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Wikimedia v. NSA - Challenge to Upstream Surveillance Under the FISA Amendments Act

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May 22, 2017

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the NSA’s mass interception and searching of Americans’ international communications. At issue is the NSA's “upstream” surveillance,…

Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al

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October 3, 2016

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Indiana, on behalf of Exodus Refugee Immigration, filed suit against Governor Mike Pence and the secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services…

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ACLU v. DOJ - FOIA Case for Records Relating to Targeted Killing Law, Policy, and Casualties

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April 29, 2018

In March 2015, the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding information about the government’s targeted-killing program, including the Obama administration’s Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG…

Doe v. Mattis – Challenge to Detention of American by U.S. Military Abroad

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April 17, 2018

On October 5, 2017, the ACLU Foundation filed a habeas corpus petition on behalf of a U.S. citizen unlawfully detained by the U.S. military in Iraq as an “enemy combatant” for allegedly being an ISIS fighter…

Xi v. Haugen – Challenge to Warrantless Surveillance

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April 9, 2018

The ACLU represents Xiaoxing Xi, a Chinese-American physics professor at Temple University, who is suing the government over its dismissed prosecution of him for supposedly sharing sensitive technology with…

Wilwal v. Kelly – Lawsuit Challenging Abusive Border Detention of American Family

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March 13, 2018

In June 2017, the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of a family of U.S. citizens — including four young children — who were detained for over 10 hours at the U.S.–Canada border while coming home from a trip to…

Kariye, et al. v. Sessions, et al. - ACLU Challenge to Government No Fly List

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March 13, 2018

ACLU Motions Requesting Public Access to FISA Court Rulings on Government Surveillance

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February 26, 2018

The ACLU has filed three motions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) asking it to release secret opinions authorizing the surveillance of Americans. The public has a right to see the legal…

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Wilwal v. Kelly – Lawsuit Challenging Abusive Border Detention of American Family

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