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As the leading civil rights organization in the Lone Star State, we at the ACLU of Texas believe it is our duty to keep the public informed about the state of their civil liberties. The work we do at the legislature, in the courts, and in our communities is important, but there is no better defender of civil rights than a public that is informed and engaged.

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Jan 16, 2015

Supreme Court Decision Could Be Crucial to Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors

In 1999, Tiffani Alvera was violently assaulted by her husband in their Oregon home and had to be hospitalized. After she provided a copy of the restraining order she obtained to her property manager, her...

By By Michaela Wallin, Women's Rights Project, ACLU

Jan 15, 2015

Business as Usual: House Leadership Uses DHS Spending Bill to Try to Kill President’s Executive Action on Immigration

There is already a clear picture of the House majority's agenda – block the immigration executive actions announced last ...

By By Joanne Lin, Washington Legislative Office

There is already a clear picture of the House majority's agenda – block the immigration executive actions announced last ...

By By Joanne Lin, Washington Legislative Office

Jan 15, 2015

A Living Nightmare in America's Paradise

Imagine being charged with a crime, going to trial, being found not guilty by reason of insanity, but remaining behind bars for years. You are denied access to a psychiatrist to treat your serious mental...

By By Eric Balaban, ACLU National Prison Project

Jan 15, 2015

Sometimes It Only Takes An Hour to Get the Picture: This Single-Sex Program Won't Fly

Sometimes all it takes is a letter and an hour to do the right thing.

After the ACLU learned late last week about a plan to assign ninth-grade students at Lawrence Free State High School in Kansas to...

By By Amy L. Katz, ACLU Women's Rights Project

Sometimes all it takes is a letter and an hour to do the right thing.

After the ACLU learned late last week about a plan to assign ninth-grade students at Lawrence Free State High School in Kansas to...

By By Amy L. Katz, ACLU Women's Rights Project

Jan 13, 2015

Cybersecurity Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Privacy

Are our work emails, our medical records, and our financial information safe online? Or have we been leaving our digital doors unlocked?

Given the high-profile cybersecurity failures in recent weeks...

By By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Are our work emails, our medical records, and our financial information safe online? Or have we been leaving our digital doors unlocked?

Given the high-profile cybersecurity failures in recent weeks...

By By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Jan 13, 2015

Should Officers Be Permitted to View Body Camera Footage Before Writing Their Reports?

Update below

A police officer wearing a body camera shoots a...

By By Peter Bibring, Director of Police Practices for the ACLU of Southern California

Update below

A police officer wearing a body camera shoots a...

By By Peter Bibring, Director of Police Practices for the ACLU of Southern California