In Alabama, New Rules Make Botched Executions More Likely
"Under the new rule, the State would have been able to prolong the botched execution process indefinitely," the Equal Justice Initiative wrote in a press release.
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Arizona-Led Effort Spies on Americans' Financial Transactions
Thousands of local, state, and federal law-enforcers have access to sensitive financial data.
With Jordan Peterson, Occupational Licensing Becomes a Way To Censor
New mechanisms to threaten liberty are brought to bear on those who need the government's permission to do their jobs.
New York Repealed Its Police Secrecy Law Two Years Ago. Departments Are Still Trying To Hide Misconduct Files.
The New York Civil Liberties Union is fighting about a dozen different lawsuits against stonewalling police departments.
Court to Girl: You Have To Wait 2 Years To Comfort Your Father as He Dies. And We're Killing Him Next Week.
Missouri law bans those under 21 from witnessing executions. Despite attempts to challenge the law, 19-year-old Khorry Ramey will be barred from attending her father's execution on Tuesday.
California's COVID-19 'Misinformation' Law Chills Constitutionally Protected Speech
The state is threatening to punish doctors whose advice deviates from the "scientific consensus."
The ACLU Says California's Ban on COVID-19 'Misinformation' From Doctors Is Gratuitous and Unconstitutional
Two chapters of the organization say the law violates the First Amendment.
Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Law Making It Illegal To Film Cops Within 8 Feet
"The Court fails to see how the presence of a person recording a video near an officer interferes with the officer's activities," the judge wrote.
It's (Almost) Always the Feds: How the FBI Fabricates Schemes To Entrap Would-Be Radicals
The FBI's long history of using informants and manufactured plots to prosecute extremists
The Student Loan Debate Shows How the ACLU Has Lost Its Way
The venerable champion of civil liberties is increasingly indistinguishable from myriad progressive advocacy groups.
Lawsuit: New Arizona Law Criminalizing Filming Police Within 8 Feet Violates First Amendment
The lawsuit argues the new law will chill protected First Amendment activities and keep media and the public from holding police accountable.
ACLU Abandons First Amendment in Colorado Gay Wedding Web-Hosting Case
How do you justify government speech mandates? Apparently, you deliberately pretend that businesses have no right to control the messages they choose to present.
Federal Judge Rules Gruesome Medical Neglect in Arizona Prisons Violates Eighth Amendment
"No legitimate humane system would operate in this manner," the judge concluded.
As the ACLU Recedes From Its Core Mission, FIRE Expands To Fill the Void
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is defending expression on campus and off as the ACLU becomes a progressive advocacy group.
Boycotts Aren't Protected Speech, Rules Appeals Court
Plus: Employers sue over Florida's Stop WOKE Act, how inflation erodes financial privacy, and more...
The ACLU Is Struggling To Find Its Identity In Post-Trump America
Despite its opposition to gun rights for individuals, the ACLU's drift away from its core mission resembles the NRA's recent trajectory.
Data Scraping Is Not a Crime
South Carolina's NAACP and ACLU are challenging the state's ban on automated data collection.
Greg Lukianoff: Saving the 'Culture of Free Speech'
The longtime head of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education announces a new name and expanded mission for FIRE.
Tempe Police Watch as Man Drowns
Plus: FIRE moves beyond campus, a 1,000 percent excise tax on semiautomatic rifles?, and more...
ACLU Would Like You To Ignore Partisan Activism, Mission Drift
National Legal Director David Cole insists that the critics are wrong, but he fails to contend with much of the substance of their critiques.
Kentuckians Left Without Abortion Access After Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto
Plus: The end of travel mask mandates, pundits out of touch with how normies use social media, and more...
Fresno Bans Journalists—and Everyone Else—From Filming Cops Clearing Out Homeless Camps
The ACLU of Northern California is suing to overturn the ordinance.
Court Says U.S. Cannot Expel Migrant Families to Countries Where They Face Harm
A federal judge wrote that migrants could face "horrific consequences" if expelled to certain places, particularly Mexico and Central American countries.
Secret Surveillance Warrants Remain Secret
In November, the Supreme Court declined to consider an ACLU petition arguing that the public has a First Amendment right to see the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's classified decisions.
Anti-Crime Checkpoints in Jackson, Mississippi, Blatantly Violate the Fourth Amendment
To "get wanted individuals off the streets," police are stopping drivers without any evidence that they have broken the law.
Jacob Mchangama: How Hate Speech Laws Punish Minorities
In the new book Free Speech, the Danish activist defends radical self-expression from Socrates to social media.
Broad Vaccine Mandates Are a Serious Violation of Civil Liberties
You don't have to be anti-vaccine to oppose these ever-expanding requirements.
The ACLU's Push To 'Cancel' Student Debt Shows How Far It Has Strayed From Defending Civil Liberties
The organization's embrace of a wide-ranging progressive agenda undermines its reason for existing.
The ACLU Thinks Kyle Rittenhouse's Civil Liberties Got Too Much Protection
The American Civil Liberties Union should not cavalierly take the side of prosecutors against the concept of self-defense.
Don't Punish the QAnon Shaman—or Anyone—for Demanding a Jury Trial
Coercive plea deals trample on defendants' Sixth Amendment rights.
Supreme Court Rebuffs Attempt To Open Up Access to Classified FISA Court Reports
Do Americans have a right to know the extent that the government surveils them?
Cops Tase a Veteran's Service Dog During an Unconstitutional Arrest for Panhandling
The dog died after the man went to jail for exercising his First Amendment rights.
ACLU Sues a Pennsylvania County for Detaining Probation Violators for Months With No Hearings
A Supreme Court ruling requires due process before sending these people back to jail. That’s not happening in Montgomery County.
The ACLU Says Hawaii Police Handcuffed and Arrested a 10-Year-Old Girl for Drawing a Picture
The civil liberties group says there's a clear pattern of police misconduct involving schoolchildren.
ACLU Issues Weak Apology for Erasing 'Women' From RBG Abortion Quote
"It was a mistake among the digital team," says executive director Anthony Romero.
ACLU Thinks the Second Amendment Is a Threat to the First Amendment
"Restrictions on guns in public spaces are appropriate to make public spaces safe for democratic participation."
Government Is Lousy at Protecting Civil Liberties, Say Americans
People doubt the government's role as a protector but send mixed messages about their value of freedom.
Vaccine Passports Should Be Neither Mandatory Nor Forbidden
Pro-freedom politicians want to restrict private enterprise, while civil liberties proponents want to violate your bodily autonomy.
California Law Would Limit Free Speech at Vaccination Sites
Plus: Wiretapping social media, Democrats' budget proposal, cryptocurrency regulations, the infrastructure bill, and more..
CDC Extends Trump-Era Migrant Expulsion Policy, Citing Delta Variant
Plus: Enough about FOSTA's "unintended" consequences, another blow to the FTC's Facebook case, and more...
Women Are on the Verge of Being Forced Into Military Conscription Due to a Perverse Notion of 'Equality'
Expanding government-imposed burdens to new classes of people is a bad idea, unless the goal is equality of immiseration.
Federal Judges Are Blocking State Anti-Trans Bills
Culture war bills signed into law in Arkansas, West Virginia, and Tennessee run afoul of Constitution, federal law.
A Victory for Trans Teens as Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal in Bathroom Case
The refusal leaves in place a federal court decision favoring trans students' right to insist on accommodation.
ACLU Study Finds Obama-Era Restrictions Failed To Slow Flow of Military Gear to Police
The study comes as House Democrats press to completely abolish the Pentagon program.
He Was Executed for Murder. New DNA Evidence Implicates Someone Else.
Ledell Lee was put to death in 2017 for a killing he likely didn't commit.
Warrantless Border Searches Draw Call for Supreme Court Action
The feds say they can paw through your phone and laptop any time you enter or leave the country.