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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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The Last Clinics Standing
These six states show how the Supreme Court could end abortion access without overruling Roe v. Wade
By Jessica Arons
These six states show how the Supreme Court could end abortion access without overruling Roe v. Wade
By Jessica Arons
Trump Administration Seeks to Stifle Protests Near White House and on National Mall
This act would only serve to impede on the constitutional right to free speech, the bedrock for many historic movements in this country.
By Arthur Spitzer
This act would only serve to impede on the constitutional right to free speech, the bedrock for many historic movements in this country.
By Arthur Spitzer
President Trump, Stop and Frisk Is Both Unconstitutional and Ineffective
By Carl Takei
By Carl Takei
The Government Is Blacklisting People Based on Predictions of Future Crimes
By Hina Shamsi
By Hina Shamsi
Don’t Be Fooled by the Tech Industry’s Push for Federal Privacy Legislation
By Neema Singh Guliani
By Neema Singh Guliani
November Could be Consequential for Transgender and Nonbinary People Like Me
This election, the rights and freedoms of transgender and nonbinary people are on the ballot in Massachusetts. We must vote to protect them.
By Reg Calcagno
This election, the rights and freedoms of transgender and nonbinary people are on the ballot in Massachusetts. We must vote to protect them.
By Reg Calcagno
San Francisco Is a Hotbed of Illegal Race-Based Policing
By Ezekiel Edwards
By Ezekiel Edwards
Why the ACLU Opposes Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination to the Supreme Court
By Susan N. Herman
By Susan N. Herman
Jeff Sessions Is Fighting Tennessee’s Effort to Make Prosecution More Fair
By Somil Trivedi
By Somil Trivedi
Mom Fears Her Autistic Son Is Being Abused at School. District Does Nothing.
By Abre' Conner
By Abre' Conner