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Jan 27, 2022
ACLU Comment on Curriculum Transparency Bills
A number of state lawmakers—many of whom have also fought to censor discussions of race and gender in public schools—have begun introducing vague “curriculum transparency law...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Free Speech
Dec 20, 2021
ACLU, Largest Teachers’ Union NEA-NH, Leading Disability And LGBTQ+ Advocacy Groups, File Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Hampshire Classroom Censorship Law
“Banned Concepts” Law Unconstitutionally Chills Discourse on Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Disability, and Gender Identity in Schools and Public Workplaces
Issue Areas: Free Speech Racial Justice
Dec 10, 2021
ACLU Comment on Julian Assange Extradition Ruling
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. won their appeal against a UK High Court ruling that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health....
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Nov 22, 2021
ACLU, Knight Institute Petition Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Intelligence Agencies’ “Prepublication Review” System
WASHINGTON — Today, on behalf of five former government employees, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University petitioned t...
Issue Areas: Free Speech National Security
Court case: Edgar v. Haines
Nov 22, 2021
ACLU Supports Speech Rights of Conservative Christian Group to Display Flag in Front of Boston’s City Hall
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Massachusetts filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a conservative Christian group’...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Nov 14, 2021
ACLU Comment on FBI Raid of Project Veritas Founder
NEW YORK — The following is a statement from Brian Hauss, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, in response to reports of an FBI raid o...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
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