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WASHINGTON - In the first effort of its kind, the American Civil Liberties Union will today file legal papers with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) requesting that it disclose recent legal opinions discussing the scope of the government's authority to engage in secret wiretappin
ST. PAUL, Minn. - On August 9, 2007, the ACLU of Minnesota announced that a financial settlement has been reached in its long-running "flying while black" lawsuit against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Ms.
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today condemned the House and Senate for bowing to pressure from the Bush administration and rushing to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The administration lobbied heavily to alter the legislation before Congress recessed.
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union welcomed today's decision by the Supreme Court to review an appeal by Guantánamo detainees, who are seeking the right to challenge the legality of their detention in federal court.
The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision, which held that the limits that the owner of a manufactured housing community had placed on noncommercial speech within a manufactured home park are “reasonable limits as to time, place and manner under Minn. Statute.
The ACLU of Minnesota is appalled over Mille Lacs County treatment of an eleven year old boy. In mid-April an 11 year old was arrested, shackled and dressed in prison garb at school because he failed to show for a court appearance in which he was the victim. To read more about this story you ca