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'Setback for Voting Rights': Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Voter-Purge Process

Protesters gather during a rally held by the group Common Cause in front of the U.S. Supreme Court January 10, 2018 in Washington, DC.

As Judge Slams Family Separation as 'Brutal, Offensive' Conduct, Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Policy Advances

Julia Conley, staff writer

The Trump administration's forcible separation of parents and children at the southern border is "emblematic of the exercise of power without any reasonable justification," argued a federal judge

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Nationwide #KeepFamiliesTogether Rallies Will Demand End to Trump's 'Vile' Abuse of Immigrant Children

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We have the power to change this cruel policy—if enough of us raise our voices...

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As Documents Reveal 'Pervasive Abuse' of Immigrant Children Under Obama, Fears It's Even Worse Under Trump

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Thousands of government records "provide a glimpse into a federal immigration...

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'User Manual for Authoritarian Surveillance': ACLU Red Alert as Amazon Peddles Facial Recognition Tool to Police

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ACLU to Cities: Defend Online Privacy, Net Neutrality With Publicly Owned Municipal Broadband

ACLU Urges Greyhound to Stop Letting Border Agents Use Buses as 'Rolling Traps'

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Judge Issues Restraining Order to Block Mississippi Attack on Abortion Rights

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Privacy Groups Raise Alarm Over 'Insidious' and 'Dangerous' CLOUD Act

Non-Disclosure Agreements Demanded by Trump Are 'Unconstitutional and Unenforceable,' ACLU Says

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Ahead of Nationwide Walkout Demanding Action on Guns, ACLU Offers Primer on Students' Rights

'Shrouded in Secrecy': ACLU Wants Answers on TSA's Growing Practice of Searching Phones, Laptops, and Tablets

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National Class-Action Lawsuit Aims to Stop Trump From Tearing Children Away From Asylum-Seeking Parents

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Ben Carson Catches Heat for Cutting 'Free From Discrimination' Promise Out of HUD Mission

Trump Condemned for 'Abhorrent' 2,000-Mile Separation of Mother and Her 7-Year-Old Child

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Dreamers Rally Outside White House Ahead of Trump's DACA Deadline

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ACLU, Immigrants’ Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question

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Trump's Airstrikes on Syria Are Illegal Without Congressional Authorization...

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ACLU of Florida Statement on Signing of Legislation Responding to Parkland Shooting

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Children's Advocacy Organizations File Amicus Brief In Support Of Asylum-Seeker Separated From Daughter...

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Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Trump Muslim Ban

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Police Officer Fired For Not Shooting Unarmed Man Reaches Settlement With W.Va. City

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Jamie Williams, Jennifer Lynch

Amazon, Stop Powering Government Surveillance

Brian Tashman

The CIA Can't Keep Gina Haspel's Torture Record Secret

Lornet Turnbull

Two-Thirds of Americans Live in the 'Constitution-Free Zone'

Danielle Conrad

Nebraska Is Illegally Obtaining and Storing Execution Drugs in Defiance of Federal Law

Brigitte Amiri

Scott Lloyd's Anti-Abortion Ideology Is Harming the People His Agency Is Supposed to Protect

Jacob J. Hutt

How a Supreme Court Ruling Could Embolden Police Retaliation Against Political Speech

Noa Yachot

‘Do Everything They Ask So They Don’t Shoot Me’

Andrew D. Selbst, Julia Ticona

Supreme Court Must Understand: Cell Phones Aren’t Optional

Jesselyn McCurdy

The Justice Department Continues to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections

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