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02/12/2011
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week In Civil Liberties

By Katie Smith, ACLU at 11:00pm

Wow! What a week. The House failed to get enough votes to extend the Patriot Act, the court unsealed three motions from the Twitter Wikileaks case — plus we had a big win for privacy!

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03/11/2011
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Liberties

By Katie Smith, ACLU at 6:04pm

This week, Rep. Peter King's hearings on "Muslim radicalization" dominated the news. We live-tweeted the hearing, and submitted testimony for the record.

Tuesday was International Women's Day, and to celebrate, we kicked off a women's rights blog symposium in honor of Women's History Month. We'll have a new post every weekday throughout March; see them all here.

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02/18/2011
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Liberties

By Katie Smith, ACLU at 7:07pm

Another busy week at the ACLU! Congress is keeping us busy on a few fronts. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get up-to-the-minute info.

The House has passed an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood of America. Targeted for providing abor
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01/28/2011
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Liberties

By Katie Smith, ACLU at 5:45pm

This is the start of something new. Not just a New Year, but here at ACLU.org we have some new and exciting programs launching, and more coming up in the near future. Starting this week, we’ll showcase the hot issues from the last seven days. This is your chance to take another look.

This Week on the Blog of Rights

Last Saturday marked the 38th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. The ACLU's Jennifer Dalven reflected on the current challenges to reproductive freedom and new legislation that threatens basic health care for women. And Louise Melling blogged on the conspicuous absence of the word "abortion" in President Obama's Roe statement.

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02/04/2011
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Liberties

By Katie Smith, ACLU at 6:17pm

For sideline discussions during your Super Bowl parties, here's this week in civil liberties.

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03/04/2011
This Week in Civil Liberties

This Week in Civil Liberties

By Katie Smith, ACLU at 6:41pm

This week, you'll learn about a case pending before the Supreme Court that will determine whether female Wal-Mart employees can bring a pay discrimination lawsuit against the retail chain as group in a class action case, or must bring their cases one at a time. Women and men were quick to comment, sharing stories of discrimination. Last weekend, the ACLU's national office stood side-by-side with our New York affiliate, the New York Civil Liberties Union, at a rally to support federal funding for Planned Parenthood. And this week, our powerful and moving Edie and Thea video — on challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) — broke over 100K views after the Justice Department announced it will no longer defend DOMA in federal court. But, there is always more... Get the info you need, because freedom can't protect itself.

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