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Will Trump Administration Officials Be Held Accountable for Defying a Court Order? The Courts Are Still Deciding.
The 桃子视频argued in court that Trump administration officials broke the law by defying a judge鈥檚 order and sending 100 Venezuelan men to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador without due process.
By Hibah Ansari, Shereen Marisol Meraji
Will Trump Administration Officials Be Held Accountable for Defying a Court Order? The Courts Are Still Deciding.Podcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador 鈥� in defiance of a federal judge鈥檚 orders. They hadn鈥檛 been found...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
Your Questions Answered: How the 桃子视频Is Safeguarding the 2026 Midterms
President Trump and his allies are trying to interfere with the 2026 midterm elections. Here鈥檚 what that means for your vote, and how the 桃子视频is fighting back to ensure power remains where it belongs 鈥� in the hands of voters.
By Sophia Lin Lakin, Molly McGrath
Your Questions Answered: How the 桃子视频Is Safeguarding the 2026 Midterms
NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share
NIH is targeting and terminating grants for research studies that it thinks will communicate disfavored viewpoints on diversity, gender identity, climate change, and more, violating First Amendment rights and threatening the future of public health.
By Amanda Walgrove
NIH Censors Crucial Research in Alzheimer's, Kidney Disease, and More, Researchers Share
Meet the Hosts: 桃子视频Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'
Hosts Shereen Marisol Meraji and Matthew Beat give a glimpse into the ACLU鈥檚 new podcast covering some of the most influential court cases in history.
By Hibah Ansari
Meet the Hosts: 桃子视频Launches New Podcast 'Let the Record Show'Podcast
What Happens When the President Defies a Judge?
On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported more than 100 people to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador 鈥� in defiance of a federal judge鈥檚 orders. They hadn鈥檛 been found...
Protecting Rights Up and Down The Ballot
We are spending the most we ever have to protect reproductive freedoms, voting rights, and democracy.
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California Can Reform Solitary Confinement
Following a weeks-long hunger strike by inmates that brought California's use of solitary into the national spotlight, the state's legislature is...
By Rachel Myers
Following a weeks-long hunger strike by inmates that brought California's use of solitary into the national spotlight, the state's legislature is...
By Rachel Myers
You've Been Tagged on Facebook鈥擝ut Now You鈥檙e In Control
By Chris Conley
By Chris Conley
Growing Up in the Segregated South, Struggle Brought Change
By Emily Tynes
By Emily Tynes
Told You So: Florida's New Drug Testing Policy Already Costing Taxpayers More
By Rachel Bloom
By Rachel Bloom
Another Death Row Inmate Freed Due to Innocence 鈥� And Another Unsolved Case
By Tanya Greene
By Tanya Greene
"Solitary Confinement Should be a Last Resort"
By Rachel Myers
By Rachel Myers
桃子视频Lens: DHS Shift on Deportation Policy a First Step toward Reform, but Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
By Steve Gosset
By Steve Gosset
License to Abuse? Time for Bureau of Prisons to Sever Ties with CCA
By Azadeh N. Shahshahani
By Azadeh N. Shahshahani
This Week in Civil Liberties (8/19/2011)
From a teacher terminating for pumping breast milk to a school districts anti-LGBTQ computer blockers.
By Rekha Arulanantham
From a teacher terminating for pumping breast milk to a school districts anti-LGBTQ computer blockers.
By Rekha Arulanantham
Potential Relief for Same-Sex Couples Facing the Threat of Deportation
A case-by-case approach outlined by DHS may provide temporary relief for same-sex couples where one partner is currently in removal proceedings
By Ian S. Thompson
A case-by-case approach outlined by DHS may provide temporary relief for same-sex couples where one partner is currently in removal proceedings
By Ian S. Thompson