News & Commentary about Civil Liberties

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

R. Dwyane Betts, program director of the DC creative writing workshop, speaks during a forum.

May 8, 2020

Poetry, Prison, and the Pandemic

Donald Trump looking upward while speaking in the Oval Office.

May 7, 2020

No One, Not Even Trump, is Above the Law

A woman wearing a face mask sits at an airport while scrolling through her phone.

May 1, 2020

A COVID-19 Balancing Act: Public Health and Privacy

Collage by the ACLU, picturing a judge's gavel, a voting mail envelope, and a cage.

Apr 30, 2020

How the ACLU is Responding to the Pandemic, Visualized

A demonstrator holds a sign with the text "Free Them All" in a car-based protest to demand the release of immigrants in California detention centers over COVID-19 concerns.

Apr 17, 2020

What it's Like in ICE Detention During a Pandemic

An elderly person wearing a mask looks out a brown wood frame window.

Apr 14, 2020

Isolation, Before and During a Pandemic

Apr 10, 2020

Civil Liberties Never Sleep: The ACLU in the Pandemic

Apr 8, 2020

Isolation, Before and During a Pandemic

Seated members of an audience clapping and holding signs with the text "Rights for All" at the ACLU Rights for All campaign launch.

Feb 10, 2020

How Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Broke Through in Iowa

A collage of historic document clippings and a portrait of Burt Neuborne

Feb 7, 2020

Just Another Day at the Office