In 2020, we were fighting over the ‘No Fly List’ as the ACLU filed lawsuits
Nine years ago today, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of 10 U.S. citizens and lawful residents who are prohibited from flying to or from the United States or over U.S. More...
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. VIDEOS
1962 New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer Martin Luther King, Jr., half-length portrait, facing left, with left arm raised, at freedom rally, Washington Temple Church / World Telegram & Sun More...
ACLU joins Kavanaugh opposition, Susan Herman says they are ‘deeply concerned’
In the wake of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s sworn testimony of sexual abuse at the hands of Brett Kavanaugh, the American Civil Liberties Union has announced its opposition to his nomination to the U.S. Supreme More...
Rep Barbara Lee condemns ‘disgraceful’ SCOTUS ruling against unions as a ‘terrible ruling’
Congresswoman Barbara LeeImage/US Congress Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statement yesterday condemning the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31: “The Supreme Court decision More...
Supreme Court rules that police can keep using cell phone data to track criminals
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday imposed limits on the ability of police to obtain cellphone data to use locate criminals in a narrow 5-4 vote. Privacy activists are touting the case of Carpenter v. United States More...
Wyoming school district ends ban on private prayer over cafeteria food
Platte County School District #1 has lifted its ban on non-disruptive, private prayer in its school cafeterias after receiving a letter from Alliance Defending Freedom on behalf of three students that explained More...
ACLJ’s Jay Sekulow targets government’s abuses of power in ‘Undemocratic’
Americans’ freedom is under attack by the biggest and most dangerous “branch” of government: the federal bureaucracy. In his new book, Undemocratic: How Unelected, Unaccountable Bureaucrats Are Stealing Your More...
Ohio school loses ACLU battle, removes Jesus Christ portrait
A southern Ohio school district has agreed to keep a portrait of Jesus off district property and pay $95,000 to settle a lawsuit filed earlier this year by the state chapter of the ACLU and a Wisconsin foundation. In More...
ACLU sues over NSA phone surveillance, receives props from Judge Napolitano
In light of the revelation disclosed last week of the National Security Agency’s telephone surveillance as reported in The Guardian, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against several members More...
‘Choose Life’ license plates ruled unconstitutional in North Carolina
A federal judge ruled on Friday that North Carolina’s new “Choose Life” license plates are unconstitutional because the state does not offer a pro-choice alternative. “The State’s offering More...
Dropping the ‘F bomb’ in Middleborough, Mass. will cost you
Who said speech was free? Who would have guessed when Middleborough, Massachusetts police chief Bruce Gates proposed a little over a month ago to give $20 tickets to vulgar loudmouths as a deterrent to downtown More...
Obama extends Patriot Act provisions
Didn’t President Barack Obama campaign against the Patriot Act just a couple short years ago as candidate Senator Barack Obama? Even as Illinois State Senator Obama in 2003 he specifically said he would repeal More...
