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Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity Jul. 28, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The National Institutes of Health — the world's largest public funder of biomedical research &... Read More
The Judicial Tyranny of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Jul. 17, 2025
How can you tell if the newest Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is an "activist... Read More
No Defense for the Indefensible -- but Trump Team Tries Anyway Jul. 09, 2025
President Donald Trump and his acolytes need to learn that the days of falsely blaming the deep stat... Read More
What the Marriage Equality Backlash Taught Me About the Fight for Trans Rights Jul. 08, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that excluding same-sex couples from civil marriage was un... Read More
SCOTUS Ruling Misses the Point of Reading Jul. 04, 2025
Literature fuels empathy and conversation. It can foster belonging and it can also fuel productive d... Read More
Democracy Strikes Out Jul. 02, 2025
In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that jud... Read More
Posting the Ten Commandments Does Not Establish a Religion Jun. 25, 2025
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state's attorney general in 2005, he appeared before ... Read More
What Is Due Process? Jun. 17, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In the first months of his administration, President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened due process,... Read More
American Intifada Jun. 09, 2025
The riots that kicked off in Los Angeles last weekend aren't just about illegal immigration — ... Read More
The Supreme Court Cases To Watch Jun. 02, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Supreme Court's docket this term includes many of the complex issues American society is current... Read More
With Harvard, Trump Has Met His Match May. 27, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I always wondered why Harvard turned out so many lawyers. Now, due to overreach by... Read More
Moral Rights for AI Bots? What About Human Bots? May. 21, 2025
You might be alarmed to learn that a little-known group in America is being treated inhumanely, deni... Read More
'I Won't Abandon My Country' May. 19, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
I live every day in fear. My husband, Miguel, is undocumented and, despite what many believe, being ... Read More
The Donald Trump Revenge Tour Is Underway May. 14, 2025
On April 23, 1992, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Kiss started its Revenge Tour in San Francisc... Read More
States Look to Their Own Constitutions for Guidance on Racial Equality May. 13, 2025
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that held racial segregation laws did not violate th... Read More
Your Questions Answered: Trump's First 100 Days May. 05, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term, we've seen a whirlwind of executive o... Read More
Wisconsin Judge Arrested by Administration Seems To Have Law on Her Side May. 01, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I've been wrestling with the story of the Wisconsin judge who went quickly from "y... Read More
America's Immigration Laws Are Just Apr. 30, 2025
This story — that sadly has a tragic ending — began 15 years ago when an immigration cou... Read More
A Depraved Heart Lurks in the White House Apr. 23, 2025
New York courts have found President Donald J. Trump to be a felon and liar. Colorado courts found h... Read More
Trump's Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All Apr. 22, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
There's growing concern that President Donald Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act to bring Natio... Read More
