Jun 26, 2019
ACLU, Planned Parenthood Challenge Arkansas Abortion Bans and Restrictions
LITTLE ROCK – The American Civil Liberties Union’s Reproductive Freedom Project, the ACLU of Arkansas, Planned Parenthood, and the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP filed...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Jun 26, 2019
New Documents Reveal NSA Improperly Collected Americans’ Call Records Yet Again
Compliance Violation Came Just Four Months After NSA Announced It Fixed “Root Problems” and Would Delete Over 600 Million Call Records
Jun 25, 2019
Washington man illegally detained by Border Patrol at Spokane’s Greyhound bus station sues the agency for damages
“I didn’t understand what was happening, why they were keeping me, where they were taking me, or when I’d be able to see my family.”—Andres Sosa Segura
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jun 21, 2019
ACLU Files Request for Preliminary Injunction in Alabama Abortion Ban Lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to block Alabama’s near-total abortion ban while the legal challenge proceeds. Governor K...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Jun 20, 2019
In a Limited Ruling, Supreme Court Upholds Government’s Display of 40-Foot-Tall Cross
WASHINGTON — A governmental display of an enormous Latin cross as a war memorial does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, accord...
Issue Areas: Religious Liberty
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