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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.
'Let the Record Show' Tells a Story of the Queer Black Attorney Who Laid the Foundation for Racial and Gender Rights
In a 1965 case to combat racial and gender discrimination in jury selection, Pauli Murray's imaginative and visionary legal theory shows how pushing the boundaries of legal frameworks can expand who the Constitution protects.
By Hibah Ansari
'Let the Record Show' Tells a Story of the Queer Black Attorney Who Laid the Foundation for Racial and Gender Rights
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 TodayPodcast
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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2019 Proved We Can Stop Face Recognition Surveillance
Congress can — and must — make 2020 the year we rein this technology in once and for all.
Congress can — and must — make 2020 the year we rein this technology in once and for all.
Ayelet Waldman on the ACLU’s 100 Year Fight
This weekend, we celebrate the ACLU’s 100th birthday. To commemorate the centennial, novelist and essayist Ayelet Waldman and her husband Michael Chabon edited an anthology of essays from today’s most prominent writers reflecting on landmark ACLU cases. The book is called Fight of The...
This weekend, we celebrate the ACLU’s 100th birthday. To commemorate the centennial, novelist and essayist Ayelet Waldman and her husband Michael Chabon edited an anthology of essays from today’s most prominent writers reflecting on landmark ACLU cases. The book is called Fight of The...
The White House's Dangerously Expansive Views on Trump's Powers That You Can't See
Congress must intervene to reform the FOIA exemptions on behalf of the public. Such amendments would be timely because as the Ukraine scandal...
Congress must intervene to reform the FOIA exemptions on behalf of the public. Such amendments would be timely because as the Ukraine scandal...
Arkansas Legislators’ Attack on Abortion is Unconstitutional
As constitutional law scholars, we could not sit by as the state threatens fundamental freedoms.
By Michele Goodwin, David S. Cohen
As constitutional law scholars, we could not sit by as the state threatens fundamental freedoms.
By Michele Goodwin, David S. Cohen
Lawmakers Playing Politics with Trans Kids’ Lives at the Start of the Decade
Legislation includes bills criminalizing gender transition, forced gender testing of student athletes, and other attacks on trans youth.
By Chase Strangio
Legislation includes bills criminalizing gender transition, forced gender testing of student athletes, and other attacks on trans youth.
By Chase Strangio
The Offensive Hypocrisy of Banning Abortion for a Down Syndrome Diagnosis
Forcing someone to carry a pregnancy to term against their will does nothing to tackle underlying and systemic ableism and discrimination against...
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
Forcing someone to carry a pregnancy to term against their will does nothing to tackle underlying and systemic ableism and discrimination against...
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
The Trump Administration Weakens Standards for ICE Detention Facilities
The new immigration detention standards set by the Trump administration weaken critical protections and lower oversight requirements. The...
The new immigration detention standards set by the Trump administration weaken critical protections and lower oversight requirements. The...
Coercive Plea Bargaining Has Poisoned the Criminal Justice System. It’s Time to Suck the Venom Out.
The vast number of cases brought under our system of mass incarceration means that plea bargaining is the only way for courts to get through the...
The vast number of cases brought under our system of mass incarceration means that plea bargaining is the only way for courts to get through the...
Clearing the Record: How Eviction Sealing Laws Can Advance Housing Access for Women of Color
Black renters, and especially Black women, are disproportionately impacted by unjust eviction screening policies. Eviction sealing laws offer a...
By Sophie Beiers, Linda Morris, ACLU Analytics
Black renters, and especially Black women, are disproportionately impacted by unjust eviction screening policies. Eviction sealing laws offer a...
By Sophie Beiers, Linda Morris, ACLU Analytics
Pregnant Workers Are Still Fighting for the Right to Work
It’s time Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
By Vania Leveille, Mike Garvey
It’s time Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
By Vania Leveille, Mike Garvey
