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7 Apr 2008, 2:22 pm
Mike Phenenger, a retired Army colonel and current ACLU national board member, explains why it's important for the ACLU to assist in the legal representation on Guantánamo detainees: Please note that by playing this clip You Tube will place a long-term cookie on your computer. [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 2:20 pm
Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, the national ACLU and Arnold & Porter filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Galveston County, Texas, for violating the constitutional rights of individuals arrested for misdemeanors and felonies. [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 8:27 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] has renewed its call [press release] for an investigation into the actions of law enforcement officials at the Republican National Convention (RNC) [convention website] in Minnesota this week. [read post]
12 Jun 2008, 2:52 pm
Watt from the ACLU Human Rights Program and Elizabeth Alexander from the ACLU National Prison Project. [read post]
30 Dec 2009, 7:46 am
And here's today's: Number of national organizations that joined the ACLU in opposing the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II: 0 Number of states that have rejected Real ID and a National ID card, due to pressure from the ACLU and others: 24 Number of U.S. military spy satellites the Department of Homeland Security will be allowed to use for domestic intelligence, counter-terrorism and law enforcement after objections by the… [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 1:51 pm
Yesterday, the ACLU filed a letter in the ongoing case ACLU v. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 4:45 pm
By Emily Weinrebe, ACLU National Security Project: “The public debate over our government’s surveillance programs has reached remarkable heights since the first set of NSA disclosures in June 2013 based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden. [read post]
22 Jun 2008, 3:20 am
In a press release issued last week the ACLU National Security Project and the Texas ACLU announced the filing of a motion in federal district court in Dallas seeking to help two Islamic charities redress the stigmatizing effect of having... [read post]
7 Aug 2008, 2:33 pm
Local lawyers will have the opportunity to hone their Constitutional law skills during an ACLU-sponsored seminar to give volunteer attorneys the information required to effectively represent arrested protestors during the 2008 Republican National Convention.The session will be held on Aug. 19 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at Fredrikson & Byron in Minneapolis. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 12:13 pm
[JURIST] The Obama administration is in danger of entrenching some of the most draconian aspects of the Bush administration's controversial national security policy, warns a new report, [text, PDF; press release] from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] [press release] released Thursday. [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 8:06 am
Press Release, ACLU Taps Constitutional Expert David Cole as National Legal Director: The American Civil Liberties Union has tapped David Cole, a leading constitutional law expert and litigator, to become its National Legal Director, leading its Supreme Court practice and overseeing the work of the organization’s nearly 300 lawyers, Executive... [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 4:23 pm
Our advocacy is national, statewide,... [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 6:05 am
From the ACLU: Why are so many Mexican nationals with deep family ties in the United States and strong claims to reside here lawfully instead "choosing" to be immediately expelled from the country? [read post]
16 Aug 2007, 1:52 am
The ACLU, which brought the lawsuit [ [read post]
12 Jul 2006, 2:47 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] said Tuesday that a proposal [text] to limit ACLU board members from publicly speaking about their internal policies has been withdrawn [press release] by a committee of the National Board of Directors. [read post]
24 May 2006, 1:30 pm
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed nationally-coordinated complaints on Wednesday against telecommunications companies and the attorneys general of twenty states requesting investigations into the legality of information sharing between phone companies and the National Security Agency (NSA) [JURIST report; USA Today report]. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 1:20 pm
The ACLU has been invited to offer our civil liberties and civil rights recommendations to the Democratic National Committee’s “platform drafting committee,” which is currently meeting in Minneapolis to begin the process of putting together the 2012 Democratic National Platform. [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 1:24 pm
On Thursday, a memo leaked showing the national* ACLU's new policies on undertaking representation where the litigated issue conflicts with the organization's other values and principles, notably equality and the rights of historically disadvantaged groups. [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 4:24 am
The internal disputes over the ACLU's First Amendment activities is back, this time over the National Office's amicus brief in the NRA lawsuit challenging New York's practice of pressuring insurance companies, banks, and other regulated businesses not to do business with the organization. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 6:27 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Wisconsin and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty [advocacy websites] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] Tuesday challenging Wisconsin's new voter identification law [2011 Wisconsin Act 23]. [read post]
