American Civil Liberties Union

Latest Stories

The Latest: Family of bombing suspect speaks with doctors

Associated Press

Civil liberties organization representing bombing suspect

By JOSH CORNFIELD - Associated Press

Kansas election official accused of not complying with order

Associated Press

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy (center) discussed community-police relations at the Bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group in Detroit. (Associated Press)

Detroit police hope state will review decision not to charge posters of online threats

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch takes questions from the media, after attending a Los Angeles Police Department technology briefing as part of her national community policing tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

ACLU sues over ‘unconstitutionally overbroad’ anti-hacking law

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Marti Kashuba holds up a sign outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on teachers to lead their public and professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion, birth control and other behaviors he describes as evil. (Associated Press) **FILE**

ACLU files lawsuit to defund Catholic bishops who won’t perform abortions

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2006, file photo, Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland is seen. Whoever wins a majority of the 2,472 convention delegates, or 1,237 votes, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland is the party&#8217;s nominee. What happens if there&#8217;s no winner on the first ballot? Delegates vote again and again until one candidate gets a majority. On subsequent ballots, most delegates are free to vote for whomever they please.(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

ACLU files suit against Cleveland over GOP convention rules

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Illustration on threats to free speech by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The Koala, satirical campus paper, sues UC San Diego for free speech violations

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

ACLU asks to join Microsoft in Fourth Amendment fight against DOJ

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson listens to a question after speaking at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, in Dearborn, Mich., in this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

ACLU lodges complaints against Arizona immigration ‘papers’ law

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Marti Kashuba holds up a sign outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on teachers to lead their public and professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion, birth control and other behaviors he describes as evil. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Federal court dismisses attempt to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

ACLU Attack on Religion Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: When ‘progressive’ censorship strikes

By Robert Knight

Capt. Clay Higgins of the Acadiana Sheriff's Office in Louisiana stands in front of community members and law enforcement in a video urging the community to help capture members of the violent "Gremlins gang." (Image: KATC)

ACLU blasts police captain who called violent gang members ‘heathens’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

No Speech is Free Speech Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: ACLU tries to mute religious voices

By Robert Knight

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at a campaign rally, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

KEN BLACKWELL: ACLU condemns free speech from one of its own

By Ken Blackwell

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump smiles as he has his photograph taken with supporters after being endorsed at a regional police union meeting in Portsmouth, N.H., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

ACLU Colorado Springs official resigns after threat to ‘shoot’ Trump voters before election

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A Syrian refugee, who agreed to be photographed on condition of anonymity because of fear of retaliation against family living in Syria, poses for a portrait with her child on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, at the Muslim Association of Lehigh Valley in Whitehall, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

ROBERT KNIGHT: Progressive left slams common-sense precautions on Syrian refugees

By Robert Knight