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You Need A Warrant To Read My Emails New documents from the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ offices paint a troubling picture of the government’s email surveillance practices. The FBI claims it can read your emails and texts without a warrant—even after a federal appeals court ruled that doing so violates the Fourth Amendment. The FBI […]

ACLU Nationwide In the face of the evidence of innocence discovered since the trial, the Supreme Court of Mississippi failed to uphold its duty to serve justice. The Court decided that it would not stop Manning’s execution to allow new DNA testing. Now, only a decision by Governor Bryant is likely to permit this critical […]

This Week in Civil Liberties This Week in Civil Liberties (05/03/2013) By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU at 4:30pm _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Which city’s police department has taken it upon itself to determine who does and does not belong on the property of commercial businesses? A Tulsa police officer was suspended for refusing to protect and serve which religious […]

‘Astronomical costs’: Gitmo consumes $900,000 per prisoner annually Published time: May 04, 2013 09:47 | RT.Com Edited time: May 05, 2013 17:02 Reuters / Bob Strong Share on Tumbl Trends Gitmo hunger strike Maintenance of Guantanamo has been revealed to cost over $150 million each year, with immediate estimates citing it one of the most […]

Criminal Justice, Free Speech, Immigrants’ Rights, LGBT Rights, Police Practices, Privacy Rights, Racial Justice, Religious Liberty, Students & Youth Rights, Voting Rights, Women’s Rights 2012 – 2013 ACLU of Florida Annual Report The Annual Report is a collection of the work that ACLU of Florida has undertaken in the past year. Twenty-four full-color pages of, […]

To all: Here is the docket. Hope all is well with all of you, God Bless! Onward and forward!!! Kindest Regards, Pastor Luke http://dockets.justia.com/docket/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2013cv00496/159333/ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEIER v. MEGGS et al Plaintiff: DANIEL L. MEIER Defendants: WILLIAM M. MEGGS, GEORGE S. REYNOLDS, LARRY CAMPBELL, DAVID KOTEL, ROBERT H. CLELAND, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, GUISEPPE A. […]

Dear Friends, Thanks to tens of thousands of ACLU supporters and donors like you, last week we published a full-page ad in Politico opposing CISPA, modeled after classic horror movie posters of the 1950s. It sent an unmistakable signal to Capitol Hill that CISPA is a dangerous threat to our freedom we refuse to tolerate. […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Yes, the U.S. Wrongfully Deports Its Own Citizens By Esha Bhandari, Equal Justice Works Fellow, ACLU at 11:48am _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This week’s New Yorker features the harrowing ordeal of Mark Lyttle, a U.S. citizen with mental disabilities who was deported to Mexico. Lyttle was born in North Carolina and has psychiatric and […]

Because our State Of Florida has the highest number of exonerations from death row, you’d think the legislature wouldn’t want to remove chances for people to challenge death sentences. But here’s what they’re doing… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Don’t Make our Death Penalty System Even Worse Tell the Florida Senate to reject SB 1750 The Florida House of […]