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A Psychotic Episode Shouldn't End in a Jail Cell
Michelle Mata wants to be treated the way you would want your mom to be treated.
By By Kara Dansky, Senior Counsel, ACLU Center for Justice
VIDEO: Yes, Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Records Violates the Constitution
EDITOR'S NOTE: A resounding win! A Philadelphia audience sided squarely with team civil liberties in a debate hosted yesterday by Intelligence Squared. Arguing for the motion, "Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Records Violates the Constitution," were ACLU staff attorney Alex Abdo and Elizabeth Wydra, chief counsel of the Constitutional Accountability Center. They faced off against John Yoo, a former Justice Department attorney known for authoring the Bush-era torture memos, and Stewart Baker, former NSA general counsel.
By By Alex Abdo, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
After 9 Years, Manuel Velez, an Innocent Man, is Free at Last
At 12:32 p.m. ET, Manuel Velez, my client and an innocent man, stepped out of prison and into the Huntsville, Texas air a free man.
By By Brian Stull, ACLU Capital Punishment Project
A Close Shave for Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court
To shave or not to shave? That is the question the Supreme Court will consider today as it once again turns to fundamental issues of religious liberty.
By Heather L. Weaver
Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in 30 States – With More to Come
This morning the Supreme Court denied certiorari in all five freedom to marry cases pending before it. The ACLU was co-counsel in three of the five cases.
By By James Esseks, Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project
Spotted on Campus: Up-Armored Mine-Resistant Monster Trucks
With the cost of tuition skyrocketing, you may be wondering why universities are getting mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles – or MRAPs – which are designed for the battlefield and cost $700,000.
By By Samuel Weiss
The Worst Phone Call of My Career: I’m Sorry Clinics, You Have to Close
I had to make a phone call today that I have been dreading my entire career. I had to call amazing abortion clinics to tell them that they must to close their doors after serving Texas women for more than 30 years.
By By Brigitte Amiri, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
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