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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been involved in the following legal cases, either by representing a party, or filing an amicus brief, or otherwise significantly involved. 1920s [ edit ]
The ACLU's support of defendants with unpopular, sometimes extreme, viewpoints has produced many landmark court cases and established new civil liberties. [142] One such defendant was the Jehovah's Witnesses, who were involved in a large number of Supreme Court cases. [142] [146] The most important cases involved statutes requiring flag salutes ...
New York decision, the court agreed with the ACLU that encouraging the country to abandon one of its national symbols was a constitutionally protected form of expression. [190] The ACLU successfully defended Paul Cohen, who was arrested for wearing a jacket with the words "fuck the draft" on its back while he walked through the Los Angeles ...
The ACLU filed its lawsuit late Monday in New Hampshire federal court seeking to block Trump's order based on the harm it could harm an immigrant community of Indonesians and others in that state.
Another LGBT rights case recently ended in a major victory for the ACLU and its allies when the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in June that gays, lesbians and transgender people were protected from ...
The ACLU's victory in what the Hawaii Supreme Court called the "Kanaha Sweep " represents the latest favorable court ruling against policies in western states toward clearing out encampments and ...
Legal cases in which the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has played a significant role, either by representing a party, filing an amicus brief, or otherwise participating in a substantial manner.
A leading U.S. civil rights group on Monday filed a lawsuit targeting President Donald Trump's sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the restrictions effectively block all ...