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Jan 21, 2015

Charlie Hebdo, The Interview, and Censoring Torture Photos

This post was first published by Just Security.

Update (1/21/15):...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy

This post was first published by Just Security.

Update (1/21/15):...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy
Jan 21, 2015

Will the Supreme Court Demolish An Iconic Civil Rights Law?

We began this week by celebrating the 85th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, but today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in an important case that could knock down a crucial racial and...

By By Dennis Parker, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program

We began this week by celebrating the 85th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, but today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in an important case that could knock down a crucial racial and...

By By Dennis Parker, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program
Jan 21, 2015

This Bill Is Mandating Perfect Border Security, Using Your Tax Dollars, Without a Plan.

Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, last year proposed a logical approach to border security: In rejecting measures to put ...

Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, last year proposed a logical approach to border security: In rejecting measures to put ...

Jan 20, 2015

50 Years After MLK's Selma March, We're Still Fighting For Voting Rights

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic 1965 march from Selma to...

By By Molly Rugg, Paralegal, ACLU

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic 1965 march from Selma to...

By By Molly Rugg, Paralegal, ACLU
Jan 20, 2015

Guantánamo Diary: An Epic for Our Times

Literary history was made today with the publication of the first-ever book by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Mohamedou Ould Slahi's "Guantánamo Diary...

By By Noa Yachot, Communications Strategist, ACLU

Literary history was made today with the publication of the first-ever book by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Mohamedou Ould Slahi's "Guantánamo Diary...

By By Noa Yachot, Communications Strategist, ACLU
Jan 20, 2015

From the Fair Housing Act to Ferguson: Where You Live Impacts How You're Policed

In less than 24 hours, the Supreme Court will hear a case that...

By By Larry Schwartztol, ACLU Racial Justice Program

In less than 24 hours, the Supreme Court will hear a case that...

By By Larry Schwartztol, ACLU Racial Justice Program