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Tell Congress to Pass the Smith-Amash Amendment to the NDAA

Tell Congress to Pass the Smith-Amash Amendment to the NDAA

05/16/2012 – The amendment makes clear that the U.S. is off-limits to indefinite military detention and that military commissions cannot be used for civilians in the United States.

Protesting NATO: What to Know About the Secret Service and H.R. 347

Protesting NATO: What to Know About the Secret Service and H.R. 347

05/14/2012 – Know before you go: what the newly passed H.R. 347 means for NATO protestors' rights.

All Dressed Up and No Prison CEO To Debate

All Dressed Up and No Prison CEO To Debate

05/16/2012 – Last week, we challenged Damon Hininger, the head of Corrections Corporation of America – the world’s largest for-profit incarceration company – to a debate on the ...

ACLU Campaigns

Since 9/11, the privacy rights of Americans have come under a sustained assault that would have been hard ...
A new kind of intolerance is creeping into our country—one that shrouds its true identity and uses the law ...
America’s criminal justice system should keep communities safe, treat people fairly, and use fiscal ...
Ten years after 9/11, our nation still faces the challenge of remaining both safe and free. Our choice is ...