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Constitutional Rights

As Civil Disobedience Dominates Kavanaugh Hearing, Trump Says "It's Embarrassing for Country to Allow Protesters"

At Historic Habeas Corpus Hearing, Guantanamo's 'Dangerous Experiment in Indefinite Detention' Challenged

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A Guantanamo protest

"The government says my detention is legal because of the indefinite war against terrorism. When terrorism ends, the war will end. So, never."

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'Both Illegal and Unconstitutional': Trump Brazenly Suggests Immediate Deportations, Zero Due Process

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Donald Trump

"When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases,...

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DOJ Quietly Removes References to Press Freedom and Gerrymandering From Policy Manual

Julia Conley, staff writer

While many in the political media rushed to the defense of the White House...

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To Defeat NRA and Curb Gun Violence, Former Supreme Court Justice Says 'Repeal the 2nd Amendment'

'We Are Not That Country': Rebuking Trump Policies, Judge Orders Immigrant Rights Advocate Freed

After 16 Years Without Trial, Guantánamo Inmates and Rights Groups Demand End to 'Unconscionable' Imprisonment

flooding in Texas

"Absolutely Unconscionable': In Post-Harvey Texas, No Relief Funds for Critics of Israel

When FCC Chairman Won't Condemn Trump's Threats Against Free Press: 'Worry'

Animal rights supporters hold up signs at a pork expo protest in June 2012. (Photo: Justin Norman/flickr/cc)

New Report Exposes "Big Ag's Gag Agenda"

White supremacists in Charlottesville, Va.

ACLU Shifts Position on Defending Armed Demonstrations After Charlottesville

More than 200 people were indicted on felony rioting charges during anti-Trump protests on Inauguration Day

Trump DOJ Wants Info on Every Person Who Visited Anti-Trump Protest Site

Citing Free Speech, Dissenters Sue Trump for Blocking Them on Twitter

Wikimedia Scores 'Important Victory' in Fight Against NSA Surveillance

Trump Official Praises Autocratic Rule: 'Not a Single Hint of a Protester' in Saudi Arabia

Texas Slapped With ACLU 'Travel Warning' Over Sanctuary Cities Ban

Newswire

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

CREW Statement On Emoluments Ruling

Public Citizen

Whose Side Are They On: Main Street Consumers or Wall Street Banks?

ACLU

ACLU-TN Statement on Passage of "LGBT Erasure" Legislation...

ACLU

ACLU Statement on Ann Coulter Speech

Common Cause

More Than 200 Organizations Oppose Calls for New Constitutional Convention, Warn of Dangers

Common Cause

Maryland Legislature Rescinds Call for Dangerous Constitutional Convention in the Face of Nationwide Special Interests Push

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Tim Lau

The Trump Administration Wants to Drastically Limit the Right to Protest in the Nation’s Capital

Robert C. Koehler

Rethinking the Whole Country

Lornet Turnbull

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

Tom Sullivan

Arpaio Pardon: The First Verifiable Impeachable Offense?

William Cohn

'Of Men, Not Law': To Make America Hate Again

Chris Hedges

The Corruption of the Law

Anthony D. Romero

Equality, Justice and the First Amendment

James Esseks

How Could You Represent Someone Like Milo Yiannopoulos?

Andre Segura

How Trump Is Threatening the Constitution

Harvey J. Kaye

We Are Radicals at Heart — Don’t Forget It

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