Since it’s founding in 1920, the ACLU has held steadfast to the singularly important goal of holding America and American lawmakers accountable to the values set forth in our US Constitution. 
Free Speech Doesn’t Mean No One Will Disagree With You
March 5, 2009 5:04 pm | By Allison Carter, Senior Field Manager
This morning’s edition of NPR’s Morning Edition brought a story about the backlash against individuals and businesses that donated to California’s Prop 8 campaign. Protests and boycotts have been organized... Continue reading
ACLU of Illinois Joins National Effort to Fund Honest Sexual Health Education
March 5, 2009 5:03 pm | By Allison Carter, Senior Field Manager
For many years, federal tax dollars have been used exclusively to fund inaccurate, flawed abstinence-only until marriage sexual health education programs in our public schools. These programs deny our public... Continue reading
ACLU of Illinois Joins National Effort to Fund Honest Sexual Health Education
March 4, 2009 5:27 pm | Posted by Allie Carter
For many years, federal tax dollars have been used exclusively to fund inaccurate, flawed abstinence-only until marriage sexual health education programs in our public schools. These programs deny our public... Continue reading
Our Juvenile Justice Work
February 13, 2009 5:06 pm | By Colleen Connell, Executive Director
Today’s New York Times carried a story that made my blood boil! According to the NYT, Pennsylvania teens charged with non-violent offenses, such as ridiculing school officials over the internet,... Continue reading
Baby Steps: Obama Asks for 120 Day Halt to Guantanamo Proceedings
January 21, 2009 5:08 pm | By Allison Carter, Senior Field Manager
In one of its first actions, the newly inaugurated Obama administration requested a 120-day halt to the military commissions at Guantanamo: In one of his first acts in office President... Continue reading
Teen Health and Abstinence-Only Education
December 19, 2008 5:11 pm | By Allison Carter, Senior Field Manager
The ACLU of Illinois’ own Lorie Chaiten recently gave an interview on ReachMD XM Radio, discussing abstinence only sex education, and the damage it does to teen health: For the... Continue reading
Supreme Court Ruling in Morr-Fitz v. Blagojevich
December 18, 2008 5:14 pm | By Lorie Chaiten, Director of the Reproductive Rights Project
The action today by the Illinois Supreme Court returns to the lower courts the controversy regarding pharmacists’ refusal to provide contraceptives to their patients. In adopting the challenged regulation, the... Continue reading
Why can’t everyone be as happy as I was on Saturday?
December 17, 2008 5:16 pm | By Sylvia Adams, Office Manager
A personal note: I walked down the aisle amid the smiles and clapping of my family and friends on the arm of my handsome son. I shed a tear as... Continue reading
Federal Appeals Court Overrules Portions of the Patriot Act
December 16, 2008 5:22 pm | Posted by Maura Ross
Specifically, the Second Appeals Court found that gag orders accompanying national security letters (NSLs) violate the First Amendment; recipients of these warrantless demands for records may be forbidden from speaking... Continue reading
Federal Judge Orders 5 Guantanamo Detainees Released
November 20, 2008 5:59 pm | By Allie Carter, Senior Field Manager
From the Washington Post: For the first time, a federal judge today ordered the release of alleged enemy combatants from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that... Continue reading