ACLU of Alabama

House committee OKs Alabama Voting Rights Act

Lawmakers advanced a package to guarantee early voting, eliminate absentee ballot restrictions and automatically restore ballot access for some returning from incarceration.

Wesley Walter

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April 2, 2026

UA students sue university over suspended student publications

Plaintiffs argued administrators committed unlawful viewpoint discrimination by shuttering and defunding two campus magazines last December.

Wesley Walter

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March 24, 2026

“No Kings III” event to be held in Birmingham on March 28

The ACLU of Alabama and Birmingham Indivisible will host a peaceful rally at Railroad Park to protest racial profiling and defend constitutional rights.

March 5, 2026

League of Women Voters panel critique Southern prison and parole policies

Panelists discussed human costs of mass incarceration, low parole rates and prison conditions during a virtual event organized by the voting rights group.

Wesley Walter

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February 20, 2026

Alabama appeals court: State can regulate birth centers as hospitals

The birthing centers plan to fight the ruling up to the Alabama Supreme Court.

Jacob Holmes

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January 12, 2026

ACLU of Alabama sets 2026 legislative priorities

The organization is defending voting rights and the First Amendment while calling for criminal legal reform and reproductive justice.

Jacob Holmes

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January 7, 2026

League of Women Voters panel examines Voting Rights in the Deep South

Southern attorneys and advocates highlighted ongoing legal debates surrounding voting rights, emphasizing the historical and contemporary challenges to enfranchisement.

Wesley Walter

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November 20, 2025

ACLU of Alabama presses lawmakers to address prison death reporting shortfalls

The organization asked Alabama lawmakers to improve prison death reporting and transparency ahead of today’s Joint Prison Oversight Committee hearing.

Mary Claire Wooten

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July 23, 2025

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Power grows where we show up

We’ve seen what happens when attention turns our way. And we’ve seen how quickly it moves on. However, the urgency to do something never really leaves.

JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist 

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July 23, 2025