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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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How the ACLU Won the Largest Mass Acquittal in American History
In May 1971, the Nixon administration cracked down unconstitutionally on a massive anti-Vietnam War protest with the largest mass arrests in U.S....
By Aryeh Neier
In May 1971, the Nixon administration cracked down unconstitutionally on a massive anti-Vietnam War protest with the largest mass arrests in U.S....
By Aryeh Neier
The ACLU’s Fifth Column?
As a young part-timer during the summer of 1977, I went through the FBI’s ACLU files. My colleagues and I discovered that prominent ACLU leaders...
By Gara LaMarche
As a young part-timer during the summer of 1977, I went through the FBI’s ACLU files. My colleagues and I discovered that prominent ACLU leaders...
By Gara LaMarche
Congress Must Act to Protect the Right to Vote
It is long past due for Congress to renew the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The price of inaction is too high for us to wait.
By Sonia Gill
It is long past due for Congress to renew the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The price of inaction is too high for us to wait.
By Sonia Gill
During Japanese American Incarceration, the ACLU Lost — and Then Found — Its Way
The government’s World War II-era incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry sparked bitter disputes within the ACLU. They hold important...
By Elaine Elinson, Stan Yogi
The government’s World War II-era incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry sparked bitter disputes within the ACLU. They hold important...
By Elaine Elinson, Stan Yogi
Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work
This World AIDS Day we are fighting to end the criminalization of trans bodies and those living with HIV.
By LaLa B Holston-Zannell
This World AIDS Day we are fighting to end the criminalization of trans bodies and those living with HIV.
By LaLa B Holston-Zannell
Sergio de la Pava on Literature and Law
Sergio de la Pava is a critically acclaimed novelist (A Naked Singularity, Personae, Lost Empress) and a full-time public defender who has represented thousands of criminal defendants over the last two decades. Earlier this year, he joined At Liberty live at the Brooklyn Public Library to discuss...
Sergio de la Pava is a critically acclaimed novelist (A Naked Singularity, Personae, Lost Empress) and a full-time public defender who has represented thousands of criminal defendants over the last two decades. Earlier this year, he joined At Liberty live at the Brooklyn Public Library to discuss...
“If I Could Just Look at Her”
Watch the journey of two separated parents trying to cross the border and reunite with their children.
By Ashoka Mukpo
Watch the journey of two separated parents trying to cross the border and reunite with their children.
By Ashoka Mukpo
America's Mask Bans in the Age of Face Recognition Surveillance
American laws should allow people the freedom to cover up their faces in protests or anywhere else.
By Jay Stanley
American laws should allow people the freedom to cover up their faces in protests or anywhere else.
By Jay Stanley
We’re Grateful for the Constitution
Saying thanks for recent wins from ACLU lawyers
By David Cole
Saying thanks for recent wins from ACLU lawyers
By David Cole
It's Past Time Congress Reined in the President’s Emergency Powers
The ARTICLE ONE Act, as recently amended by a Senate committee, would give the National Emergencies Act a crucial update.
By Kate Oh
The ARTICLE ONE Act, as recently amended by a Senate committee, would give the National Emergencies Act a crucial update.
By Kate Oh
