American Civil Liberties Union

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

We celebrate today. Tomorrow, we'll continue to fight to secure the freedom to marry across the rest of the country.

The first hearing under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act continues this week. The ACLU is part of a team of lawyers representing Marcus Robinson, a black defendant convicted in the death of a white person and who received a far harsher judgment than white defendants who committed comparable crimes from a jury that may have been tainted by a racially biased jury selection process. The New York Times editorialized on this important issue today.

President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night is this week’s big event. Hopefully we'll hear him address civil liberties issues.

Also this week, the Senate may introduce cybersecurity legislation that could affect all Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights online. This could include an Internet “kill switch,” which would give the president undefined authority to cut off or limit access to the Internet in case of national security threat or emergency, and more information sharing between private companies and the government.