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ACLU Releases Mobile App For Immigrants To Report Abuses

Reporting immigration abuses by Arizona law enforcement is now as simple as downloading an app. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona unveiled a bilingual mobile app on Tuesday that allows people to report abuses suffered under the Arizona’s SB1070, an immigration law that some advocates have deemed as permission for law enforcement to [...]

2013 Is Shaping Up To Be The Worst Year For Reproductive Freedom In Recent History

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the 2013 legislative session is on track to be yet another record-breaking year for state-level restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. As states’ current legislative sessions begin to wind to a close, lawmakers have so far enacted more than 300 different abortion restrictions this year, as detailed in [...]

ACLU Sues Obama Administration Over Domestic Phone Records Collection

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Obama administration Tuesday charging that its collection of vast domestic phone records violates Americans' constitutional rights of free speech and privacy. The lawsuit could set up an eventual Supreme Court test, The New York Times reports. The ACLU argues the Obama's administration's......

Civil Liberty Groups Team Up Against PRISM

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), reddit, Mozilla, FreedomWorks, and the American Civil Liberties Union have joined an 86-strong coalition of civil liberties organizations and Internet companies that oppose the NSA’s recently exposed data gathering operation. SiliconAngle’s Mike Wheatley called PRISM … Continue reading ?

10 things you need to know today: June 12, 2013

1. ACLU SUES TO STOP THE NSA FROM COLLECTING PHONE LOGSThe American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over the National Security Agency's program to collect domestic phone logs. The ACLU is asking...Show More Summary

ACLU Sues Over NSA Snooping

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The ACLU yesterday filed suit against the Obama administration, demanding an end to the collection of phone records by the NSA. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York by the American Civil Liberties Union, along with the New York Civil Liberties Union. Show More Summary

ACLU Sues Obama Administration Over NSA Snooping, John Oliver’s ‘Daily Show’ Debut, and More

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Please Address the Court: The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Obama administration over the recent revelation that the National Security Agency is collecting the phone records and Internet data of millions of Americans. According to the ACLU’s lawsuit, that violates the First and Fourth amendments. Show More Summary

Planned Parenthood, ACLU challenge Alabama abortion clinic law

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new Alabama law that tightens restrictions on abortion clinics in the state.

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against NSA Phone Spying Program

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the NSA Phone Spying Program.

"The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. government’s surveillance program..."

WaPo reports. The ACLU lawsuit will bring the surveillance programs into federal court, setting up a challenge for Obama, who pledged during his 2008 presidential campaign to bring more transparency and proportion to national security policy after the George W. Bush administration.

ACLU Sues Over Secret Surveillance Dragnet

The American Civil Liberties Union [A.C.L.U.] on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its “dragnet” collection of logs of domestic phone calls, contending that the once-secret program — whose existence was exposed by a former National Security Agency contractor last week — is illegal and asking a judge to both stop it [...]Show More Summary

ACLU Files Lawsuit On NSA Tracking

The American Civil Liberties Union believes  telephone tracking by the NSA as recently revealed violates the Constitution. The suit, claiming First and Fourth Amendment violations, seeks to leverage the top-secret document leaked last...Show More Summary

ACLU sues NSA, says phone data collection violates constitutional rights

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court that says the National Security Agency's collection of U.S. phone customer information is a violation of its constitutional rights, reports The Wall Street Journal.

ACLU Challenges NSA's Phone Record Dragnet

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Today the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the National Security Agency's wholesale collection of telephone records exceeds the NSA's statutory authority and violates both the First and Fourth Amendments. Show More Summary

ACLU Sues NSA Over Mass Phone Spying

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A second lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the NSA's dragnet phone surveillance program was lodged today in a New York federal court by the American Civil Liberties Union, calling the spying "one of the largest surveillance efforts ever launched by...

ACLU files lawsuit challenging NSA surveillance

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of a U.S. National Security Agency surveillance program targeting customers of Verizon Communications. The ACLU's lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District...Show More Summary

Women’s Health Advocates Challenge Alabama Law That Would Force Clinics To Stop Providing Abortions

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood Southeast, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Alabama are joining forces to challenge HB 57, a new state law that would force most of Alabama’s health clinics to stop offering abortion services. Gov. Robert Bentley (R) approved the abortion clinic restrictions in April, and [...]

Civil rights group challenges NSA phone surveillance program

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union sued senior U.S. government officials on Tuesday to challenge the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's telephone surveillance program, saying it violates rights to free speech and p...

ACLU Files Suit Over NSA Dragnet Program

Via the ACLU: The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a constitutional challenge to a surveillance program under which the National Security Agency vacuums up information about every phone call placed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against White House Challenging Constitutionality Of NSA Spying Program

The ACLU filed a lawsuit today against the Obama administration to challenge the constitutionality of the NSA surveillance program. The American Civil Liberties Union argues that the the National Security Agency is violating the first amendment by spying on phone calls placed by American citizens. The lawsuit also says that the dragnet program exceeds the [...]Show More Summary

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