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ACLU-NJ forms political advocacy department, taps John Butler to lead

March 5, 2026 12:36 pm

The ACLU of New Jersey announced Thursday that it is bolstering its political operations with the launch of a new department focused on expanding its reach in organizing and public policy. ACLU-NJ’s new political advocacy department signals the organization’s increased...

ACLU, LWV and Salvation for Social Justice to host Democratic Senate debate

April 30, 2024 2:17 pmMay 1, 2024 9:11 am

Three Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate will take part in a debate on May 13 sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, and Salvation for Social Justice. Rep. Andy...

Statements on the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022 10:29 amJune 25, 2022 2:34 pm

As has been anticipated for nearly two months, the U.S. Supreme Court released its 6-3 opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this morning, striking down the constitutional right to abortion that was first established in Roe v. Wade....

ACLU likes Platkin, but won’t hesitate to criticize him as AG

February 3, 2022 1:58 pm

The leader of the New Jersey office of the American Civil Liberties Union said they were ready to work with Matt Platkin as the state’s next attorney general. “The next attorney general can continue to position New Jersey as national...

National progressive groups call for action on Reproductive Freedom Act

December 21, 2021 11:06 am

A group of mostly left-leaning, abortion-focused national groups released a call this morning for Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-South Amboy) and Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) to move forward with the Reproductive Freedom Act (RFA), a wide-ranging bill that...

ACLU’s Karen Thompson wins NJ Law Journal attorney of the year

September 27, 2021 11:49 am

Civil rights lawyer Karen Thompson, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), was named attorney of the year last Thursday by the New Jersey Law Journal, the state’s most prominent law publication. Thompson...

New coalition looking to end the War on Drugs

February 2, 2021 1:17 pm

A new coalition of progressive groups is calling on New Jersey officials to decriminalize drugs in a bid to redirect funds used on policing and incarceration back to communities. Abolish The Drug War New Jersey — the coalition founded by...