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Feb 27, 2023
ACLU Strongly Opposes House Bill that Would Ban TikTok and Threaten First Amendment Rights
WASHINGTON — In a letter sent to the House Foreign Affairs Committees today, the American Civil Liberties Union has urged members to vote no on HR 1153, a bill introduced by Hous...
Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology National Security
Feb 24, 2023
Oklahoma’s Classroom Censorship Act is Unconstitutional and Remains a Threat to our First and 14th Amendment Rights 
To protect students and teachers from unlawful censorship and racial discrimination, a lawsuit brought by civil rights and social justice groups must be allowed to proceed.
Issue Areas: Free Speech LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. Drummond
Feb 21, 2023
ACLU, Federal Defender’s Office Argue to Supreme Court that First Amendment Protects Speech that Merely Encourages Undocumented Persons to Remain in U.S.
A federal law that prohibits encouraging an immigrant to remain in the country unlawfully criminalizes a substantial amount of constitutionally protected speech.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights Free Speech
Court case: United States v. Helaman Hansen
Feb 21, 2023
Supreme Court Declines to Review Challenge to Law Restricting Israel Boycotts
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today declined to review the Arkansas Times’ legal challenge to an Arkansas law requiring government contractors to certify that they are not boy...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Court case: Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip
Feb 02, 2023
ACLU, EFF Seek to Protect the Public’s Right to Access Judicial Records
Amicus Brief Urges the Court to Increase Transparency of SCA Warrant Requests
Issue Areas: Free Speech Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. United States of America
Jan 25, 2023
ACLU Comment on Meta’s Decision to Reinstate Trump on Facebook
NEW YORK — Facebook parent company Meta announced today that it will reinstate former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account following a two-year suspension. Citing public ...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
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