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The ACLU, or American Civil Liberties Union, is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that operates to protect the rights of citizen's guaranteed in the first amendment.

Many people believe in God, it gives peace of mind and comfort to the sould. Why is it that some group like the ACLU is so bent on denying those people the right to seek inner peace?

How the ACLU is violating its principles by not standing up for immigration rights

Our "pals" at the ACLU have struck, again. Supposedly standing for the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU claims chastity rings violate the principle that state budgets can't be used to encourage religion.

The American Civil Liberties Union is an organization that fights for all Americans, regardless of who they are, to be truly free under the Constitution.

Ever protective of civil liberties, the ACLU has found another cause to fight for U.S. Citizens--their right to flip other off. Is it really First Amendment infringement or just a total waste of time?

The "American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)" as they call themselves, is a organization convinced of ratifying the TRUE American rights set forth by the original United States Constitution.

Yesterday the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU), told the FBI that their privacy guidelines were not good enough in a meeting between the FBI, the ACLU and other privacy groups.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against a Boeing subsidiary for assisting the CIA with what the ACLU calls "torture flights

The ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union is an organization founded in 1920 to help protect the rights of some of America's under privileged, misjudged, downtrodden, and destitute. The ACLU serves as a voice to the voiceless and handle over 5,000 cases annually.

According to a press release on the American Civil Liberties Union's website, the House of Representative Judiciary committee is considering new legislation on Thursday. The legislation will protect journalists from having to reveal their sources.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Maricopa county, Arizona for the conditions in which it is holding a tuberculosis patient in quarantine.

The founders of this civil rights organization were not without their causation of controversy...

The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a report titled Working in the Shadows: Ending Employment Discrimination for LGBT.

Love them or hate them, most Americans are well aware of the American Civil Liberties Union, but are you as aware of the ACLU's counterweights as you are of the organization itself?

The American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation are filing a lawsuit to obtain records pertaining tracking of U.S. citizens without a warrant.

Civil Rights groups bring suit to force Conneticut to revive stalled integration of schools.

On the surface, it would seem that any bill that would toughen penalties on repeat drunk driving offenders would be greeted almost unanimously, but that is not the case in Ohio as one such bill is being challenged for "infringing on the driver's civil liberties."

One very troubling aspect of the "war on terror" is the USA PATRIOT Act, which has the potential to seriously erode our basic human rights and civil liberties.

The reporter does a good job at analyzing a local government who is enacting laws against The Patriot Act. Resolutions are being considered in Scarsdale, Mamaroneck, and Mount Vernon while a resolution in the Town of Greenbergh has already been passed.

Brief introduction and information on the Electronic Frontier Foundation - a group attempting to preserve the rights of the consumer in an age of multimedia.

Our government in general, and the Bush administration in particular, considers the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to be dangerous and presumptively subversive.

Maybe Newsweek screwed up. That screw up, however, was not the cause of the riots and deaths throughout the Muslim world. Rather, the all-too-well-documented abuse, torture, and disrespect by U.S. authorities of Muslim detainees was the cause.

An examination of little known historical information leading up to the Kent State shootings in 1970. Features interviews with wounded student Alan Canfora and "Four Dead in Ohio" author William Gordon

The debate on Gay/Lesbian adoption is on-raging, and there seems to be no right answer. This research aims at understanding current ideological tennets, within the US, that lead to widespread anxiety about Gay/Lesbian adoption.

America's definition of a family has changed to include different situations like grandparents raising kids, single-parent families, homosexual parent families, interracial families, adoptive families, and more.

When I was eight I knew I wanted to be a writer when a short story I wrote got an A plus.

Despite recent efforts such as the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act, the issue of the immense sums of money involved in campaigning has yet to be fully resolved.However, there is much left to be learned about the realities of campaign financing.

There was a day and age when a human being was judged and critiqued based solely on their heritage, their orientation and their race. As much as our society boasts about surpassing racism - we are not as far along as one would hope.

The question comes down to ability: body decorations don't affect the reliability of an employee, so employers who value ability over appearance are starting to overlook body art.

What do we think of the Patriot Act and how does it effect us?

For PrimeTime Live, airing shocking, investigative pieces during "sweeps" is nothing new. In fact, almost exactly 12 years ago, they aired a particular hidden camera report on the unsanitary meat handling practices of a grocery chain called Food Lion

This paper looks at civil liberties and their relationship to both the constitution and the three branches of democratic government.

A long series of studies indicates that many students enter college relatively conservative and politically apathetic while leaving it more liberal and politically involved...

Many people who engage in political activity where their arrest is a possibility are unaware of the possible consequences of their actions or of their rights. This guide provides the information they need.

The stripping of civil rights and the ignorance of renaming items did not begin with the Patriot Act and changing French Fries to liberty fries.

Using deceptive language to trick voters into banning affirmative action, the state-by-state Civil Rights Initiative campaign increases discrimination, instead of eliminating it. Voters in Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Arizona, and Oklahoma are on the 2008 agenda.

The Thomasville, North Carolina City Council, despite the involvement of the American Civil Liberties Union, voted 6-1 Tuesday night to continue to allow public invocations at council meetings.

The Patriot Act was instilled to protect citizens from terrorists... but do citizens need protected from the Patriot Act?

We live in uncertain times. Since 9/11 we have watched our fellow citizens with more scrutiny. We warily regard strangers. Our civil liberties have been eroded. Has the time come to make a decision?

The congressional panel, the Judiciary Subcommitte on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing Thursday regarding the National Security Agency's wiretapping program.

An overview of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and its negative impact on civil liberties in the United States.

Democratic candidate joined civil rights group in celebrating a recent court decision stiking down key elements of the Patriot Act.

Ever since the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, it seems as if we were losing more and more civil liberties by the day. As a result, there were more beefed up security.

Many Americans who feel that their civil liberties are being curtailed in the name of homeland security, may derive a certain measure of comfort from knowing they are not alone. Britain now seems to have joined the club.

Showing that there is a positive correlation between religious fundamentalism, low education, conservative political views and intolerance for civil liberties.

A synopsis of the amazingly prescient book by the former Chief Justice.

An theory of the media coverage and studies done in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Radio-frequency identification hackers may be the next in the new breed of malicious hackers and crackers, while companies and governments cannot insure our privacy amid their push to pass this technology internationally.

If you are a journalist, writer, artist, or just a free thinker, there is news on the Senate floor that can and will affect you. S. 1959 can affect us all. Sponsored by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), this bill has already passed the House.

A paper that was was written out of frustration about the state of affairs in 2005

Privacy and civil rights groups have been concerned with the way the FBI would use National Security Letters.

Political poem responding to the civil rights being eradicated for the sake of "safety" (a term I use loosely).

When entering a debate, it's important to define the terms. The point of this paper will be to bring out the differences of these two terms and argue why civil unions should be legal in the United States.

During the late 1940s to the late 1950s, there was intense anti -Communist suspicion in the United States. It is referred to as McCarthyism which is also called...

An analysis of the economic ideological divide that led to the American Civil War and whether Reconstruction was a positive or negative endeavor.

The reasons why I decided to join the ACLU

http://www.shvoong.com/law-and-politics/politics/contemporary-theory/1696099-curse-civil-rights/

equality, racial discrimination, suffrage for women and African Americans, Feminist movement, comparable worth, affirmative action, civil rights effect on democracy

A basic primer of some of the terminology necessary to understand civil rights in America and how they are being corrupted.

A student and his parents have filed a lawsuit against Farmington Public Schools in Michigan after school officials denied equal access to a Bible club at Farmington High School.

Hidden cameras, thought police. George Orwell saw their potenital during a time when communist were seen as a clear and present threat to America. Today we have better technolgy, a larger and more powerful govenment than ever and a new enemy of terror.

The ACLU was originally formed to defend citizens of the U.S, so how did they get so off track as to defend illegal-alien workers in the U.S?

Does the right to privacy of a convicted sex offender trump the right of a parent to know who's living in their child's neighborhood? In a free society, the difficult answer is yes.

In America today certain rights have come under fire, Constitution or no...

Americans want equal justice for all, honesty, safety, and integrity, but at what expense are Americans willing to go to achieve those core values and goals? How do we decide?

a brief look at homosexual rights both in history and modern times. Also reasons why I think same sex marriage should be legal.

What happened to freedom of speech and how can we preserve what our forefathers saw for our future.

This article takes a look into the current United States problem of domestic spying, offers facts as to why it need to be curtailed, looks into the constitution and suggests a course of action.

A look at prejudice toward homosexuals in America.

Marvel's summer crossover event pits hero versus hero as the Supers are divided after a disaster. Follow the rebel banner of Captain America or the Imperial Standard of Iron Man. Whose side are you on? In this war of giants there is no middle ground.

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit asserting that a new law that makes it a crime to sell products with the names of dead soldiers violates the constitution, and, specifically, the rights of Flagstaff businessman Dan Frazier, the Arizona Daily Star is reporting.

ACLU filed a lawsuit against Alaskan local and State Election officials. Suit alleges officials violated Alaskan Native's voting rights by failing to translate voting materials in Yup'ik which is most area natives first language.

The former head of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU, Charles Rust-Tierney, 51, of Arlington, Virginia, was arrested Friday by federal agents. He is under indictment for receiving and possessing child pornography.

The ACLU is worried that this could lead to violations of some citizens' rights under the fourth amendment to the Constitution.

The importance of the ACLU to our freedoms

ACLU lawyers win a case involving a major trucking company and a transgender truck driver.

The aclu is urging the supreme court to accept a case involving the federal government's warrantless wiretapping program

Attorney's for the ACLU have published a book detailing accounts of U.S. abuse of prisoners abroad including at Abu Gharib prison and Guantanamo Bay.

The ACLU and the Transportation Safety Administration are in an argument over how many people are on the controversial terrorist watch list. The ACLU claims that the list has over a million people. The TSA counters that there are 450,000 people on the list.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has have started using a broad brush when applying their own definition of "racism." It now covers anyone who opposes the actions of any non-white individual, group of people, or nation.

Friday, January 11th, 2008 will mark the six-year anniversary of the date that "enemy combatants" were first checked into the controversial detention facility on the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

7 year old Emma was taken away from Elizabeth Hadaway when a judge discovered that Hadaway was a lesbian. Emma's biological mother wished for Hadaway to adopt and raise Emma.

Scholar reportedly interrogated about his political views and then deported when he arrived in New York for meetings with the World Bank, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Centers for Disease Control.

the rights group is partnering with Amnesty international and a handful of congressman, celebrities, and private groups to hold a political rally in Washington D.C. The rally is planned for June 26th, 2007

The Protect America Act, also known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is due to expire in February unless Congress re authorizes it.

The date to comply was set by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT, who is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee subsequent to both the House and Senate passing the administrations changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

"The Supreme Court has twice delivered the message to the Bush administration that judicial review and civil liberties cannot be discarded."

Although men took to the fields and fought, many women took up arms in disguise, nursed sick, and made integral contributions to society. Here are a few ways that women served during the Civil War.

Recent inroads in slashing civil liberties.

The Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Boumediene is a victory for habeas corpus. Yet in the ongoing debate between national security and civil liberties, questions remain.

The Republican Party was once the party of small government and individual liberty, but it has devolved into a megalith of social conservatism (occasionally boarding on theocratic dogma), a behemoth sized government and an eradicator of civil liberties.

According Dennis Kucinich, who is running for Presidential office, the latest federal court ruling regarding the "USA Patriot Act" is a major victory with regards to American's civil liberties and the U.S. Constitution.

[Why it's high time for libertarians, progressives, and all Americans of good will to admit that the U.S. sex offender registration system is a failure. D.M. Jacques is an online activist on civil liberties issues