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Jun 11, 2018

Police in Tennessee Legally Steal a Veteran’s Car Because of His Son’s Alleged Misdeeds

Last September, police woke up Lewis Cain at his house without a warrant and drove away with his car.

On September 18, 2017, Lewis Cain, a disabled Vietnam veteran living in Nashville, Tennessee,...

By aclutn

Last September, police woke up Lewis Cain at his house without a warrant and drove away with his car.

On September 18, 2017, Lewis Cain, a disabled Vietnam veteran living in Nashville, Tennessee,...

By aclutn

Jun 8, 2018

How the Justice Department's Seizure of a Reporter's Email Records Subverts the Free Press

The DOJ may have violated its own policies in seizing the email and phone records of a New York Times reporter.

It emerged late Thursday that the Justice Department had secretly seized years of email...

By aclutn

The DOJ may have violated its own policies in seizing the email and phone records of a New York Times reporter.

It emerged late Thursday that the Justice Department had secretly seized years of email...

By aclutn

Jun 8, 2018

Senators Corker and Kaine Want to Give President Trump the Authority to Wage Worldwide War

Sens. Corker and Kaine’s new AUMF would cede Congress’ constitutional duty to declare war to the executive branch.

This piece is a shortened version of Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Washington...

By aclutn

Sens. Corker and Kaine’s new AUMF would cede Congress’ constitutional duty to declare war to the executive branch.

This piece is a shortened version of Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Washington...

By aclutn

Jun 8, 2018

Kansas Prosecutors Are Locking People Up Rather Than Offering — Or Even Telling Them About — Diversion

County Attorneys in the state are choosing costly incarceration over smarter alternatives.

Last year, Melissa Braham was driving from Colorado to Missouri with her boyfriend and her two children....

By aclutn

County Attorneys in the state are choosing costly incarceration over smarter alternatives.

Last year, Melissa Braham was driving from Colorado to Missouri with her boyfriend and her two children....

By aclutn

Jun 7, 2018

The Trump Administration Wants to Dump a Detained American Into One of the Most Dangerous Places on Earth

The government’s plan for an American unlawfully imprisoned abroad isn’t a safe release — it’s a death warrant.

For almost nine months, a U.S. citizen illegally detained by the U.S. military in Iraq...

By aclutn

The government’s plan for an American unlawfully imprisoned abroad isn’t a safe release — it’s a death warrant.

For almost nine months, a U.S. citizen illegally detained by the U.S. military in Iraq...

By aclutn

Jun 7, 2018

Jeff Sessions’ Deceitful Spin on Family Separation

On a talk show Tuesday, Jeff Sessions resorted to blatant lies in defense of tearing immigrant families apart.

In an...

By aclutn

On a talk show Tuesday, Jeff Sessions resorted to blatant lies in defense of tearing immigrant families apart.

In an...

By aclutn