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Your Questions Answered: Filming ICE Interactions Safely
Despite government attacks against protesters and the press, documenting interactions with law enforcement and federal agents is protected by the First Amendment. ACLU experts break down what you need to know.
By Byul Yoon, Aaron Horowitz, A student with the University of Florida Students for Justice in Palestine
Your Questions Answered: Filming ICE Interactions SafelyPodcast
What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
‘Tis the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...
Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.
Bans Against Trans Athletes Will Not “Save Women’s Sports”
Rather than advance equality and inclusion in athletics for all women and girls, politicians attack transgender athletes, and undercut what women are capable of achieving.
By Gillian Branstetter
Bans Against Trans Athletes Will Not “Save Women’s Sports”
ICE is Rapidly Expanding Dangerous 287(g) Agreements with Local Police
A new ACLU report, “Deputized for Disaster,” illustrates the dangers of the Trump administration’s rapid expansion of the 287(g) program — and how communities are increasingly afraid of local law enforcement officers sworn to protect them.
By Mary Sadallah
ICE is Rapidly Expanding Dangerous 287(g) Agreements with Local Police
How Your Elected Officials Are Voting on Key Legislation
The ACLU’s new Congressional Scorecard tracks how federal elected officials are voting on key legislation affecting core civil rights and constitutional freedoms.
By Elvia Montoya
How Your Elected Officials Are Voting on Key LegislationPodcast
What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
‘Tis the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...
Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.
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We’re Back in Court this Week Defending Access to Safe Abortion in Kentucky
Attacks on abortion access have left Kentucky with only one clinic left in the entire state.
By Amber Duke
Attacks on abortion access have left Kentucky with only one clinic left in the entire state.
By Amber Duke
One Year of Forced Return to Mexico; Three Years of Trump Dismantling the Asylum System
The administration’s most devastatingly comprehensive blueprint for halting immigration from non-European countries to the U.S..
By Ruthie Epstein
The administration’s most devastatingly comprehensive blueprint for halting immigration from non-European countries to the U.S..
By Ruthie Epstein
Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a “Total Disaster”
Human rights workers say people deported to Guatemala under a new Trump administration practice face dangerous conditions and an asylum system that...
By Ashoka Mukpo
Human rights workers say people deported to Guatemala under a new Trump administration practice face dangerous conditions and an asylum system that...
By Ashoka Mukpo
What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Civil Liberties Perspective
Our authorities need to respond with cool heads, based on science, and without intruding any more than strictly necessary on people’s civil...
By Jay Stanley
Our authorities need to respond with cool heads, based on science, and without intruding any more than strictly necessary on people’s civil...
By Jay Stanley
Trump’s Three Year Campaign to Separate Families: The Muslim Ban
With the NO BAN Act, Congress has the opportunity to right the administration’s, and the Supreme Court’s, wrong, and prevent Trump from harming...
By Manar Waheed
With the NO BAN Act, Congress has the opportunity to right the administration’s, and the Supreme Court’s, wrong, and prevent Trump from harming...
By Manar Waheed
In Latest Encryption Battle with Apple, Justice Department Still Wrong
Law enforcement does not have the authority to commandeer third parties into becoming its undercover agents or hackers.
By Jennifer Stisa Granick
Law enforcement does not have the authority to commandeer third parties into becoming its undercover agents or hackers.
By Jennifer Stisa Granick
Fighting for Justice After Execution
In 2017, Arkansas announced a plan to execute eight people in 10 days because the state’s lethal injection drugs were about to expire. The first person executed was Ledell Lee. He was convicted of the 1993 murder of Debra Reese and sentenced to death. But his trials and appeals were plagued by...
In 2017, Arkansas announced a plan to execute eight people in 10 days because the state’s lethal injection drugs were about to expire. The first person executed was Ledell Lee. He was convicted of the 1993 murder of Debra Reese and sentenced to death. But his trials and appeals were plagued by...
Amendment 4 is Still on the Line. Here’s What’s New.
The right to vote should never come with a price tag. As we go back to court, we're confident the Eleventh Circuit will agree.
By Orion Danjuma, Jonathan Topaz, Leila Rafei
The right to vote should never come with a price tag. As we go back to court, we're confident the Eleventh Circuit will agree.
By Orion Danjuma, Jonathan Topaz, Leila Rafei
The National Archives Doctored A Women’s March Photo Critical of Trump. We’re Demanding Answers.
Altering the photo — and thereby rewriting history — was nothing less than Orwellian.
By Louise Melling
Altering the photo — and thereby rewriting history — was nothing less than Orwellian.
By Louise Melling
47 Years Later, We’re Fighting to Make Roe a Reality Everywhere
As we commemorate the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, the fight for abortion access continues. Here's how it will play out in 2020.
By Jessica Arons
As we commemorate the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, the fight for abortion access continues. Here's how it will play out in 2020.
By Jessica Arons
