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News & Commentary. Filter by issue. Biden Must Use Final Months in Office to Commute Federal Death Sentences. In our series on how Biden can use the lame duck period to secure civil liberties and civil rights, we examine how Biden can combat President-elect Trump’s plans to greatly expand the death penalty and execute every person on the ...
How the ACLU Will Fight Four More Years of Trump
Nov 6, 2024 · As outlined in Project 2025, under a second Trump administration, our federal government will deport immigrants in dragnet raids, target his political adversaries, spy on private citizens, promote discrimination against marginalized communities, and control what we can and can’t do with our bodies.
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Nov 12, 2024 · Court Rules Signed Plea Agreements with Three of the 9/11 Defendants Are Valid and Must Go Into Effect. WASHINGTON — A U.S. military court has agreed that the plea agreement reached with ACLU client Khalid Shaikh Mohammad back in …
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Donald Trump Will Return to the White House in January. The ACLU is Ready. Starting in 2016, the ACLU filed more than 400 legal actions against Trump and his administration. As Trump returns to the White House, we’re ready to return to the …
Donald Trump Will Return to the White House in January. The …
Nov 7, 2024 · As Trump returns to the White House, we’re ready to return to the courts and Congress to fight for our civil liberties. ACLU. Today, as the nation prepares for the devastating onslaught of civil liberties abuses identified in our most recent analysis of Donald Trump’s policy proposals and rhetoric, the ACLU, too, is prepared.
Why is the ACLU Representing the NRA Before the US Supreme …
Mar 18, 2024 · The ACLU argues that coercing private parties to blacklist the NRA because of its advocacy violates the First Amendment, just as punishing the group directly for its “gun promotion” views would.
Eight Supreme Court Cases To Watch | ACLU
May 16, 2024 · The ACLU has served as counsel or filed friend-of-the-court briefs in all of the cases addressing these hot-button issues. The court will decide all its cases by the beginning of July. Here are eight undecided cases to watch, and …
LGBTQ Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
As of 2024, 23 states have laws explicitly protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination at work, in school, and in public spaces. If you've been discriminated against based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status, the ACLU wants to hear about it. Report LGBTQ / …
Free Speech - American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project continues to champion freedom of expression in its myriad forms — whether through protest, media, online speech, or the arts — in the face of new threats.
We're Fighting For Our Freedoms -- No Matter Who is President
Nov 1, 2024 · The ACLU has challenged unlawful attacks on our rights and freedoms for more than 100 years. We know that states are the frontlines in this fight for justice. They have the power to build the firewall we described that will protect our communities.