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Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
ACLU experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
The ACLU could have its busiest Supreme Court term ever, with potential cases on immigration, voting rights, and religious freedom in schools.
By Cecillia Wang
This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
In "Let the Record Show," the ACLU's newest podcast, we discuss how office politics gave courts the power to decide if political decisions are constitutional. It's led to an array of landmark decisions that continue to protect our civil liberties today.
By Vanessa Mbonu, Hibah Ansari
What 'Let the Record Show' Reveals About a 200-Year-Old Petty Paperwork Problem That Gave Courts Its Power Today
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.
ACLU breaks down findings from our latest report on how mass deportations are breaking our democracy.
By Naureen Shah
We Launched the First Comprehensive Civil Rights Review of Mass Deportations. Here’s How It’s Impacting Democracy.Podcast
The Lawyer Who Changed the Way We Look at Discrimination
Years before the Supreme Court recognized its first sex discrimination claim, a visionary lawyer named Pauli Murray was building a case that said the 14th Amendment protects against both race and...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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The Supreme Court Rulings You're Not Hearing About
At Liberty takes a look at the rise of partisanship and the shadow docket at the highest court.
By ACLU
At Liberty takes a look at the rise of partisanship and the shadow docket at the highest court.
By ACLU
The Law That Sent a Man to Prison for Life for Stealing a Pair of Hedge Clippers – and What Prosecutors Can do About It
Habitual offender statutes, known in some states as “three strikes” laws, are a relic of failed “tough on crime” policies that have had...
By Alanah Odoms Hebert
Habitual offender statutes, known in some states as “three strikes” laws, are a relic of failed “tough on crime” policies that have had...
By Alanah Odoms Hebert
Voting by Mail is Easier and Safer than You Think. Here’s How.
Many voters have the option to cast a mail-in ballot for the first time this year, making it all the more important to debunk common misperceptions.
By ACLU
Many voters have the option to cast a mail-in ballot for the first time this year, making it all the more important to debunk common misperceptions.
By ACLU
Safe at Home: Fighting Against Sexual Harassment in Housing
Landlords lag far behind employers, schools, and other institutions in addressing sexual harassment.
By Linda Morris
Landlords lag far behind employers, schools, and other institutions in addressing sexual harassment.
By Linda Morris
The Supreme Court Rulings You're Not Hearing About
This past June, many breathed a sigh of relief when the U.S. Supreme Court rose above partisanship in controversial cases involving abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, the rights of DREAMERS, and the president’s tax returns. In those cases, conservative justices relied on legal reasoning, rather than...
This past June, many breathed a sigh of relief when the U.S. Supreme Court rose above partisanship in controversial cases involving abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, the rights of DREAMERS, and the president’s tax returns. In those cases, conservative justices relied on legal reasoning, rather than...
At the Polls, Episode 3: The Role of the Courts in Election 2020
How litigation after the election could end up in the Supreme Court.
By ACLU
How litigation after the election could end up in the Supreme Court.
By ACLU
We Are Not Okay
The following was adapted from a message to ACLU staff from Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer AJ Hikes.
The following was adapted from a message to ACLU staff from Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer AJ Hikes.
CBP Wants to Destroy Records of Misconduct. We Can’t Let Them.
An agency plagued with chronic misconduct and impunity should not be allowed to purge files.
By Shaw Drake
An agency plagued with chronic misconduct and impunity should not be allowed to purge files.
By Shaw Drake
Ten Questions College Students Should Ask About Their Schools’ COVID-19 Apps
Some COVID apps may be harmless or even helpful. But many others will create bad precedents while at best doing little to stem the spread of COVID-19.
By Jay Stanley
Some COVID apps may be harmless or even helpful. But many others will create bad precedents while at best doing little to stem the spread of COVID-19.
By Jay Stanley
Victory: After Three Years of Battling in Court, the Trump Administration Abandons its Policy of Banning Abortion for Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors
The fight for Ms. Doe’s vision of “reproductive freedom for all” is far from over, including for others trapped in immigration detention.
By Brigitte Amiri, Meagan Burrows
The fight for Ms. Doe’s vision of “reproductive freedom for all” is far from over, including for others trapped in immigration detention.
By Brigitte Amiri, Meagan Burrows
