Press Releases

ACLU Of Illinois Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Presidential Immunity

The notion that the most powerful person in our country cannot be held accountable for illegal acts in the Oval Office undermines our country’s most basic edict – that no one is above the law.

ACLU Of Illinois Responds to Supreme Court Order on Medical Care for Pregnant Persons in Need of Emergency Care

The Court could have chosen to protect women’s health at a moment when this health care is under attack. It missed the opportunity. 

Chicago Agrees to Prominent Route for DNC Demonstration

The coalition, Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws: Coalition for Reproductive Justice & LGBTQ+ Liberation will be permitted to march on Michigan Avenue after the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit on their behalf last month.

ACLU Calls on CPD to Stop Delay Tactics and Address Racially Discriminatory Traffic Stops

The ACLU of Illinois is condemning the Chicago Police Department’s request to put on ice a lawsuit it filed last year, Wilkins v. Chicago, challenging racially discriminatory traffic stops.
Court Cases: Wilkins v. Chicago

Harmful Confinement Policies at Knox County Juvenile Detention Facility Challenged in Federal Court

Youth detained at the Mary Davis Detention Home (“MDH”) in Galesburg, Illinois continue to endure abusive, extended solitary confinement despite multiple failed audits and repeated warnings about the harm of this practice.
Court Cases: J.B.H. v. Knox County

Black and Brown Drivers in Chicago Want Voice in Effort to Move Traffic Stops Under Consent Decree

The plaintiffs in Wilkins v. Chicago are asking the Chief Judge to block CPD from sidestepping their case by moving oversight of traffic stops in the city under the Consent Decree process.
Court Cases: Wilkins v. Chicago

Human Rights Commission Allows Charges to Move Forward Against Two Downstate Walmart Stores for Denying Service to Transgender Man

A unanimous panel of the Illinois Human Rights Commission is allowing charges of discrimination filed against Walmart for turning away a transgender man who sought to cash a money order.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ and HIV Advocacy
Court Cases: Hyatt v. Walmart

ACLU of Illinois Comments on University of Chicago Delaying Degrees to Four Students Who Participated in Campus Protests

Four University of Chicago students who otherwise expected to graduate are having their diplomas withheld while the University investigates complaints about these students’ participation in protests.

ACLU of Illinois Hails Passage of Measure Helping Relatives Care for Children in Care of DCFS

By passing House Bill 4781 (the KIND Act), the Illinois House is making sure that our state’s family regulation system prioritizes the interests of youth in that system.