The ACLU has a blueprint to constrain Trump in a second presidential term
The American Civil Liberties Union is developing a legal strategy to counter former President Donald Trump in the event he returns to the White House.
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ACLU sues Biden administration over new executive action on the southern border
President Biden is using new executive actions to block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border. The ACLU says this goes against U.S. asylum laws.
Government's own experts found 'barbaric' and 'negligent' conditions in ICE detention
Inspectors for the Department of Homeland Security found dangerous problems in immigration detention facilities. For years, the government fought NPR's efforts to obtain its often damning reports.
ACLU sues North Carolina over harsher riot punishments
Harsher punishments for violent protests in North Carolina are being challenged by a prominent civil rights group, which said in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that several parts of a new anti-riot law are unconstitutional.
Kentucky high court upholds state abortion bans while case continues
The state Supreme Court kept two state bans in place after Kentucky voters signaled support for abortion rights at the ballot box last November.
After wins at the ballot, abortion rights groups want to 'put this to the people'
Victories in several states this year have abortion rights advocates looking at where they can next take the fight directly to voters.
The ACLU says Amber Heard has paid less than half of her $3.5 million donation pledge
The actor made the pledge as she ended her marriage to Johnny Depp, saying she would split $7 million between the ACLU and a children's hospital. Depp's defamation case against Heard is ongoing.
The FDA could permanently lift some restrictions on abortion pills
The abortion pill mifepristone was approved in 2000 but still faces layers of restrictions. Advocates want the FDA to permanently allow patients to receive the pill by mail instead of in person.
For Many American Muslims, The Legacy Of 9/11 Lies In The Battle For Civil Rights
A Southern California community grapples with the legacy of being secretly surveilled by the FBI. Twenty years later, the matter is a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court.