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President Obama's National Security Speech

President Obama's National Security Speech

BREAKING: In a widely anticipated speech today, President Barack Obama discussed the future of the country's national security policy, addressing issues ranging from Guantánamo to the ...

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An Unexpected Reaction: Why a Science Experiment Gone Bad Doesn't Make Me a Criminal

An Unexpected Reaction: Why a Science Experiment Gone Bad Doesn't Make Me a Criminal

05/23/2013 – After model student Kiera Wilmot was arrested and removed from her high school for doing a science experiment on school property...

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Another Abortion Ban? You’ve Got to be Kidding Me

Another Abortion Ban? You’ve Got to be Kidding Me

05/23/2013 – Earlier this week, in a case brought by the ACLU, the ACLU of Arizona, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit struck down an extreme ...

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What Does $10,000 Buy in Alabama? Less-than-Truthful Testimony Used to Sentence Someone to Death

What Does $10,000 Buy in Alabama? Less-than-Truthful Testimony Used to Sentence Someone to Death

05/22/2013 – A trial is supposed to be a search for the truth. That can never be more important than in a death...

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Justice Department's Overreaching on Leaks Threatens Freedom of the Press

Justice Department's Overreaching on Leaks Threatens Freedom of the Press

05/21/2013 – A week after the Department of Justice notified the Associated Press that it had secretly seized records for more than 20 phone lines...

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Prestigious Law Firms Join Fight for Guestworkers' Rights in Major Human Trafficking Case

Prestigious Law Firms Join Fight for Guestworkers' Rights in Major Human Trafficking Case

05/21/2013 – Eighty-three Indian guestworkers who fell victim to a massive human trafficking scheme filed suit...

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ACLU Campaigns

Keep America Safe and Free
Ten years after 9/11, our nation still faces the challenge of remaining both safe and free. Our choice ...
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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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Protecting Civil Liberties In The Digital Age

Since law is way behind technology when it comes to protecting your ...

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Defending Targets of Discrimination

A new kind of intolerance is creeping into our country—one that shrouds its true identity and uses the ...

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