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Nov 20, 2013

Army Right to Halt 'Extremism' Training, Protect First Amendment Rights

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By By Dena Sher, ACLU Washington Legislative Office & Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

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By By Dena Sher, ACLU Washington Legislative Office & Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Nov 20, 2013

Time Out Is for Kids. This Isn't.

"I developed techniques to survive. I've learned to play chess with other [kids] through a six-inch wall to keep myself occupied. But for others, it breaks them, makes them either violent or suicidal."...

By By Amy Fettig, ACLU National Prison Project & Tanya Greene, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, ACLU

"I developed techniques to survive. I've learned to play chess with other [kids] through a six-inch wall to keep myself occupied. But for others, it breaks them, makes them either violent or suicidal."...

By By Amy Fettig, ACLU National Prison Project & Tanya Greene, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, ACLU
Nov 19, 2013

The $338,000 Internet Comment

Free Speech and Pluralism

We’ve written before about Section 230 of the Communications Decency...

By By Lee Rowland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

We’ve written before about Section 230 of the Communications Decency...

By By Lee Rowland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Nov 19, 2013

Senators Say Bulk Collection Unnecessary to Fight Terrorism

The ACLU and the ACLU of Northern California filed a friend-of-the-court brief...

By By Brett Max Kaufman, Legal Fellow, ACLU National Security Project

The ACLU and the ACLU of Northern California filed a friend-of-the-court brief...

By By Brett Max Kaufman, Legal Fellow, ACLU National Security Project
Nov 19, 2013

Confronting California's Abuse of Solitary

Solitary confinement can eat away at someone's mind, making mental illness worse and leaving many people depressed, suicidal, hopeless or hallucinating. It's no place for individuals with mental illness....

By By Helen Vera, National Prison Project Fellow, ACLU

Solitary confinement can eat away at someone's mind, making mental illness worse and leaving many people depressed, suicidal, hopeless or hallucinating. It's no place for individuals with mental illness....

By By Helen Vera, National Prison Project Fellow, ACLU
Nov 19, 2013

Judges Still Free to Ignore Juries in Alabama

Picture a death row trial in Alabama. The twelve jury members have spent days, maybe even weeks, listening to testimony and evidence about the crime, the defendant, and his life. They are sent back to a...

By By Anna Arceneaux, Staff Attorney, ACLU Capital Punishment Project

Picture a death row trial in Alabama. The twelve jury members have spent days, maybe even weeks, listening to testimony and evidence about the crime, the defendant, and his life. They are sent back to a...

By By Anna Arceneaux, Staff Attorney, ACLU Capital Punishment Project