News & Commentary

The ACLU of Alaska has prevailed in our suit against the Kenai Peninsula Borough on behalf of Lance Hunt, Iris Fontana, & Elise Boyer, three Kenai residents who challenged the Borough Assembly’s unconstitutional restrictions on who may offer invocations at the beginning of their meetings.

Today, the ACLU of Alaska announced a settlement in a case filed against the Palmer Police Department (PPD) for their unlawful arrest of Alex Caceda, a Peruvian immigrant, at the request of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

As Alaskans, we all enjoy seeing open spaces, but under our Constitution, we can't let our government use that as a reason to muzzle political speech.

Today, the ACLU of Alaska released results of a new statewide poll showing Alaskans are concerned that Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court would negatively impact a wide range of issues they care about including voting rights, campaign finance reform, immigration policy, and more.

Anchorage, AK — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska (ACLU), independent expenditure group Dunleavy for Alaska, and Alaska resident Eric Siebels jointly filed suit against the State of Alaska seeking to immediately block enforcement of a state statute barring political signs near roadways and asking for those rules to be struck down as unconstitutional.

It is time to give justice reform time to work and judge it a success or failure only when real data shows which it is.

The ACLU has prepared 10 relevant and appropriate questions for Kavanaugh and are asking our senators to ask and expect answers to them before they vote on Mr. Kavanaugh’s nomination.

As President Trump closes in on his pick to replace Justice Kennedy, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska launched a six-figure TV ad buy in Alaska calling on Senator Murkowski to demand Trump’s nominee take a clear public position on a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.

We write today to express grave concern for the health and wellbeing of Alaskan men and women in the wake of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed new rules governing the Title X family planning program.