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  2. History of the American Civil Liberties Union - Wikipedia

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    American Civil Liberties Union, the Supreme Court voided the anti-indecency provisions of the Communications Decency Act (the CDA), finding they violated the freedom of speech provisions of the First Amendment. In their decision, the Supreme Court held that the CDA's "use of the undefined terms 'indecent' and 'patently offensive' will provoke ...

  3. American Civil Liberties Union - Wikipedia

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    At the national level, the ACLU consists of two legal entities: the American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)(4) social welfare group; and the ACLU Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. Both are non-profit organizations that engage in civil rights litigation, advocacy, and education. The two organizations are closely related, and share common ...

  4. Garland Fund - Wikipedia

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    The fund, administered by a group of trustees headed by Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union, ultimately disbursed some $2 Million to a variety of radical and left wing institutions, including the Federated Press labor news service, the Vanguard Press publishing house, The New Masses magazine, The World Tomorrow magazine, and to ...

  5. From drag queens to inmates: The ACLU's battle for civil ...

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    The American Civil Liberties Union took her case to the California Supreme Court. She lost, but the ordinance was revoked two years later. Now known as Lady Java, the 79-year-old is revered as an ...

  6. Walter Nelles - Wikipedia

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    During World War I, Nelles was a partner in the law firm of Hale, Nelles & Shorr.. Nelles defended Communist Party co-founder Benjamin Gitlow for half a decade. In 1920, Nelles and Murray C. Bernay served of counsel to defend Gitlow in People vs. Gitlow on behalf of the National Civil Liberties Bureau (soon renamed the American Civil Liberties Union or ACLU), then Nelles and Charles Recht on ...

  7. Albert DeSilver - Wikipedia

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    Albert DeSilver (August 27, 1888 – December 7, 1924) [1] was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).. DeSilver graduated from Yale in 1910, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, [1] and then earned a law degree at Columbia Law School (1913) (editor Columbia Law Review).

  8. American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit civil rights organization in Newark, New Jersey, and an affiliate of the national American Civil Liberties Union. According to the ACLU-NJ's stated mission, the ACLU-NJ operates through litigation on behalf of individuals, lobbying in state and local ...

  9. ACLU sues over Trump ban on asylum at US-Mexico border - AOL

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    The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, challenges a ban issued by Trump after taking office on Jan. 20 that blocks all migrants "engaged in the invasion across the southern ...