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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

Jun 15, 2015

New Docs Raise Questions About CIA Spying Here at Home

New Docs Raise Questions About CIA Spying Here at Home

Feb 19, 2015

Shouldn't You Be Able To See the Secret Surveillance Orders That Could Put You in Prison?

Shouldn't You Be Able To See the Secret Surveillance Orders That Could Put You in Prison?

Jan 28, 2015

No, Senator, You Can’t Have the Torture Report Back (UPDATED)

No, Senator, You Can’t Have the Torture Report Back (UPDATED)

Dec 11, 2014

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: CIA Edition

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: CIA Edition

Oct 30, 2014

New NSA Documents Shine More Light into Black Box of Executive Order 12333

New NSA Documents Shine More Light into Black Box of Executive Order 12333

Feb 25, 2014

Wrongly Legitimatizing NYPD Discrimination

Wrongly Legitimatizing NYPD Discrimination

Dec 20, 2013

Guantánamo Dispatch: Why Military Commissions?

Guantánamo Dispatch: Why Military Commissions?

Nov 26, 2013

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµSues CIA for Reports on Its Torture Program

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµSues CIA for Reports on Its Torture Program