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Officials must address violations and restore justice

NEW ORLEANS - The American Civil Liberties Union today released a report revealing continuing incidents of racial injustice and human rights abuses on the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area two years ago.

September 24, 2007

ACLU Asks Secret Intelligence Court to Release Orders That Led to "Emergency" Wiretapping Legislation

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

September 7, 2007

Unprecedented Settlement in Racial Profiling Case

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.

August 23, 2007

ACLU Condemns Senate for Passing Spy Law Changes

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.

August 14, 2007

ACLU Welcomes Supreme Court's Decision to Hear Guantanamo Challenges

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.

August 9, 2007

Minn Supreme Court Decision Hinders Free Speech

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.

August 6, 2007