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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 budget of the ACLU in 2024 was $383 million. The ACLU provides legal assistance in cases where it considers civil liberties at risk.
ACLU leadership was divided on how to challenge civil rights violations. One faction, including Baldwin, Arthur Garfield Hays, and Norman Thomas, believed that direct, militant action was the best path. [11] Hays was the first of many successful attorneys that relinquished their private practices to work for the ACLU. [12]
Chase Strangio (/ s t r æ n ˈ dʒ iː oʊ / [1] born October 29, 1982) [2] is an American lawyer and transgender rights activist. He is the deputy director for transgender justice [3] and staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The ACLU successfully blocked several Trump policies restricting asylum during his 2017-2021 presidency. Trump's latest asylum ban employs a statute known as 212(f) to block all migrants at the ...
The American Civil Liberties Union filed legal challenges against former President Donald Trump 's administration more than 400 times during his time in the White House, helping to halt an array ...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan announced Thursday it will spend $2.3 million on voter education projects for down-ballot races this fall as it promotes abortion access and ...
His critics within the ACLU have launched websites such as savetheaclu.org and voicesfortheaclu.org, reporting that he "has betrayed fundamental ACLU values". [13] [16] In 2002, Romero signed a consent decree the New York Attorney General at the time, Eliot Spitzer, to settle a privacy breach that had been discovered on the ACLU website ...
“Heightened Scrutiny” follows ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, as he prepares to become the first transgender person to make arguments before the Supreme Court.