News & Commentary

High on our list of legislative priorities for the remaining weeks of the 2025 session is Senate Bill 36. Here are five things you should know. 

We worked around the clock on Crossover Day as lawmakers rushed many bills to clear at least one chamber to survive the 2025 legislative session.

We joined young students and a coalition of advocates this week to oppose Senate Bill 120 — a huge threat to all Georgians’ First Amendment rights. 

We joined advocates at the Capitol for Black Maternal Health Advocacy Day; our Executive Director addressed the long-standing needs of Black pregnant people during the event.

In an effort to guide school districts across the state about immigration enforcement, we sent a letter outlining their legal obligations to protect students.

Our legal director was among opponents of SB 1 who was not allowed to give testimony before a Senate committee. Read it here to learn how the bill will hurt schools.

What executive orders can – and cannot – do, and why we have them in the first place. The recent orders have impacted all of our lives, and, constitutional or not, the threats are real.

These orders represent a deliberate attempt to undo progress on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and create new barriers to opportunity.

Written by Louise Melling, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Center for Liberty