News & Commentary
Apr 26, 2012
WTTW: NATO Security Perimeter Leaked
ACLU of Illinois' legal director Harvey Grossman joined a panel of experts on WTTW's Chicago Tonight to discuss the recently released information from the secret service about the security perimeter for the NATO Summit and how this effects people who want to exercise their First Amendment right to protest during the summit.
Apr 18, 2012
ACLU participates in Hearing on Ending Racial Profiling in America
On April 17th, a most remarkable thing happened in Washington, DC. Illinois Senator Richard Durbin gaveled to order a hearing on racial profiling. The hearing, held in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, marked the very first time that the Congress of the United States has considered questions on racial profiling since before the terrorist attacks of the 9/11.
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