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ACLU Hails Victories In New Homeland Security Bill: Operation TIPS, National ID Rejected By Congress (11/13/2002)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded several provisions in the latest homeland security bill -- including those that would prohibit the implementation of the controversial Operation TIPS program and reject a national ID card -- as victories for civil liberties.

Federal Judge in CA Rebuffs United Airline's Plea To Dismiss ACLU Discrimination Case (10/11/2002)
LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge today denied a motion to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit charging that United Airlines discriminated against a passenger.

ACLU Questions Need for Cuba Travel Ban; Cites Constitutional Right to Travel (02/11/2002)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today commended a Senate subcommittee for holding an oversight hearing into the need and effectiveness of the current ban on American travel to Cuba. 

ACLU Applauds House Vote to Lift Cuban Travel Ban; Calls it Victory for Democracy in America and Cuba (07/25/2001)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union applauded the House of Representatives today for its vote to remove travel restrictions to Cuba, calling the move an affirmation of the constitutional right to travel afforded all Americans by the First and Fifth Amendments. 

Cuba Trade Deal Sacrifices Right To Travel (07/06/2000)
WASHINGTON -- The deal reached by House Republicans last week to permit limited sale of food and medicine to Cuba delivers a blow to Americans' constitutional right to travel, the American Civil Liberties Union said today. The agreement would write existing regulations restricting travel to Cuba into law.