Press Release Archive

This is an archive of press releases dating back to 1997. For newer articles, please see our current news page.

• 12.18.2003 Free Speech Lawsuit Filed Against Oceanport School District for Retaliation Against Eighth Grade Webmaster
• 12.18.2003 ACLU Files Free Speech Lawsuit Against Oceanport School District for Retaliation Against Eighth Grade Webmaster
• 10.15.2003 ACLU Urges Social Security Administration to Grant Survivor Benefits to Son of Lesbian
• 10.08.2003 RED ALERT: ACLU-NJ Calls Counter-Terrorism Chief's Comments Counter-Productive
• 10.08.2003 ACLU-NJ Commends Princeton for Passage of Pro-Civil Liberties Resolution
• 10.07.2003 First Two New Jersey Towns Pass Anti-PATRIOT Act Resolutions
• 09.02.2003 Successful Challenge for Student Journalist's Death Penalty Documentary Notes
• 08.28.2003 ACLU-NJ Challenges Government Grants to Two Religious Schools
• 08.04.2003 NJ High Court Upholds State's 'Family Cap' Welfare Law
• 07.17.2003 State Leaders Shouldn't Silence Public Dialogue
• 06.11.2003 ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Waitresses Exploited at NJ Chinese Restaurant
• 05.15.2003 ACLU Sues to Secure Right to Speech for Pleasantville Peace Protestors
• 04.03.2003 Federal Appeals Court Clears Way For ACLU Lawsuit Over FBI Censorship of Website
• 04.03.2003 Federal Appeals Court Clears Way For ACLU Lawsuit Over FBI Censorship of Website
• 03.21.2003 Red Alert - ACLU-NJ Calls Counter-Terrorism Chief's Comments Counter-Productive
• 01.13.2003 ACLU-NJ Wins $775,000 for Victims of Racial Profiling by State Troopers
• 08.22.2002 Racist Owners of Swim Club Barred 'Black' and 'Brown-Skinned' Visitors, ACLU-NJ Charges
• 01.10.2002 Racial Profiling Case Can Include Claims that Officials Acted with 'Deliberate Indifference' to Discrimination
• 12.14.2001 ACLU & Immigrant Advocates Offer Attorneys to People Questioned in Federal 'Dragnet' Investigation
• 10.25.2001 ACLU Unveils New Ad in Campaign to End Racial Profiling in NJ
• 10.10.2001 Court Blocks Franklin Lakes Ordinance Limiting Right to Display Political Signs
• 10.08.2001 ACLU Applauds the NJ Supreme Court's Actions Against Anti-Gay Bias in the Courts
• 10.04.2001 ACLU Takes Battle to End Racial Profiling to the Turnpike
• 09.26.2001 ACLU Challenges Franklin Lakes Ordinance Which Limits Right to Display Political Signs
• 08.31.2001 ACLU-NJ Praises NJ Companies Offering Domestic Partnership Benefits to Employees
• 07.26.2001 ACLU Praises Farmer Decision to Change Witness ID System
• 07.23.2001 ACLU Goes to Court for Worker's Free Speech Rights
• 07.11.2001 Appeals Court Protects Anonymous Internet Critics of NJ Company
• 05.30.2001 ACLU & PETA Go to Court for Free Speech Rights
• 03.30.2001 Appellate Court Strikes Down West New York Curfew Ordinance
• 03.13.2001 Free Speech Victory For Rutgers Alumni Group
• 01.09.2001 Immigrant Workers Seek Unpaid Wages and Overtime From Local 99-Cent Store Chain
• 01.04.2001 Court Blocks Implementation of Random Drug Testing Policy in ACLU Lawsuit
• 12.20.2000 When Will NJ Police Its Own Cops?
• 10.10.2000 U.S. Supreme Court Declines Lesbian 'De-Facto Parent' Case, Letting Landmark Gay Family Decision Stand
• 10.10.2000 U.S. Supreme Court Declines Lesbian 'De-Facto Parent' Case, Letting Landmark Gay Family Decision Stand
• 09.21.2000 Rutgers Law School-Newark ACLU Chapter to Protest JAG Recruitment on Campus
• 08.25.2000 ACLU-NJ Urges Court to Strike Provision that Punishes Children
• 08.17.2000 Students & Parents Challenge Random Drug Testing Policy at Hunterdon Central Regional High
• 08.15.2000 NJ Supreme Court Strikes Down Parental Notification for Abortion Act
• 08.14.2000 Lawnside Residents File Lawsuit To Protect Free Speech Rights
• 06.29.2000 Women & AIDS Clinic and ACLU File Suit Alleging Discrimination Against HIV-Positive Woman
• 04.06.2000 NJ Supreme Court Grants Visitation To Former Partner of Lesbian Mom, Establishes 'Psychological Parenthood'
• 03.17.2000 Newark Residents File Lawsuit for Right to Speak at City Council Meetings
• 11.02.1999 Settlement Agreement Protects Elizabeth Residents' Reproductive Rights
• 10.20.1999 ACLU-NJ Calls for Unity on National Day to Combat Police Brutality
• 09.13.1999 In Legal Challenge to NJ Parental Notification Act, ACLU Defends Rights of Teens
• 08.12.1999 Trenton Says No to Public Use of City Hall Atrium and ACLU Sues
• 08.04.1999 NJ High Court Says Ban on Gays in Boys Scouts Must Go
• 07.13.1999 Groups Demand Independent Auditor & Civilian Review Board for State Police
• 06.29.1999 Free Speech Protected in the Courts
• 06.21.1999 With Liberty in Parks for All: NJ Towns Can't Bar 'Outsiders' from Parks Court Says
• 05.17.1999 ACLU Challenges HIV Discrimination
• 05.10.1999 ACLU-NJ Sues Housing Complex for Religious Discrimination
• 04.22.1999 ACLU Reports A Statewide Crisis in Policing, Calls for Statewide Audit
• 04.21.1999 ACLU Says NJ Officials Still in Denial on Racial Profiling
• 04.20.1999 ACLU-NJ Call State's Withdrawl of Soto Appeal, Too Little, Too Late
• 04.19.1999 Court Blocks Enforcement of West New York Curfew
• 04.19.1999 Rutgers Sued for Censoring Alumni Magazine
• 04.13.1999 Elmwood Park Magistrate Withdraws Contempt Charge
• 03.29.1999 ACLU Distributes Police 'Bust Cards' & Launches Hotline for Racial Profiling Victims
• 03.12.1999 ACLU-NJ Calls on Attorney General to Quit Playing Games with Racial Profiling
• 03.04.1999 Muslim Officers Win Right to Wear Beards
• 03.01.1999 ACLU-NJ Condemns Racial Profiling By State Troopers
• 08.31.1998 NJ Mall Leafleting Restrictions Declared Unconstitutional in 2nd ACLU Challenge
• 06.11.1998 NJ Court Says Towns Cannot Close Parks to Nonresidents
• 04.09.1998 ACLU Declares Victory in Ballot Access Case
• 07.21.1997 Appeals Court Blocks Enforcement of NJ Ballot Petition Deadline