Press Releases

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Oct 26, 2023

Federal Court Orders Georgia to Redraw State Legislative District Maps 

The court ruled that the state’s failure to draw new Black opportunity districts in the state Senate and House violated the Voting Rights Act and ordered the General Assembly to draw new maps.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Oct 24, 2023

Georgia Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect as Legal Challenge Continues

The Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling today that allows H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy, to remain in effect.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Oct 24, 2023

Civil Rights Groups and Cobb County Voters Seek Injunction to Racially Discriminatory Map

The preliminary injunction motion seeks to prevent alleged unconstitutional Cobb County School Board map from use in the 2024 elections.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Oct 12, 2023

Court Refuses to Lift Barriers for Black Voters in Georgia

A Georgia district court on Wednesday refused to temporarily lift restrictions to absentee voting, drop boxes and other voting methods that will make it harder for Black voters to cast a ballot for the 2024 election.
Sep 21, 2023

Press Advisory: Hearing Set for Friday in Case Challenging Georgia’s SB 202 Anti-Voter Law 

A federal judge will hear arguments on a motion for preliminary injunction in Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kemp and consolidated cases challenging a Georgia law passed in 2021 that makes it harder for voters of color and voters with disabilities in the state
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Sep 20, 2023

Press Advisory: ACLU of Georgia Policy Counsel to Speak in Opposition to Moving Fulton County Jail Detainees Out of State

Fulton County Board of Commissioners will take comments on Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat’s possible proposal to send people housed at Fulton County jail to out-of-state facilities.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform
Sep 06, 2023

Press Statement: Federal Judge Staying Preliminary Injunction Against Anti-Transgender Health Care Ban

A federal judge has stayed a preliminary injunction against Georgia Senate Bill 140 pending adjudication of the state’s request for her to reconsider her ruling. 
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights
Sep 05, 2023

Press Release: ACLU Condemns Unprecedented RICO Indictment of People Protesting Construction of Controversial Police Training Center in Georgia

Georgia’s attorney general has obtained indictments against more than 60 people, alleging violations of the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law over ongoing efforts to halt construction of Atlanta’s planned $90 million police training center, known by many as “Cop City.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform
Aug 30, 2023

Press Advisory: Federal Trial Begins Sept. 5 in Challenge to Georgia’s State Legislative District Maps

The case, filed in 2021, charges the maps deny Black Georgians an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect candidates of choice, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.