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Know your rights - American Civil Liberties Union
Learn more about digital discrimination in the hiring process and your digital rights when searching or applying for jobs. Navigating the new reproductive laws as a health care provider can be tricky. Learn more about your rights regarding law enforcement and your medical work ...
ACLU v. United States | American Civil Liberties Union
Sep 13, 2013 · The ACLU has filed three motions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) asking it to release secret opinions authorizing the surveillance of Americans. The public has a right to see the legal decisions addressing novel surveillance programs that affect our privacy and free speech rights — but many of the FISC’s opinions ...
Human Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU Human Rights Program (HRP) is dedicated to holding the United States accountable to international human rights laws and standards as well as the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
Carpenter v. United States | American Civil Liberties Union
Jun 22, 2018 · The ACLU, along with the ACLU of Michigan, Brennan Center, Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, filed an amicus brief arguing that the government violated the Fourth Amendment when it obtained the location records from Carpenter’s wireless carrier without a ...
Moore v. United States | American Civil Liberties Union
On November 18, 2022, the ACLU and ACLU of Massachusetts, with the law firms of Thompson & Thompson, P.C. and Elkins, Auer, Rudof & Schiff, filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question whether long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
Prisoners' Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world—a rate five to ten times higher than those of countries like Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. 6 A Black man is six times more likely to be incarcerated in the United States than a white man is.
Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2024
In the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with our national network of affiliates to support LGBTQ people everywhere.
United States v. Hunt | American Civil Liberties Union
Jun 5, 2024 · The ACLU’s brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, addresses this argument. It argues that Supreme Court precedent distinguishing between searches of the data stored on digital devices like cell phones and searches of the physical devices themselves mean the warrant requirement must apply to searches of the ...
Windsor v. United States - American Civil Liberties Union
Apr 25, 2014 · On October 18, 2012, the Second Circuit issued an opinion striking down the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act" in the ACLU and NYCLU's Windsor v. United States case.