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Feb 07, 2019
ACLU AL Comment on Decision to Stay the Execution of Dominique Ray
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s attorney general is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a stay of execution for Dominique Ray. Ray was scheduled to be put to death today, but ...
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment Religious Liberty
Oct 06, 2017
ACLU Statement on Department of Justice Licensing Discrimination in the Name of Religion
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice today issued guidance to federal agencies encouraging a dangerously broad interpretation of religious freedom laws that will open the door ...
Issue Areas: Religious Liberty
Jun 23, 2017
Court Hands Trump Administration Another Defeat on Immigration
Allows Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Program to Proceed as a Class Action
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights National Security Religious Liberty
Mar 21, 2017
Second and Final Judge Approves Settlement on NYPD Muslim Surveillance
New Rules Guard Against Unconstitutional Police Surveillance
Issue Areas: National Security Religious Liberty
Court case: Raza v. City of New York - Legal Challenge to NYPD Muslim Surveillance Program
Nov 17, 2016
ACLU Comment on Japanese Internment, Muslim Registry Comments from Trump Backer
WASHINGTON —A prominent backer of Donald Trump, Carl Higbie, recently cited the Japanese-American internment camps created during World War II as precedent for reviving a discred...
Issue Areas: Religious Liberty National Security Immigrants' Rights
Nov 04, 2016
ACLU Urges Justice Department to Investigate Militarized Response at Standing Rock Protest
ACLU and Leadership Conference Call for End to Law Enforcement Response to Peaceful Protestors With Weapons of War
Issue Areas: Free Speech Racial Justice Religious Liberty
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