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.

Mar 17, 2017

What Does Nonpartisanship Look Like in the Age of Trump?

Mar 11, 2017

The 'Freedom Cities' Campaign: Resistance Through Progress at the Local Level

Mar 2, 2017

Jeff Sessions Must Now Tell America the Whole Truth

Protester holding "Dissent is Patriotic" Sign

Feb 24, 2017

The ACLU’s Next Endeavor: Organizing the People’s Power to Resist

Feb 20, 2017

Trump Is Violating the Constitution

Feb 8, 2017

Donald Trump’s Pick for the EPA Is Stonewalling on Releasing Records Linking Him to the Fossil Fuel Industry, So We’re Suing for His Compliance

Feb 8, 2017

ACLU Announces Expansion Plan to Fight Trump Policies

Jan 19, 2017

Here Is the ACLU's 7-Point Plan of Action to Take on the Trump Administration

Jan 19, 2017

As Trump Takes Office, Tens of Thousands Have Taken #PeoplesOath. Have You?

Susan Watson, executive director of the ACLU of Alabama

Dec 6, 2016

In Alabama, Susan Watson Took on the Powerful in Defense of Our Liberties and Won. We Celebrate a Life Well Lived.