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ACLU Shifts Position on Defending Armed Demonstrations After Charlottesville

White supremacists in Charlottesville, Va.

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

Decrying it as "investigatory overreach" and a "clear abuse of government authority," web hosting provider DreamHost is challenging a request it received from the Justice Department for information about visitors to a client's site used to organize protests against President Donald Trump on his Inauguration Day. In a blog post titled "We Fight for...

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

Donald Trump's personal Twitter account is the subject of a lawsuit filed on...

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Wikimedia Scores 'Important Victory' in Fight Against NSA Surveillance

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

A federal appeals court on Tuesday reversed a previous decision by a lower...

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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

Spicer Confirms White House Actively Planning Attack on Press Freedoms

Twitter 'Alt Account' Lawsuit Exposes Trump Team's Effort to Stomp Out Dissent

Seeking 'To Create a Police State,' AG Sessions Threatens Sanctuary Cities

Progressive 'Justice League' to Serve as Alt-Cabinet for Fact-Challenged Trump

EPA Nominee Pruitt Sued for Withholding Thousands of Energy Co. Emails

'Shocking': North Dakota Republicans Want to Legalize Running Over Protesters

Chicago Police Routinely, 'Systemically' Abused Civil Rights: DOJ

North Carolina Poised to Repeal Anti-LGBTQ "Bathroom Bill"

Ohio Gov. Kasich Vetoes Heartbeat Bill, Signs 'Horrific' 20-Week Abortion Ban

Emboldened by Trump, Ohio GOP Passes Extreme Attack on Abortion Rights

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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

ACLU

ACLU Launches Multilingual Ad Campaign in Defense of First Amendment

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