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Dec 6, 2017

Standing Rock Protest Groups Sued by Dakota Access Pipeline Company

Courts shouldn’t let companies like Energy Transfer Partners use litigation to intimidate and bankrupt advocacy groups.

If you want to experience 2017 in a nutshell, check out the...

By aclutn

Courts shouldn’t let companies like Energy Transfer Partners use litigation to intimidate and bankrupt advocacy groups.

If you want to experience 2017 in a nutshell, check out the...

By aclutn
Dec 5, 2017

Diversion Programs Are Cheaper and More Effective Than Incarceration. Prosecutors Should Embrace Them.

A new report from the ACLU of Kansas shows how diversion programs can combat mass incarceration.

When it comes to reducing mass incarceration, some solutions are actually staring us right in the...

By aclutn

A new report from the ACLU of Kansas shows how diversion programs can combat mass incarceration.

When it comes to reducing mass incarceration, some solutions are actually staring us right in the...

By aclutn
Dec 5, 2017

ACLU Files Supreme Court Brief Responding to Government Request to Throw Out Jane Doe Abortion Ruling

The Trump administration has provided no legal justification for its extraordinary request.

The ACLU filed a brief last night in the ...

By aclutn

The Trump administration has provided no legal justification for its extraordinary request.

The ACLU filed a brief last night in the ...

By aclutn
Dec 5, 2017

Reading the Tea Leaves From the Supreme Court’s Cakeshop Argument

Justice Kennedy will likely be the swing vote on whether businesses have a First Amendment right to discriminate.

The United States Supreme Court just finished hearing arguments in what...

By aclutn

Justice Kennedy will likely be the swing vote on whether businesses have a First Amendment right to discriminate.

The United States Supreme Court just finished hearing arguments in what...

By aclutn
Dec 5, 2017

Court Rules ICE Can’t Detain Immigrant Teens Without Due Process

ICE locked up immigrant teenagers for months without evidence in violation of their due process rights.

After five months locked up in detention, F.E.* returned home to Brentwood, N.Y. “I thought I’...

By aclutn

ICE locked up immigrant teenagers for months without evidence in violation of their due process rights.

After five months locked up in detention, F.E.* returned home to Brentwood, N.Y. “I thought I’...

By aclutn
Dec 4, 2017

Are Rhode Island Police Implementing Illegal Traffic Ticket Quotas?

In a letter to the state’s police chiefs, the ACLU of Rhode Island warned against implementing traffic ticket quota policies.

Nobody likes getting pulled over by the police, but when even the...

By aclutn

In a letter to the state’s police chiefs, the ACLU of Rhode Island warned against implementing traffic ticket quota policies.

Nobody likes getting pulled over by the police, but when even the...

By aclutn