The ACLU of Maryland is calling on state legislators to vote in favor of the Maryland Second Look Act (HB 853)

After decades of struggle and advocacy, Wicomico County’s Black voters and civil rights organizations closed out Black History Month 2025 with a history-making victory of their own.

Calvert Sheriff Agrees to Produce Overdue Policing Records Free-of-Charge, Pay Legal Fees to ACLU, After Appeals Court Rejects Government Position as “Sheer Nonsense”

Question E Ratification Secures Local Control of BPD, After a 12-year Campaign

On November 12, the Appellate Court of Maryland dismissed a lawsuit brought on behalf of families with children in Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS) challenging the State’s chronic failure to provide sufficient funding to ensure the city’s students receive an adequate education.

Everyone Votes Maryland and Expand the Ballot, Expand the Vote Coalition includes ACLU, Common Cause, NAACP, League of Women Voters, Disability Rights Maryland, League of Conservation Voters, Life After Release, Maryland Justice Project and more

ACLU, FIRE, and Knight Institute say decision is an important victory for students’ First Amendment rights

In Friend-of-the-Court Brief, ACLU, FIRE, and Knight Institute Argue UMD’s 10/7 Expressive Event Ban Violates Students’ First Amendment Rights

Community organizations and local advocate members of the Decriminalize Montgomery County Campaign held a press conference to express their concerns over the Public Safety Committee's 2-1 unfavorable decision on the Freedom to Leave Act (Bill 2-24).