Bio
Brian Hauss is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Brian was previously a staff attorney with the ACLU Center for Liberty, where he focused on combating religious refusals to comply with anti-discrimination laws. He also spent two years as the ACLU’s William J. Brennan First Amendment Fellow. Brian is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to the Hon. Marsha S. Berzon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Featured work
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Sep 9, 2013
Documents Shed Light on Border Laptop Searches
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Aug 14, 2013
In Court Thursday: Demanding the Justice Department’s Secret Memos on GPS Location Tracking
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Jun 5, 2013
DHS Releases Disappointing Civil Liberties Report on Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronics
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May 15, 2013
In Disturbing Trend, Kansas School the Latest to Punish Student for Harmless Tweet
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Oct 26, 2012
In Court Today: Fighting Judicial Secrecy in the WikiLeaks Investigation
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Oct 5, 2012
Chevron Asks Email Providers to Hand Over Users' Private Information