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How Our Historic Election Cycle Will Impact Civil Liberties
We’re sharing our battle-ready playbook to defend our civil liberties and civil rights no matter who wins the White House this year.
By Anthony D. Romero
How Our Historic Election Cycle Will Impact Civil LibertiesPodcast
How Sue Bird Is Supercharging Women's Sports
This Friday, July 26, the summer Olympics will kick off in Paris, France. From the athletes and storylines, to dreams being made and records being broken, the spirit of the Olympics brings out the...
Latest on COVID-19
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Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
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High School Students Explain Why We Can’t Let Classroom Censorship Win
We spoke to students about why book bans and efforts to restrict instruction on diverse topics, like racism or sexism, only make learning harder.
By Elisabeth Snyder, Allison Swann
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Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About America’s History Of Rejecting Kings?
America’s past is filled with examples where presidents could’ve been made King. How much do you already know?
By ACLU
Pop Quiz: How Much Do You Know About America’s History Of Rejecting Kings?![A picture of Donald Trump.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/trump-immunity-blog-800x533.jpg)
Supreme Court Grants Trump, Future Presidents a Blank Check to Break the Law
By granting Donald Trump immunity for a wide range of criminal conduct committed while in office, the Supreme Court has set a dangerous precedent that presidents are above the law.
By David Cole, Brett Max Kaufman
Supreme Court Grants Trump, Future Presidents a Blank Check to Break the LawPodcast
How Sue Bird Is Supercharging Women's Sports
This Friday, July 26, the summer Olympics will kick off in Paris, France. From the athletes and storylines, to dreams being made and records being broken, the spirit of the Olympics brings out the...
Latest on COVID-19
![Learn about legal actions filed since the start of the outbreak](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/10/tracker1600x1066-2-400x267.png)
Since the start of COVID-19, we’ve filed more than 100 legal actions. Visit our tracker to learn more.
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Biden's Border Politics Won't Fix Our Immigration System
At the end of 2023, migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border hit a record high of 250,000, with a surge of individuals and families entering...
At the end of 2023, migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border hit a record high of 250,000, with a surge of individuals and families entering...
![WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 1, 2021: Marchers demanding the Biden administration make progress on immigration reform, head to a rally near the US Capitol. March began at Black Lives Matter Plaza.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/03/biden-border-policy-s-400x266.jpg)
![WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 1, 2021: Marchers demanding the Biden administration make progress on immigration reform, head to a rally near the US Capitol. March began at Black Lives Matter Plaza.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/03/biden-border-policy-s-600x600.jpg)
Supreme Court Signals that Institutions Can Keep Designing Programs to Foster Diversity, After Affirmative Action Ruling
The court has declined to hear new challenges to admissions policies, leaving the door open for institutions to continue creative solutions for...
By Yasmin Cader
The court has declined to hear new challenges to admissions policies, leaving the door open for institutions to continue creative solutions for...
By Yasmin Cader
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Despair and Resignation Are Not A Strategy: How to Fight Back In A Second Trump Term.
No matter who wins in November, the ACLU has the battle-tested playbook to defend civil rights and liberties. Should we face a second Trump...
By Anthony D. Romero
No matter who wins in November, the ACLU has the battle-tested playbook to defend civil rights and liberties. Should we face a second Trump...
By Anthony D. Romero
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Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
Independent reviewers of new surveillance technology play a crucial role in safeguarding our right to privacy.
By Jay Stanley
Independent reviewers of new surveillance technology play a crucial role in safeguarding our right to privacy.
By Jay Stanley
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New York's Coercion of Private Companies to Blacklist the NRA Has a Long and Dark History
The Supreme Court could create a loophole in the First Amendment’s protections from government censorship.
By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman
The Supreme Court could create a loophole in the First Amendment’s protections from government censorship.
By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman
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4 Ways the ACLU Continues to Fight for Gender Equality
For over 50 years, the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project has been at the forefront of the fight for gender justice.
By Dina Gelsey, Ming-Qi Chu
For over 50 years, the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project has been at the forefront of the fight for gender justice.
By Dina Gelsey, Ming-Qi Chu
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President Biden's Order to Ban Private Prisons Faces a Persistent Internal Challenge: The U.S. Marshals Service
Three years after President Biden ordered federal agencies to end prison profiteering, the Marshals Service continues to sidestep the ban.
By Kyle Virgien, Nina Patel
Three years after President Biden ordered federal agencies to end prison profiteering, the Marshals Service continues to sidestep the ban.
By Kyle Virgien, Nina Patel
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A Teenager’s Fight Against Idaho’s Harmful Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care
Transgender youth shouldn’t have to navigate court battles for their right to medical care.
By Anonymous
Transgender youth shouldn’t have to navigate court battles for their right to medical care.
By Anonymous
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In Alabama, Embryos Are People and It Won't Stop There
On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children under state law, meaning the embryo has rights consistent with a...
On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children under state law, meaning the embryo has rights consistent with a...
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Challenging the Racist Death Penalty in North Carolina
We’ll be in court to show a pattern by state prosecutors of striking Black jurors from death penalty trials.
By Cassandra Stubbs, Megan Byrne, Henderson Hill
We’ll be in court to show a pattern by state prosecutors of striking Black jurors from death penalty trials.
By Cassandra Stubbs, Megan Byrne, Henderson Hill
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