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DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance
AI surveillance of public places risks subjecting everyday spaces to airport-level security that heightens the risk of ...
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Three Ways the ACLU is Protecting Our Right Vote
Election Day is less than two weeks away. Right now, the race remains tight and, while we may have a clear winner on November ...
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ACLU Attorney Chase Strangio Will Present Argument at Supreme Court on Behalf of Private Plaintiffs in Upcoming Landmark Transgender Rights Case
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has granted a request for split argument time between the United States and attorneys representing transgender youth and their families challenging a Tennessee law ...
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Brief Urges Minnesota Supreme Court to Reject Attempt to Compel Disclosure of Reporters’ Communications in Major Case for Press Freedom
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Minnesota, together with the law firm Simatic & Biersdorf, PA, filed a brief in the Minnesota Supreme Court today on behalf of ...
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You Are Being Tracked
A little noticed surveillance technology, designed to track the movements of every passing driver, is fast proliferating on America’s streets. Automatic license plate readers, mounted on police cars ...
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Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Landmark Transgender Rights Case Scheduled for December 4
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought by transgender youth and their families to a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care, ...
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ACLU Comment on the Department of Labor’s AI Guidelines for Employers and Vendors
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI) best practices, designed to ensure that emerging technologies such as AI enhance job ...
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The War On Marijuana In Black and White
It's time to end the War on Marijuana. The aggressive enforcement of marijuana possession laws needlessly ensnares hundreds of thousands of people into the criminal justice system and wastes billions ...
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Health Care Denied
New reports from the ACLU and MergerWatch reveal that one in six hospital beds in the U.S. is in a facility that complies with Catholic directives that prohibit a range of reproductive health care ...
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Trans in America: A Documentary Series
Three short verité documentaries about transgender civil rights in the United States reveal the daily impact of discrimination on three families as they battle with bathroom bills, vulnerability in ...
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Fear, Politics, and Ebola
The 2014-2015 Ebola crisis was the largest and most serious such outbreak in history, resulting in more than 28,000 infections and over 11,000 deaths, the overwhelming majority in West Africa.
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The ACLU Response to Ferguson
The shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., is a grim reminder that there are two kinds of policing in America today: one to serve and protect ...