• ACLU Staffer Attacks University for Accepting ‘Provocateur in Training’ Nick Sandmann

    ACLU Staffer Attacks University for Accepting ‘Provocateur in Training’ Nick Sandmann

    An ACLU Kentucky communications associate criticized Transylvania University on Saturday for accepting Nick Sandmann, the high school student who sued major news outlets for their coverage of a controversial interaction he and several of his classmates had with a Native American activist. “Does anyone else think it’s a bit of a stain on Transylvania University …
  • ACLU offers to help Britney Spears amid #FreeBritney movement

    ACLU offers to help Britney Spears amid #FreeBritney movement

    Britney Spears has been offered a hand from the American Civil Liberties Union in the battle over conservatorship. The pop star had asked a court to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as her sole conservator, though a judge on Friday extended the arrangement for another six months. “People with disabilities have a right to lead …
  • ACLU Sues ICE to Release Illegal Immigrants in Danger of Contracting Coronavirus

    ACLU Sues ICE to Release Illegal Immigrants in Danger of Contracting Coronavirus

    Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Miss., August 7, 2019 (Enforcement/Reuters) The American Civil Liberties Union sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement to coerce the release of illegal immigrants who are “particularly vulnerable” to coronavirus. “Immigrant detention centers are institutions that uniquely heighten the danger of disease transmission. In normal …