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Ashley Gorski

Senior Staff Attorney

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµNational Security Project

Pronouns: she/her

Bio

Ashley Gorski is a Senior Staff Attorney in the ACLU’s National Security Project, where she litigates and advocates on issues related to privacy and government surveillance, racial and religious discrimination, and the freedoms of speech and association. Her cases have included Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department, a successful challenge to Baltimore’s mass aerial surveillance program; Kariye v. Mayorkas, a suit by Muslim Americans subjected to discriminatory religious questioning at the U.S. border; and Shen v. Simpson, a challenge to a Florida law that restricts many Chinese immigrants from buying homes in the state. She has also represented Asian American scientists seeking accountability for wrongful prosecution by the U.S. government, including in Chen v. United States, which resulted in one of the largest settlements ever paid by the Commerce Department. Ashley has provided expert testimony on U.S. surveillance law in international fora, and her writing and commentary are routinely featured in national media outlets. Prior to joining the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµin 2013, Ashley worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jon O. Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.


Featured work

Dec 8, 2016

Trying to Keep the Internet Safe From Warrantless NSA Surveillance

Trying to Keep the Internet Safe From Warrantless NSA Surveillance

Nov 21, 2016

President Obama Will Soon Turn Over the Keys to the Surveillance State to President-Elect Trump

President Obama Will Soon Turn Over the Keys to the Surveillance State to President-Elect Trump

Oct 30, 2016

We Are All Foreigners to Someone

We Are All Foreigners to Someone

Oct 21, 2016

New UN Report Highlights Freedom of Expression Violations Across the Globe

New UN Report Highlights Freedom of Expression Violations Across the Globe

Sep 23, 2016

Unprecedented and Unlawful: The NSA’s 'Upstream' Surveillance

Unprecedented and Unlawful: The NSA’s 'Upstream' Surveillance

Mar 16, 2016

The Public’s Need for the Full Story of CIA Torture Has Gotten Even More Urgent

The Public’s Need for the Full Story of CIA Torture Has Gotten Even More Urgent

Feb 25, 2016

The Government Is Already Forcing Companies to Give It Access to Our Data

The Government Is Already Forcing Companies to Give It Access to Our Data

Nov 10, 2015

Who’s Afraid of the Torture Report?

Who’s Afraid of the Torture Report?

Oct 24, 2015

Court Chooses to Ignore Overwhelming Evidence of NSA’s Mass Internet Spying

Court Chooses to Ignore Overwhelming Evidence of NSA’s Mass Internet Spying

Sep 25, 2015

How the NSA’s Mass Internet Spying Poisons Society

How the NSA’s Mass Internet Spying Poisons Society