Judge blocks Texas from investigating parents of transgender children The halt follows an ACLU lawsuit that accused Greg Abbott of trampling ‘on the constitutional rights of transgender children’ The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2022
US Supreme Court rules in favour of FBI in Muslim spying case US government invoked state secrets privilege in three Muslim men’s case who accused FBI of illegally surveilling them. Al Jazeera · Mar 4, 2022
Texas Sued As State Starts Investigating Parents of Trans Children for 'Child Abuse' ACLU: “The agency’s new rule substitutes parents’ judgment as to what medical care is in the best interests of their children for the judgment of the government.” Reason · Mar 2, 2022
Secret Surveillance Warrants Remain Secret In November, the Supreme Court declined to consider an ACLU petition arguing that the public has a First Amendment right to see the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's classified decisions. Reason · Feb 24, 2022
David Cole (of the ACLU and Georgetown Law) on the Ilya Shapiro Matter David Cole, longtime Georgetown law professor who's now the National Legal Director of the ACLU, writes in the New York Review: Shapiro's message was offensive, but if academic freedom is to mean anything, [Shapiro's] two tweets can't be a firing offense. And without academic freedom, the voices suppressed are as… Reason · Feb 17, 2022
Kansas residents sue over GOP-drawn map, alleging ‘extreme and intentional’ gerrymander KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sixteen Kansas residents are suing to block the state’s new congressional map, alleging that its redrawn district boundaries are a racial and partisan gerrymander. Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2022
Broad Vaccine Mandates Are a Serious Violation of Civil Liberties You don't have to be anti-vaccine to oppose these ever-expanding requirements. Reason · Jan 24, 2022
Supreme Court hears case over whether activist can fly ‘Christian flag’ outside of Boston city hall The Biden administration and the ACLU have both gotten behind the activist The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022