 14% Gavin Newsom 10% Tim Walz 7% Josh Shapiro 6% Gretchen Whitmer 4% J.B. Pritzker 4% Amy Klobuchar 3% Jon Stewart 3% Andy Beshear 2% Mark Cuban 2% Chris Murphy 1%

After having terminated lawyers for unaccompanied children, the government is now making toddlers represent themselves in deportation proceedings.

🚨 #BREAKING Senator Alex Padilla tries to interrupt a press conference by Homeland Security Sec Kristi Noem and he’s forcibly removed. California’s senior U.S. Senator was handcuffed and detained. Video from Alex Padilla’s staff 🚨

ICE Out of LA!

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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no criminal convictions and no pending criminal charges.