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The Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution | American Civil Liberties ...
Jan 8, 2003 · First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petitition the Government for a redress of grievances. Second Amendment A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the …
Know Your Rights - American Civil Liberties Union
Everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws. Learn more here about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated. Learn more about digital discrimination in the hiring process and your digital rights when searching or ...
Trump on LGBTQ Rights: Rolling Back Protections and …
Jun 13, 2024 · The Facts: Trump has promised that, if reelected, his administration will rescind federal policies that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and will assert that federal civil rights laws don’t cover anti-LGBTQ discrimination. In addition to rolling back existing protections, a second Trump administration will proactively mandate …
Orr v. Trump - American Civil Liberties Union
Feb 11, 2025 · On his first day back in office in January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that led the State Department to suspend its policy allowing transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people to update the sex designations on their passports, leading some with pending applications to have their passports withheld from them and others to receive a new …
How the ACLU Will Fight Four More Years of Trump
Nov 6, 2024 · As outlined in Project 2025, under a second Trump administration, our federal government will deport immigrants in dragnet raids, target his political adversaries, spy on private citizens, promote discrimination against marginalized communities, and control what we can and can’t do with our bodies.This dystopian view of American life threatens our fundamental …
About the ACLU | American Civil Liberties Union
“So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we’ll be called a democracy.” — ACLU founder Roger Baldwin When a roomful of civil liberties activists — led by Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, and Albert DeSilver — formed the ACLU in 1920, the Supreme Court had yet to uphold a single free speech claim.
Five Things to Know About NSA Mass Surveillance and the …
Apr 11, 2023 · The scale of Section 702 has been growing significantly over time, meaning more and more Americans are caught in this net. When the government first began releasing statistics, after the Snowden revelations in 2013, it reported having 89,138 targets. By 2021, the government was targeting the communications of a staggering 232,432 individuals, groups, …
Know Your Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
Federal policies affecting people seeking asylum in the United States are changing rapidly. The following resources describe how the U.S. asylum system works in general. Some resources come from nongovernmental organizations, while other resources are provided by ACLU state affiliates along the U.S.-Mexico border. Resources may not be updated to reflect the most …
Know Your Rights | Talking to People About Their Rights | ACLU
The First Amendment does not protect incitement or “speech integral to criminal conduct,” including soliciting (asking for) or aiding and abetting (helping) a crime.; Incitement requires intent, imminence, and likelihood: You must intend to provoke another person to immediately break the law, and your speech has to be likely to do so.; When it comes to speech, solicitation, aiding …