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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
Nov 19, 2013

Albuquerque: Today's Front Line in the War on Women

This year, anti-choice forces coordinated a nationwide attack on reproductive rights. From Arkansas to North Dakota, Texas to North Carolina, the goal is clear: ...

By By Hayley Smith, Advocacy and Policy Associate, ACLU

This year, anti-choice forces coordinated a nationwide attack on reproductive rights. From Arkansas to North Dakota, Texas to North Carolina, the goal is clear: ...

By By Hayley Smith, Advocacy and Policy Associate, ACLU
Nov 19, 2013

Is Law Enforcement Getting Wiser About Its Use of New Technologies?

Free Speech and Pluralism

Some leading police officials around the nation seem to be realizing that high-technology surveillance systems need to be deployed with great care, lest they prompt a public backlash. As the Atlantic...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

Some leading police officials around the nation seem to be realizing that high-technology surveillance systems need to be deployed with great care, lest they prompt a public backlash. As the Atlantic...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project