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Let's Lock Down the NSA's Shadow Database
This is the final blog of a three-part series.
By By Patrick C. Toomey, Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project
Cell Tower Dumps: Another Surveillance Technique, Another Set of Unanswered Questions
Today, the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI, the DEA, the Secret Service, and several other agencies asking for information about a surveillance technique known as a “cell tower dump.” If you’re wondering what that is or why we’re worried about it, a story from a few years back might help to illustrate.
By By Katie Haas, ACLU Human Rights Program
Religious Beliefs Don't "Trump" Women's Equality
The imposing columns. The ornate and soaring ceiling. The hushed tone. The Supreme Court feels like a place where justice happens. There is a sense of importance, reverence, and loftiness. I've worked on every reproductive rights case to reach the Supreme Court in the last 15 years, and, as corny as it sounds, it is always thrilling for me to watch a Supreme Court argument. That excitement is what I felt on Tuesday when I was in the courtroom waiting for the Court to hear the Hobby Lobby case, which is a challenge to the federal law that requires health plans to include contraception.
By By Brigitte Amiri, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
Assembly-Line Injustice
Dozens of tired, bedraggled men line up in shackles to plead guilty en masse. A judge claims his personal best is sentencing 70 people in 30 minutes: an average of twenty-five seconds per person to review the charges, hear his or her plea, and hand down a sentence.
By Carl Takei, ACLU National Prison Project
Only in America: 16-Year-Old Locked Up for the Rest of His Life
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By By Steven M. Watt, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program
Congress Shouldn't Settle for the President's Opening Offer on NSA Reform
This is the first post in a three-part series.
By By Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
From Dee to Patti: Transgender Women Fighting Back Against Sexual Assault in Detention
Imagine how scared you would be if you were taken into custody by the police and told repeatedly that you are not who you know yourself to be. You are already afraid and the process is out of your control. You want to at least be kept safe while you are in custody, but officers ignore your pleas.
By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU
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