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Is CCA Trying to Take Over the World?

Is CCA Trying to Take Over the World?

02/21/2012 – The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) sent a letter to 48 state governors offering to buy up their state-owned and operated prisons and put them under CCA control.

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Renew Your ACLU Membership Today!

Renew Your ACLU Membership Today!

Help protect and defend freedom with your renewed support. Make sure we have what it takes to win critical civil liberties challenges this year.

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Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping Law

Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping Law

02/17/2012 – Today, the government asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that allowed our lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 2008 FISA Amendments Act to go forward.

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Add Your Voice to Doug Liman's Upcoming Movie "Reckoning With Torture"

Add Your Voice to Doug Liman's Upcoming Movie "Reckoning With Torture"

02/16/2012 – You can be in acclaimed film director Doug Liman's next movie: a partnership with the ACLU and the PEN American Center called "Reckoning With Torture," a film to fight torture.

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The Dream Deferred

The Dream Deferred

02/17/2012 – As the nation celebrates Black History Month, we continue to work to change how the story unfolds for people who live at the margins of our society — including our children.

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On the Agenda: Week of February 20 - 24, 2012

On the Agenda: Week of February 20 - 24, 2012

02/21/2012 – This week, we'll mark the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Tinker v. Des Moines, the landmark student speech case.

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ACLU Campaigns

Defending Targets of Discrimination
A new kind of intolerance is creeping into our country—one that shrouds its true identity and uses the law ...
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Protecting Civil Liberties In The Digital Age
Since 9/11, the privacy rights of Americans have come under a sustained assault that would have been hard ...
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Safe Communities, Fair Sentences
America’s criminal justice system should keep communities safe, treat people fairly, and use fiscal ...
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Keep America Safe & Free
Ten years after 9/11, our nation still faces the challenge of remaining both safe and free. Our choice is ...
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