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States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations
Amid rampant abuse by federal agents, state legislatures can pass critical laws that allow people to take federal agents to court for violating their rights.
By Emily Reina Dindial
States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights ViolationsPodcast
What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
‘Tis the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...
Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.
Live Coverage: Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Oral Arguments
The ACLU is at the Supreme Court for oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara. Follow live coverage of the fight to defend birthright citizenship.
By ACLU
Live Coverage: Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Oral Arguments
How One Playwright is Using Theatre to Expose the Surveillance State
As the ACLU fights to protect people’s privacy, playwright Matthew Libby discusses his play about the private companies fueling the government’s surveillance of immigrants.
By Allegra Harpootlian
How One Playwright is Using Theatre to Expose the Surveillance State
Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights Movement
This Women’s History Month, the ACLU looks at how the Trump administration is pushing policies designed to keep women at home.
By Ming-Qi Chu, Ashley Johnson
Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights MovementPodcast
What’s On The Docket: A 2026 SCOTUS Briefing
‘Tis the season ... to stay ready. A busy Supreme Court term is already underway, with trans rights, redistricting, birthright citizenship, and more on the docket. And this week, Cecillia Wang is...
Defending Our Rights Under a Second Trump Administration
From blocking unconstitutional orders to mobilizing millions, here’s how we're fighting back and what comes next.
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The Skokie Case: How I Came To Represent The Free Speech Rights Of Nazis
In 1977, the ACLU of Illinois received a call from a Nazi leader complaining that his planned demonstration had been blocked. The ensuing legal...
By David Goldberger
In 1977, the ACLU of Illinois received a call from a Nazi leader complaining that his planned demonstration had been blocked. The ensuing legal...
By David Goldberger
How To Stop Your City from Spying on You
Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Since this episode first ran in July, more American cities in California, Massachusetts, and Maine passed local laws to ban the...
Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Since this episode first ran in July, more American cities in California, Massachusetts, and Maine passed local laws to ban the...
Across the Country Harsh Sentencing Laws are Tearing Apart Families and Communities
How one single mother lost everything, including her son because of Michigan’s outdated tough on crime sentencing laws.
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Kimberly Buddin-Crawford
How one single mother lost everything, including her son because of Michigan’s outdated tough on crime sentencing laws.
By Nicole Zayas Fortier, Kimberly Buddin-Crawford
What We Do At The ACLU Told By Our Kids
For a special year-end holiday episode, we decided to ask some ACLU staff to have a conversation with their kids about the work they do. On this episode, you’ll hear kids learn about gerrymandering, how we inform legislation, the Keystone XL Pipeline and what kinds of snacks we keep nearby....
For a special year-end holiday episode, we decided to ask some ACLU staff to have a conversation with their kids about the work they do. On this episode, you’ll hear kids learn about gerrymandering, how we inform legislation, the Keystone XL Pipeline and what kinds of snacks we keep nearby....
Four Lawyers. Four Projects. One Non-Stop Year.
Attorneys reflect on 2019 and the year ahead—and how the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will impact the fight for civil rights and...
By Leila Rafei
Attorneys reflect on 2019 and the year ahead—and how the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will impact the fight for civil rights and...
By Leila Rafei
A Fair Chance at Opportunity: The U.S. Government Bans the Box
The Fair Chance Act is a critical step to ensuring that a criminal history will not deny anyone the opportunity to succeed in today's economy.
By Kanya Bennett, Sakira Cook, Maurice Emsellem
The Fair Chance Act is a critical step to ensuring that a criminal history will not deny anyone the opportunity to succeed in today's economy.
By Kanya Bennett, Sakira Cook, Maurice Emsellem
10 LGBTQ Moments that Defined 2019
2019 was full of historic moments, from Stonewall's 50th anniversary to the Supreme Court's first ever trans civil rights case. Here are 10...
By ACLU
2019 was full of historic moments, from Stonewall's 50th anniversary to the Supreme Court's first ever trans civil rights case. Here are 10...
By ACLU
A Case for Religious Liberty
At the ACLU, we receive lots of holiday mail, and not all of it brings tidings of comfort and joy. In this episode, we share a few letters that accuse the ACLU of being "anti-Christian" or "anti-religion.” To respond and dispel the falsehood, At Liberty spoke with Dan Mach, the director of the...
At the ACLU, we receive lots of holiday mail, and not all of it brings tidings of comfort and joy. In this episode, we share a few letters that accuse the ACLU of being "anti-Christian" or "anti-religion.” To respond and dispel the falsehood, At Liberty spoke with Dan Mach, the director of the...
A Tennessee City Banned Surgical Abortion Within the City Limits. We’re Taking Them to Court.
The Mt. Juliet ordinance is yet another attack by hostile politicians on reproductive rights.
By Melissa Grant
The Mt. Juliet ordinance is yet another attack by hostile politicians on reproductive rights.
By Melissa Grant
A Secret CBP Team is Targeting and Detaining Innocent Travelers. We’re Suing.
For too long, the government has acted as if it has carte blanche at the border. No more.
By Tarek Ismail, Scarlet Kim
For too long, the government has acted as if it has carte blanche at the border. No more.
By Tarek Ismail, Scarlet Kim
