Over the past decade, we have learned that such policies fail on two fronts: they are largely ineffective and they violate civil liberties. Take action today to tell Congress that we as we move ...

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union testified before a key House subcommittee today on the need for comprehensive reform of the USA Patriot Act. Three troubling provisions of the Patriot ...

The Patriot Act has been the cause of significant controversy since its passage. Among its earliest and most vocal critics has been the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has brought several ...

Civil Liberties and the PATRIOT Act. 2011-01-29T08:47:04-05:00 https: ... Act of 2001 and civil liberties, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped a three-year-old lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the USA Patriot Act, months after Congress rewrote parts of the law.

Does the USA Patriot Act endanger liberty? Last month Attorney General John Ashcroft toured the United States to defend the government’s expanded powers, which he says allow it to “anticipate ...

NEW YORK--The American Civil Liberties Union urged the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday to uphold two separate lower court rulings that whittle away at provisions of the U.S. Patriot Act ...

And Laura Murphy, director of the Washington National Office of the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU has filed suit against the Justice Department over one provision of the Patriot Act ...

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit last month challenging a provision of the USA Patriot Act that was used to deny a visa to at least one prominent foreign scholar, Tariq Ramadan.

The American Civil Liberties Union files a lawsuit charging that the Patriot Act grants the government surveillance powers that violate Fourth Amendment protections against illegal searches. Parts ...

The American Civil Liberties Union files a lawsuit charging that the Patriot Act grants the government surveillance powers that violate Fourth Amendment protections against illegal searches. And ...

When a federal judge ruled two weeks ago that the American Civil Liberties Union could finally reveal the existence of a lawsuit challenging the USA Patriot Act, the group issued a news release.