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Businesses offering expressive services do not have a First Amendment right to refuse to serve customers based on their identity. The SCOTUS decision merely recognizes a business’s right to choose not to sell...
Remembering Barron Jones
We at the ACLU of New Mexico are gutted by this loss but will carry forward Barron’s devotion to making New Mexico a more humane, just, and equitable place.
How to Protect Consumer Privacy and Free Speech
Consumer privacy laws should strengthen free speech protections online, and vice versa. Here’s how it can be done.
Latest Press Releases
ACLU Calls for Investigation of Police Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Woman in Northeast Albuquerque
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico grieves the death of an unarmed woman at the hands of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) yesterday.
New Mexico Corrections Department Must Provide Life-Saving Medication to Incarcerated People
As a result of a settlement approved by a federal district court Monday, incarcerated people with opioid use disorder (OUD) in the custody of the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) will now be able to...
In Aftermath of Farmington Police Fatal Shooting of Innocent Man, ACLU Calls for Systemic Change in Police Use of Force
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico says the killing of Robert Dotson, 52, in April of 2023 by Farmington police – and the many other deaths at the hands of the police – demonstrate the...
In the legislature
Our state advocates and legislative experts are a constant presence in the Roundhouse, working with law and policy makers to ensure the necessary statutes exist to protect our civil rights and civil liberties. From advancing justice to protecting freedom, we will not rest until every New Mexican has their rights protected.