President-Elect Donald Trump has won a second presidential election — and the stakes for our civil rights and civil liberties are higher than ever. This moment is difficult, but it was not unexpected. We are clear-eyed about the dangers posed by a second Trump presidency and the challenges ahead.
The ACLU’s commitments transcend election cycles and party politics. We are a nonpartisan organization with over 100 years of consistent advocacy for freedom and justice nationwide and 65 years in Maine. We are clear-eyed about the dangers posed by a second Trump presidency and the challenges ahead.
November 18, 2024
Donald Trump has promised to pursue even more extreme anti-immigrant policies in a second term. These policies would disregard fundamental principles of democracy and the rule of law to devastate immigrant communities and erode freedoms for all Americans.
November 15, 2024
Trump promised to target immigrants and block new immigrants from coming lawfully to the US. We will stand with the majority who seek a fair, sensible, secure, and welcoming system by combatting mass deportations, keeping families together, upholding birthright citizenship, and protecting asylum.
November 13, 2024
A second Trump administration poses threats to the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender people.
November 15, 2024
Based on his own campaign promises — and the detailed policy proposals of Project 2025 — we can expect a future Trump administration to deploy three tactics against LGBTQ rights.
November 13, 2024
A second Trump administration threatens to accelerate mass incarceration and roll back decades of progress by encouraging aggressive policing practices, enacting draconian sentencing regimes, and expanding the use of the death penalty.
November 15, 2024
A second Trump administration threatens to accelerate mass incarceration, further dehumanize people in our criminal legal system, engage in a death penalty “killing spree,” and reverse many reforms gained over the last two decades.
November 13, 2024
Based on Trump’s campaign promises – and the detailed policy proposals of Project 2025 – we can expect a second Trump administration to supercharge efforts to reverse gains in civil rights and racial justice in America.
November 15, 2024
The 2024 Trump campaign doubled down on its commitment to racial grievance and promised to eradicate efforts to address racial inequities. In this memo, we examine three strategies Trump may deploy to reverse course on racial equity, as well as our strategy to fight back.
November 13, 2024
Donald Trump’s four years in office were marked by gross abuses of executive power, including efforts to trample protest and dissent — key freedoms at the heart of our participatory democracy.
November 15, 2024
Trump has threatened to abuse his power in these ways by using DOJ and other agencies to indict political opponents, replacing civil servants with ideologues who will do his bidding, and demanding loyalty pledges from civil service employees.
November 13, 2024
Two years after Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the ACLU examines how a second Trump administration would further imperil abortion access and reproductive rights nationwide – and our roadmap to fight back.
November 15, 2024
Two years after Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a second Trump administration will further imperil abortion access and reproductive rights nationwide. Here's our our roadmap to fight back.
November 13, 2024
Donald Trump and his allies have promised to take actions that would disenfranchise millions, suppress the right to vote, and limit voting access.
November 15, 2024
A second Trump administration will renew efforts to erode the constitutional foundations of our democracy, make it harder for Americans to vote, and spread false theories designed to undermine confidence in the integrity of our voting system.
November 13, 2024