ACLU

Obama Seems to Care About U.S. Soldiers' Lives; Why Doesn't the ACLU?

By Mary Kate Cary - Mary Kate Cary - May 13, 2009

Why the ACLU isn't concerned about jeopardizing the lives of U.S. soldiers is beyond me. more >>

The ACLU Sues a Florida School District Over Gay-Straight Alliance

By Jessica Calefati - On Education - February 13, 2009

The district has prohibited two students from starting a Gay-Straight Alliance group on campus. more >>

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Bush Administration's Use of Enemy Combatant Status

Nation & World - December 5, 2008

Ali al-Marri is challenging the administration's policy of holding terrorist suspects indefinitely. more >>

ACLU Sues Michigan Over Voter Purge Program, Saying It Hurts College Students

By Liz Halloran - Nation & World - September 18, 2008

Lawsuit alleges that voter-registration rules in this swing state could disenfranchise young people. more >>

Lap Dancing and Constitutional Rights

By Sam Dealey - Sam Dealey - August 29, 2008

Balancing community norms and equality. more >>

ACLU Accuses Harvard of Ties to the FBI

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - April 15, 2008

The ACLU has questioned Harvard's police about why an undercover officer was photographing a political rally last month and has accused the school of maintaining a political intelligence unit that reports to the federal government. more >>

Supreme Court Lets Stand a Ruling That Permits Female Prisoners Access to Abortion Services

News Desk - March 24, 2008

The American Civil Liberties Union is applauding today's decision by the Supreme Court not to review a lower court's ruling that a prison in Maricopa County, Ariz., did not have the right to restrict female prisoners' access to abortion. more >>

10 Things You Didn't Know About Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Danielle Burton - Nation & World - October 1, 2007

10 interesting facts about the Supreme Court justice. more >>

What's an 'L' Among Political Foes?

Washington Whispers - June 22, 2007

In the strange bedfellows department this week, we've got the hand-holding of the right-leaning American Conservative Union and left-tilting American Civil Liberties Union. Come June 26, in front of the Senate, ACU boss David Keene will join with ACLU's Anthony Romero to demand the re turn of basic rights—habeas corpus in constitutional lingo—to prisoners long held at Guantánamo Bay. more >>