ACLU lawyers and advocates are among the nation's leading experts on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms. They are regularly sought out by leading broadcast, print and online media to lend an essential voice to the conversation about some of the most important issues facing the nation.
Please contact Sam Petto, Communications Director, for all press inquiries. (402) 476-8091.
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Today the District Court of Lancaster County ordered the state Department of Corrections to release records they'd kept hidden from the ACLU of Nebraska and the state's media outlets regarding the purchase of drugs to be used for lethal injection.
LINCOLN, Neb. – Secretary of State John Gale has agreed to settle a case brought in federal court by the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, the ACLU of Nebraska, and Friedman Law Offices.
The ACLU's Voting Rights Project, the ACLU of Nebraska, and Friedman Law Offices filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging a Nebraska law that established an unconstitutional and impermissible burden for independent candidates to access the ballot.
LINCOLN, Neb. – Yesterday Nebraska joined six other states in filing a lawsuit against the federal government to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The following is a statement from ACLU of Nebraska Executive Director Danielle Conrad:
The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every person, regardless of immigration status.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska today announced a lawsuit challenging the state’s execution protocol, asserting that state officials hastily developed new execution procedures in violation of Nebraska’s Administrative Procedure Act.