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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The ACLU provides legal assistance in cases where it considers civil liberties at risk.
The ACLU developed from the National Civil Liberties Bureau (CLB), co-founded in 1917 during World War I by Crystal Eastman, an attorney activist, and Roger Nash Baldwin. [1] The focus of the CLB was on freedom of speech, primarily anti-war speech, and on supporting conscientious objectors who did not want to serve in World War I. [2]
The ACLU's lawsuit did not go into detail about the woman who claimed a child was threatened. But in his written opinion, Berg included more information about some of the allegations. According to ...
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky - ACLU defended itself; The King’s English v. Shurtleff - represented King's English and others; Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District - represented eleven parents; Varian v. Delfino - Amicus curiae for Michelangelo Delfino and Mary Day; Gonzales v. Oregon - Amicus curiae for Oregon; Rumsfeld v.
August 1, 2024 at 2:09 PM. The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city of Spokane, Washington, on Thursday, alleging that its anti-camping laws violate the state constitution. It is believed ...
July 9, 1965 (age 59) New York City, U.S. Education. Princeton University (BA) Stanford University (JD) Anthony D. Romero (born July 9, 1965) is an American lawyer who serves as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He assumed the position in 2001 as the first Latino and openly gay man to do so.
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, unanimously ruling that anti-indecency provisions of the 1996 Communications Decency Act violated the First Amendment 's guarantee of freedom of speech. [1] This was the first major Supreme Court ruling on the ...
e. American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency, 493 F.3d 644 (6th Cir. 2007), is a case decided July 6, 2007, in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the plaintiffs in the case did not have standing to bring the suit against the National Security Agency (NSA), because they could not present ...