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Jan 19, 2018
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Muslim Ban Challenge
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Trump administration’s latest Muslim ban. That case stems from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling ...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jan 19, 2018
ACLU Statement on Proposed Rule by Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a new rule today that would dramatically expand the ability of health care institutions and workers to refuse to...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Jan 18, 2018
ACLU Comment on Passage of Senate Surveillance Bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted today to pass the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 (S. 139), a bill that extends — and risks expanding — unconstitutional spying powe...
Issue Areas: National Security
Jan 18, 2018
ACLU Statement on Creation of New Division Within Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services announced the creation of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division today, demonstrating the administration’s commi...
Issue Areas: Religious Liberty
Jan 17, 2018
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration’s Attempt to Repackage Failed Immigration Detainer Policies
NEW YORK — Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and representatives of the National Sheriffs’ Association and Major County Sheriffs ...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Jan 17, 2018
ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice to Present Three Animated Short Films on Mass Incarceration at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY, Utah — On January 20 at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, the American Civil Liberties Union’s Campaign for Smart Justice will present the premiere of three animated ...
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