Press Releases - ACLU of New Jersey

Nov 18, 2025

ACLU-NJ Announces Civil Liberties Recommendations for New Jersey’s Incoming Attorney General

ACLU-NJ releases priorities for next Attorney General, including challenging abuses of power, criminal legal reform, civil rights protections, and increased government transparency.

Nov 17, 2025

ACLU-NJ and Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Social Justice Release Report on the Fiscal Benefits of Eviction Right to Counsel

The report estimates a potential return of $2.30 to $3.14 for every dollar invested in New Jersey to provide a right to counsel in eviction proceedings.

Issue Areas: Housing, Racial & Economic Justice

Nov 13, 2025

NJ Advocacy Organizations Launch “People’s Agenda” To Pass Critical Social Justice Legislation in Lame Duck

An alliance of more than 30 advocacy groups say lawmakers must pass critical legislation to ensure New Jersey is a more welcoming, equitable, accessible, and just state

Issue Areas: Democracy & Civic Engagement

Nov 10, 2025

ACLU-NJ Celebrates Third Round of Releases Under The Clemency Project

The ACLU of New Jersey today celebrates Governor Murphy’s announcement of eight commutations under the organization's Clemency Project, an initiative to encourage the use of categorical clemency to examine holistic injustices that have impacted groups of people and consider relief for each person within the identified class.

Issue Areas: Decarceration, Criminal Legal System, Racial & Economic Justice

Nov 04, 2025

ACLU-NJ Statement on the Election of Mikie Sherrill as the Next Governor of New Jersey

In this moment of deep political division across the country, New Jersey voters showed the nation that our state is ready to push back against authoritarianism.

Issue Areas: Democracy & Civic Engagement

Oct 28, 2025

ACLU-NJ and 29 Partner Organizations File Amicus Brief in Support of Community Trust Policies

The ACLU of New Jersey, representing themselves and 29 partner organizations, today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of community trust policies enacted by Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Hoboken that limit voluntary collaboration between municipal agencies and federal immigration enforcement.

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court Cases: U.S. v. Newark

Oct 17, 2025

ACLU-NJ Celebrates James Comer’s Release After His Groundbreaking Cases Transformed Extreme Life Sentences for Children

After being sentenced to 75 years in prison in 2003 when he was 17 years old, James Comer was released today following his landmark appeals that ultimately eliminated de facto life sentences for children and created opportunities for young people to petition for early release.

Issue Areas: Criminal Legal System, Decarceration

Court Cases: State v. Comer, State v. Comer II

Sep 19, 2025

Aseem Garg Joins the ACLU of New Jersey Board of Trustees

Aseem Garg, an accomplished leader in wealth management, brings extensive financial expertise to the ACLU-NJ.

Sep 16, 2025

ACLU-NJ Launches Vote Your Values Initiative to Increase Voter Engagement in New Jersey Elections

The ACLU of New Jersey today announced the launch of its Vote Your Values initiative, a new portfolio of work to increase civic engagement and voter participation in state elections by engaging communities on the issues that impact their lives.

Issue Areas: Voting Rights, Democracy & Civic Engagement

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