In these times of quick fixes to all problems no matter how large, there are few organizations that have the staying power of the ACLU to defend the civil rights of the most vulnerable.
ACLU of Illinois calls on Secret Service to make public security plans for NATO summit by end of the day on Monday
says previous agreement on free expression at McCormick Place should be respected Chicago – Seeking to protect the “effective exercise of First Amendment expressive activities” during the upcoming NATO meeting... Continue reading
Court hears arguments in case challenging constitutionality of law granting immunity to telecommunications’ companies for spying
Chicago – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sitting in Seattle,... Continue reading
Court dismisses ACLU lawsuit, finds repeated, lengthy abusive border detentions to be “routine”
May 2010 – Finding that a series of repeated stops and detentions at the U. S. border were “routine,” a federal district court in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit brought... Continue reading
EFF and ACLU Planning to Appeal Dismissal of Dozens of Spying Cases
Judge Rules Telecoms Have Immunity Under Unconstitutional FISA Amendments Act San Francisco – A federal judge today dismissed dozens of lawsuits over illegal domestic surveillance of American citizens, ruling that... Continue reading
ACLU Tells Court: FISA 2008 Act is Unconstitutional
Congress Cannot Grant Wholesale Immunity to Telecoms CHICAGO – Congress and the Bush White House overstepped their constitutional authority and violated the rights of millions of customers when they passed... Continue reading
Government Cannot Hide Accountability for Phone Record Collection by Claiming State Secrets, ACLU Tells Court
In a rare oral argument, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today asked a federal court judge in Chicago to block the government’s effort to shield telephone giant AT&T... Continue reading
ACLU of Illinois Responds to Decision in Terkel v. AT&T Case
U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kennelly today granted a motion by the United States Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Chicago author Studs Terkel and other prominent... Continue reading
Studs Terkel, Other Prominent Chicagoans Join Together to Challenge AT&T Sharing of Telephone Records with the National Security Agency
Celebrated Chicago author Studs Terkel and prominent leaders in the medical, legal, political and faith communities today filed a federal lawsuit charging that telephone giant AT&T violated their privacy by... Continue reading
