NEW: We were in court today to protect the people’s power to shape laws directly — a cornerstone of free speech and democracy in Arkansas. #arpx #arleg #arnews www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/se...

President Trump is escalating his abuses of power — deploying the National Guard, silencing dissent, and targeting communities of color. This isn’t normal, and we’re not powerless. 📅 ACLU People Power Action Call 🗓 Thursday, Sept. 25 | 7 PM CT | Zoom 🔗 Register: act.aclu.org/a/september-...

President Trump is moving to deploy up to 1,700 National Guard troops in 19 states — including Arkansas — to escalate his crackdown on immigrants. Communities deserve safety, dignity, and due process, not soldiers at their doorsteps. ow.ly/MLqP50WNNQM

(1/6) Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth is imminent after a recent court ruling. 🧵 Here’s what you need to know:

A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists in the form of incarcerated labor. It’s long overdue to end forced labor in prisons.

NEW: A federal judge has ordered Conway schools to take down Ten Commandments displays from classrooms. We’ll keep fighting in court to protect the First Amendment rights of all Arkansans. www.acluarkansas.org/en/press-rel...

NEW: Conway School District put the Ten Commandments in classrooms — even after a federal judge ruled Arkansas’s law “obviously unconstitutional.” We’ve asked the court to add Conway to our lawsuit. Public schools aren’t Sunday Schools. www.acluarkansas.org/en/news/fami...

Today's ruling puts politics over evidence and threatens the health and lives of transgender youth in Arkansas. Read our explainer on the decision and what comes next: ow.ly/piN350WETQn

The military has no place occupying DC or any other American city.

Arkansas' law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools is unconstitutional — and a federal court agrees.

New: We sent letters to Arkansas superintendents warning the Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. The injunction covers four districts, but all schools must uphold students' constitutional rights. Parents: See posters? Contact us: bit.ly/3UMq03D Read the letter + release here: bit.ly/4mrxFjA

A federal judge in Fayetteville has blocked Arkansas's law mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms, hours before it was set to take effect. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

The court upheld every student’s right to learn free from government-imposed religion — this is a victory for Arkansas families and for the First Amendment. www.acluarkansas.org/en/press-rel...

No one should be punished for exercising their constitutional rights. The retaliation against Mr. Muhammad is a threat to free speech, access to justice, and the right to hold government accountable. Read about the case and what’s next: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/ju...

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A federal judge has granted our motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s ballot suppression laws, and our clients will have their day in court. Grassroots groups are stepping up to defend our right to organize, speak out, and shape the laws that govern us. Read more: bit.ly/4o6qhvP

Count on it.

Public schools aren’t Sunday schools. arkansasadvocate.com/2025/07/18/f...

If you're born in America, you're an American citizen — full stop.

When our plaintiff Jim Obergefell lost his husband John, he simply wanted to be listed as his spouse on John’s death certificate. Ten years ago today, Jim won at the Supreme Court in our monumental case, Obergefell v. Hodges, that brought marriage equality for same-sex couples to all 50 states.

BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional. We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.

Each year, we celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate the 1865 emancipation of 250,000 enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas. We honor Juneteenth by continuing to fight for Black liberation.

Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth remains blocked and legal in our state. Read our statement on today’s ruling here: www.acluarkansas.org/en/press-rel...

The court got it wrong. Denying transgender youth the health care they need solely because they’re trans is discriminatory, and we will keep fighting.

Our freedom to live without government-sanctioned religion is central to the First Amendment.

To any politicians that need a reminder: Public schools aren’t Sunday schools.

We’ve been busy in court fighting President Trump’s anti-trans executive orders. Our lawyers answered your questions about our cases.

Anti-trans politicians won’t win. As much as President Trump and his allies want to erase us, trans people existed long before his presidency — and we’ll be here long after.

President Trump is abusing the power of the presidency — and people across the country are rising up in protest. Thousands of demonstrations are planned nationwide, including right here in Arkansas this weekend. Find an event: ow.ly/77TG50W8FuT And know your rights before you go: ow.ly/uYfX50W8FuS

Every student deserves to feel welcome, safe, and free to learn — no matter their beliefs. ow.ly/yqLb50W80oc

The Trump administration has been terrorizing immigrant communities nonstop, with contempt for our civil liberties and disregard for our lives. As we the people continue to fight Trump's deportation agenda, we've laid out 3 key areas to watch.

If you're out protesting, know your rights.

Read our amicus brief here: ow.ly/ELg350W4vaY

We believe in a future where every child, every family, and every community can live free from discrimination and fear. Together, we can build a world where everyone is celebrated. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Gender-affirming care is safe for transgender youth and legal under federal law. No matter what the Trump administration says or does, we’ll always defend the rights of transgender youth to access the care they need and the future they deserve.

Our government must defend our immigrant communities, not target and scapegoat them. www.aclu.org/news/immigra...

Thousands of immigrants are kept in ICE detention across the country, where abuse and cruelty is common. This is unconscionable. Urge Congress to reject any bills that would fuel the abusive ICE detention system: action.aclu.org/send-message...

The Trump administration is abusing an obscure section of immigration law to punish Mahmoud Khalil and other immigrants for their advocacy in support of Palestinian human rights. But the First Amendment protects everyone in the U.S. ICE must release Mahmoud immediately.

Adults' right to access porn, R-rated movies, sex education materials, and more are at stake in our case before the Supreme Court over Texas' online age-verification law. We have a First Amendment right to browse the internet without sacrificing our privacy.

“It’s religiously coercive. It’s an attempt to indoctrinate [students] into the state’s favored form of Christianity,” Heather Weaver, senior counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, said Tuesday. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

BREAKING: We’re suing the state of Arkansas over laws that silence voters and sabotage citizen-led ballot initiatives. These attacks on direct democracy violate the First Amendment. We’re taking this fight to court — because in Arkansas, the people rule. loom.ly/DHsAQfs

We can’t arrest our way out of homelessness. To build safe communities that advance justice for all, we must invest in reaching people with the resources they need, when they need it.

BREAKING: A federal court ruled that our client Rümeysa Öztürk must be released on bail immediately. She will return home to New England as her case proceeds.

ALL students have a right to learn — no matter where they’re from or what their status is. Read more about how schools and educators can support immigrant students and uphold their rights: loom.ly/X1r8ZIw

Immigration detention was already notorious for abuse and neglect, but now the Trump administration is expanding it into some of the country's most infamous prisons. No one should be forced to live in the appalling conditions inside these facilities.

For the past 100 days, President Trump has tested every limit and exploited every loophole he could find. But his administration has been met with the full force of the ACLU and our supporters at every turn — and we aren't backing down.

The Trump administration’s attack on immigrants and due process is unconstitutional, un-American, and will not go unchallenged.

If you're protesting this May Day, know your rights.

Cruelty to immigrant communities is not a policy solution.