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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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Trump Administration Claims Preventing Young Immigrants from Accessing Abortion is Constitutional
By Meagan Burrows
By Meagan Burrows
What Happens When Prisoners Go on Strike?
More than 2,000 firefighters battling the blaze in California this summer came from inside the state’s prison system. They were part of a national workforce of incarcerated people, paid pennies per hour and sometimes nothing at all, for hourly labor benefiting the U.S. economy. Driven in part...
More than 2,000 firefighters battling the blaze in California this summer came from inside the state’s prison system. They were part of a national workforce of incarcerated people, paid pennies per hour and sometimes nothing at all, for hourly labor benefiting the U.S. economy. Driven in part...
The Government Dropped the Ball on U.S. Torture Accountability. Citizens Picked It Up.
By Frank Goldsmith, Christina Cowger
By Frank Goldsmith, Christina Cowger
When Police Use Disappearing-Message Apps, It’s Not Just Bad for Accountability — It’s Illegal
By Mohammad Tajsar
By Mohammad Tajsar
The Reports of Civil Asset Forfeiture’s Death in Philadelphia Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
By Molly Tack-Hooper
By Molly Tack-Hooper
Greyhound Is Still Failing to Protect Customers from Border Patrol Abuse
The company is failing to exercise its right to prevent Border Partol from conducting racist and unfair interrogations of passengers.
By Chris Rickerd
The company is failing to exercise its right to prevent Border Partol from conducting racist and unfair interrogations of passengers.
By Chris Rickerd
Prisons’ Refusal to Provide Adequate Opioid Treatment Is Cruel and Unlawful
By Carol Rose
By Carol Rose
Voters Choose to Defend Democracy by Approving Voting Rights Measures
By Bobby Hoffman
By Bobby Hoffman
Criminal Justice Reform Is on the Midterm Ballot
By Udi Ofer
By Udi Ofer
Congress Needs to Take Responsibility for Fixing Harassment in Its Own Halls
By Mia Jacobs
By Mia Jacobs
