ACLU News

A state ballot proposal in California aimed toward making drug tests mandatory for all doctors has been branded "a publicity stunt" by one California Medical Association spokeswoman.

Following the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in late 2010 and the successful transition to open service for gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members in 2011, many assumed that enshrined discrimination against LGBT people was on its way out.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been in the hot seat over the Justice Department's decision to sign off on a subpoena that helped the feds seize the phone records of AP Reporters.

A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a proposed settlement agreement between the American Civil Liberties Union and the V.I. government that requires the territory to fix conditions at the St.

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County NAACP will host the 6th Annual Criminal Justice Seminar on Saturday June 8, at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo Imperial Ballroom.

The MIssissippi branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has asked the Diamondhead Property Owners Association to stop enforcing rules pertaining to political signs and door-to-door campaigning.

The This memo may show that the Criminal Division is doing nothing at all to avoid reading our text messages; it may show great procedures in place to safeguard the privacy our text messages; or, likely, it may have nothing to do with either of those predictions.

This week the ACLU jumped into the marriage equality debate with a call for ABC's Modern Family to tie their popular gay couple's knot.

Sen. Jason Rapert, author of the patently unconstitutional bill to ban most abortions in Arkansas at the 12th week of pregnancy, took heart yesterday at Judge Susan Webber Wright's indication that she was inclined to uphold the part of the law that requires women seeking an abortion in the 12th week of pregnancy or later to have an ultrasound and ... (more)

A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted a new Arkansas law banning most abortions after 12 weeks pregnancy, which is considered one of the most restrictive in the nation.

Earlier this week, Angelina Jolie wrote a heartfelt op-ed in The New York Times about her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy.

A US federal judge has refused to block Arizona 's Republican governor from denying driver's licenses to young immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government.

A federal judge on Friday ordered a preliminary injunction blocking an Arkansas law that would ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, a court official told CNN on Friday.

May 17 - A federal district court today said that the state of Arizona has no rational basis under the law to deny drivers' licenses to young immigrants authorized to live and work in the United States under the federal government's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but it stopped short of granting a preliminary injunction against the ... (more)

May 17 - A federal judge today temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that would ban abortion care starting at 12 weeks of pregnancy from taking effect.

The ACLU sent a letter to SRHS Principal Ann Menna expressing serious concerns about the suspension of 31 students for the making of a music video in which students dance suggestively on school property.

I got a letter the other day from Joe Arpaio - Sheriff Joe Arpaio, that is, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., scourge of undocumented immigrants and of anyone who might look like one.

Sharon Penner, who has been feeding schoolchildren for 43 years, decided new federal school nutrition mandates were a sign from above to retire.

The ACLU has started a petition drive calling on Modern Family to marry off its famous gay couple.

An amendment tacked on to a higher education bill was criticized by progressive and gay rights groups Thursday as opening a path for college student groups to discriminate.