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A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election Process
Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter questions and what to expect at the polls this Election Day.
By Arman Abrishamchian
A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election ProcessPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we’re...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Voters in Virginia have the chance to vote for a ballot amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution and further protect reproductive freedom in the South.
By Hibah Ansari
Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, and Impacted People Share Why They Support Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot in Virginia
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Going into the midterms, voters are feeling the squeeze in their wallets and need relief. The answer lies in holding accountable politicians who prioritize their wealthy benefactors over them.
By Deirdre Schifeling
Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy.
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
ACLU experts break down how data centers negatively impact communities, violate civil liberties, and how we can respond.
By Jina John
Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesPodcast
The Parents Who Defended Religious Liberty in Public Schools
In the 1950s, New York state officials introduced a prayer into public schools. It was optional, it was short, and it was, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1962, unconstitutional. This week, we’re...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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47 Years Later, We’re Fighting to Make Roe a Reality Everywhere
As we commemorate the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, the fight for abortion access continues. Here's how it will play out in 2020.
By Jessica Arons
As we commemorate the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, the fight for abortion access continues. Here's how it will play out in 2020.
By Jessica Arons
CBP Deported an Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Defying Court Order
In the United States, nobody is above the law — not even CBP. We will continue to fight in legislatures, in courtrooms, and on the streets to...
By Carol Rose
In the United States, nobody is above the law — not even CBP. We will continue to fight in legislatures, in courtrooms, and on the streets to...
By Carol Rose
"Fight of the Century" Looks at 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
The passage below is an excerpt from the new book, "Fight of the Century," edited by Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon, with essays from some of...
By Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon
The passage below is an excerpt from the new book, "Fight of the Century," edited by Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon, with essays from some of...
By Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon
The Supreme Court Takes Up the Issue of Birth Control Coverage – Again
Despite the popularity and importance of the birth control benefit, religiously affiliated employers and universities unleashed a flood of lawsuits...
By Brigitte Amiri
Despite the popularity and importance of the birth control benefit, religiously affiliated employers and universities unleashed a flood of lawsuits...
By Brigitte Amiri
2019 Proved We Can Stop Face Recognition Surveillance
Congress can — and must — make 2020 the year we rein this technology in once and for all.
Congress can — and must — make 2020 the year we rein this technology in once and for all.
Ayelet Waldman on the ACLU’s 100 Year Fight
This weekend, we celebrate the ACLU’s 100th birthday. To commemorate the centennial, novelist and essayist Ayelet Waldman and her husband Michael Chabon edited an anthology of essays from today’s most prominent writers reflecting on landmark ACLU cases. The book is called Fight of The...
This weekend, we celebrate the ACLU’s 100th birthday. To commemorate the centennial, novelist and essayist Ayelet Waldman and her husband Michael Chabon edited an anthology of essays from today’s most prominent writers reflecting on landmark ACLU cases. The book is called Fight of The...
The White House's Dangerously Expansive Views on Trump's Powers That You Can't See
Congress must intervene to reform the FOIA exemptions on behalf of the public. Such amendments would be timely because as the Ukraine scandal...
Congress must intervene to reform the FOIA exemptions on behalf of the public. Such amendments would be timely because as the Ukraine scandal...
Arkansas Legislators’ Attack on Abortion is Unconstitutional
As constitutional law scholars, we could not sit by as the state threatens fundamental freedoms.
By Michele Goodwin, David S. Cohen
As constitutional law scholars, we could not sit by as the state threatens fundamental freedoms.
By Michele Goodwin, David S. Cohen
Lawmakers Playing Politics with Trans Kids’ Lives at the Start of the Decade
Legislation includes bills criminalizing gender transition, forced gender testing of student athletes, and other attacks on trans youth.
By Chase Strangio
Legislation includes bills criminalizing gender transition, forced gender testing of student athletes, and other attacks on trans youth.
By Chase Strangio
The Offensive Hypocrisy of Banning Abortion for a Down Syndrome Diagnosis
Forcing someone to carry a pregnancy to term against their will does nothing to tackle underlying and systemic ableism and discrimination against...
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
Forcing someone to carry a pregnancy to term against their will does nothing to tackle underlying and systemic ableism and discrimination against...
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas
