Tag: ACLU
5 million reject Trump’s militarism with No Kings protests as immigration...
Nationwide demonstrations denounce authoritarianism, ICE crackdowns, and Trump’s $45 million military parade while calling for sustained resistance.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn...
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
Trump accused of weaponizing Social Security and immigration system to target...
Critics warn of authoritarian overreach as Trump administration marks immigrants as “dead” to force deportation and targets lawful residents for protected political speech.
Trump orders crackdown on law firms challenging his administration
Trump directs DOJ to target law firms that challenge his administration, sparking backlash from legal advocacy groups.
Trump signs sweeping immigration law, stripping due process and expanding mass...
Trump’s immigration law sparks backlash over mass detentions and loss of due process.
Tlaib, ACLU, and advocates warn H.R. 9495 could empower Trump to...
Progressives and civil rights groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect Trump to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening free speech and democracy.
ACLU demands immediate resignation of Kenosha police chief, sheriff, and mayor
The actions of the city’s top law enforcement officials, said the group, “uphold and defend white supremacy, while demonizing people who were murdered for exercising their first amendment rights and speaking out against police violence.”
Citing ‘years of chaos and impunity,’ ACLU calls for breakup of...
“We have to remove the loaded weapon that sits on the proverbial coffee table in the Oval Office.”
ACLU celebrates settlement ending unconstitutional efforts to silence pipeline protesters in...
“Let this be a lesson to other states: If you criminalize protest, we will sue.”
ACLU: Trump’s anti-trans ban has no military justification, is driven by...
We speak to Chase Strangio, staff attorney at the ACLU, which is challenging the Trump administration’s ban on service members who are transgender.
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Pentagon plan reveals standing military force for rapid deployment in US cities
Leaked documents show Trump administration proposal to create a permanent National Guard “quick reaction force” to quell domestic unrest, raising concerns over legality, militarization, and civil liberties.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Current nitrate level EPA deems safe fails to reflect birth outcomes, other potential health...
The study said the current level of nitrate that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deems safe fails to reflect birth outcomes and other potential health risks.
Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
UK surgeon says Israeli forces using Gaza children as ‘target practice’ as starvation crisis...
A British doctor and major humanitarian groups accuse Israeli soldiers of intentionally targeting children near aid sites, as reports show more than 100 children have died from hunger during Israel’s siege of Gaza.