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Voting rights setback in Pennsylvania

Voting rights setback in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania judge refused the ACLU's request to block a new voter ID law from taking effect. This decision threatens the voting rights of elderly and minority voters.    

This Week in Civil Liberties (8/17/2012)

This Week in Civil Liberties (8/17/2012)

08/17/2012 – The ACLU is challenging a discriminatory single-sex education program in which state? Which social networking site reversed its rejection of ads on marijuana legalization after the ACLU ...

Police Chiefs Issue Recommendations on Drones; A Look At How They Measure Up

Police Chiefs Issue Recommendations on Drones; A Look At How They Measure Up

08/17/2012 – The International Association of Chiefs of Police recently approved “Recommended Guidelines for the use of Unmanned Aircraft.” The IACP is to be applauded for addressing ...

You Have the Right to Remain Spied On

You Have the Right to Remain Spied On

08/16/2012 – Yesterday, a district court judge threw out claims brought by members of Southern California’s Muslim community that the FBI undertook a massive operation to surveil them on the ...

Greenville County’s Perversion of Public Decency Laws

Greenville County’s Perversion of Public Decency Laws

08/16/2012 – Today the ACLU and the ACLU of South Carolina sent a letter to the Greenville County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Office and the State Solicitor’s Office demanding that the ...

ACLU Campaigns

Ten years after 9/11, our nation still faces the challenge of remaining both safe and free. Our choice is ...
Since 9/11, the privacy rights of Americans have come under a sustained assault that would have been hard ...
America’s criminal justice system should keep communities safe, treat people fairly, and use fiscal ...
A new kind of intolerance is creeping into our country—one that shrouds its true identity and uses the law ...