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From her early involvement with the ACLU to her decades of advocacy for civil liberties, justice, and equality, Jane Fonda has used her public voice to stand firmly for constitutional freedoms—even when doing so required extraordinary courage.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
From her early involvement with the ACLU to her decades of advocacy for civil liberties, justice, and equality, Jane Fonda has used her public voice to stand firmly for constitutional freedoms—even when doing so required extraordinary courage.
Tech CEOs are not elected officials, yet their political influence is hard to overlook.
Join us this Wed., Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. PT at the L.A. Central Library where we’ll discuss how tech has overtaken our lives, our personal data and our democracy.
RSVP: lfla.org/event/the-ag...
Join us this Wed., Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. PT at the L.A. Central Library where we’ll discuss how tech has overtaken our lives, our personal data and our democracy.
RSVP: lfla.org/event/the-ag...
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Tech CEOs are not elected officials, yet their political influence is hard to overlook.
Join us this Wed., Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. PT at the L.A. Central Library where we’ll discuss how tech has overtaken our lives, our personal data and our democracy.
RSVP: lfla.org/event/the-ag...
Join us this Wed., Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. PT at the L.A. Central Library where we’ll discuss how tech has overtaken our lives, our personal data and our democracy.
RSVP: lfla.org/event/the-ag...
Last year, UC administrators violently destructed the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the UCLA campus due to its speech content. Thankfully, in an early win for students’ rights, a judge recently allowed our case to proceed.
BREAKING NEWS: A judge this morning allowed the lawsuit by @aclusocal.bsky.social & Walkup Melodia against the UC Regents on behalf of Palestine solidarity activists from UCLA (2 students and 2 faculty members) to proceed, marking an important preliminary victory for student speech on CA campuses.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Last year, UC administrators violently destructed the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the UCLA campus due to its speech content. Thankfully, in an early win for students’ rights, a judge recently allowed our case to proceed.
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After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The world is watching the United States government attack the constitutional and human rights of its own people. We will hold the Trump administration accountable, whether they show up to defend their human rights record or not.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The world is watching the United States government attack the constitutional and human rights of its own people. We will hold the Trump administration accountable, whether they show up to defend their human rights record or not.
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The Supreme Court this week allowed the State Department to enforce President Trump's anti-trans passport policy while our lawsuit challenging his executive order moves through the courts.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
Q & A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
Following a January 2025 Executive Order from President Donald Trump, the State Department began barring people from obtaining passports with a sex designation on them that is not the same as their sex assigned at birth. In response, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department's policy on behalf of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.
www.aclu.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Supreme Court this week allowed the State Department to enforce President Trump's anti-trans passport policy while our lawsuit challenging his executive order moves through the courts.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
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The Trump administration has deployed troops and federal agents to cities across the country.
We're joined by ACLU experts from these communities to discuss how people are fighting back.
We're joined by ACLU experts from these communities to discuss how people are fighting back.
Deployments At Our Doorstep | American Civil Liberties Union
As federal agents and military troops arrive in their cities across the country, communities have used pop culture references, humor, and irreverence as an act of resilience.
www.aclu.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The Trump administration has deployed troops and federal agents to cities across the country.
We're joined by ACLU experts from these communities to discuss how people are fighting back.
We're joined by ACLU experts from these communities to discuss how people are fighting back.
While attacks on arts justice and our freedom to read are not new, activists today are using innovative methods to fight back.
Join us Tues., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. PT, where we’ll explore what collective safety looks like in the arts and in our personal expression.
RSVP: aclusocal.org/we-keep-us-safe
Join us Tues., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. PT, where we’ll explore what collective safety looks like in the arts and in our personal expression.
RSVP: aclusocal.org/we-keep-us-safe
October 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
While attacks on arts justice and our freedom to read are not new, activists today are using innovative methods to fight back.
Join us Tues., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. PT, where we’ll explore what collective safety looks like in the arts and in our personal expression.
RSVP: aclusocal.org/we-keep-us-safe
Join us Tues., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. PT, where we’ll explore what collective safety looks like in the arts and in our personal expression.
RSVP: aclusocal.org/we-keep-us-safe
Make sure you know your voting rights this special election.
Got questions? Call the Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE to report any complaints regarding the voting process leading up to and on Election Day.
Got questions? Call the Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE to report any complaints regarding the voting process leading up to and on Election Day.
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Make sure you know your voting rights this special election.
Got questions? Call the Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE to report any complaints regarding the voting process leading up to and on Election Day.
Got questions? Call the Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE to report any complaints regarding the voting process leading up to and on Election Day.
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The solution to homelessness is housing, not handcuffs.
The @aclusocal.bsky.social has created a guide with trauma-informed strategies to help attorneys defend unhoused people in court.
The @aclusocal.bsky.social has created a guide with trauma-informed strategies to help attorneys defend unhoused people in court.
ACLU Releases Legal Guide To Defend People Criminalized For Being Homeless
The ACLU of Southern California has released a legal guide to help attorneys defend unhoused clients against growing criminalization.
invisiblepeople.tv
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The solution to homelessness is housing, not handcuffs.
The @aclusocal.bsky.social has created a guide with trauma-informed strategies to help attorneys defend unhoused people in court.
The @aclusocal.bsky.social has created a guide with trauma-informed strategies to help attorneys defend unhoused people in court.
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The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.
Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.
Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
This administration's playbook is as cruel as it is obvious.
We are seeing the same attacks on free speech and public dissent when our community members protest and document the ICE raids across the southland.
Attacking protesters and journalists doesn’t work in L.A., and it won’t work in Chicago.
We are seeing the same attacks on free speech and public dissent when our community members protest and document the ICE raids across the southland.
Attacking protesters and journalists doesn’t work in L.A., and it won’t work in Chicago.
The Trump administration sent federal agents to an ICE processing center in the Chicago area to brutally suppress protesters and the press.
No one should have to fear rubber bullets or tear gas for making their voices heard or reporting on protests.
The ACLU of Illinois is suing.
No one should have to fear rubber bullets or tear gas for making their voices heard or reporting on protests.
The ACLU of Illinois is suing.
Chicago Journalists, Protesters Suing Trump Administration Over Alleged First Amendment Violations at Broadview ICE Facility
The Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Block Club Chicago and other media groups filed the suit alongside protesters in federal court alleging their First Amendment rights hav...
news.wttw.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This administration's playbook is as cruel as it is obvious.
We are seeing the same attacks on free speech and public dissent when our community members protest and document the ICE raids across the southland.
Attacking protesters and journalists doesn’t work in L.A., and it won’t work in Chicago.
We are seeing the same attacks on free speech and public dissent when our community members protest and document the ICE raids across the southland.
Attacking protesters and journalists doesn’t work in L.A., and it won’t work in Chicago.
¡Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo!
October 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
¡Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo!
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BREAKING: Late last night, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deploying any out-of-state federalized National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.
This is a win for the rule of law.
This is a win for the rule of law.
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
BREAKING: Late last night, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deploying any out-of-state federalized National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.
This is a win for the rule of law.
This is a win for the rule of law.
Hoy, en una decisión devastadora para las comunidades del sur de California, la corte suprema accedió a la solicitud de la administración de Trump a resumir sus redadas racistas mientras nuestro caso continúa.
Estamos continuar luchando por nuestra comunidad inmigrante y la Constitución.
Estamos continuar luchando por nuestra comunidad inmigrante y la Constitución.
September 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hoy, en una decisión devastadora para las comunidades del sur de California, la corte suprema accedió a la solicitud de la administración de Trump a resumir sus redadas racistas mientras nuestro caso continúa.
Estamos continuar luchando por nuestra comunidad inmigrante y la Constitución.
Estamos continuar luchando por nuestra comunidad inmigrante y la Constitución.
Today, in a devastating setback for communities in the southland, SCOTUS granted the Trump administration’s request to resume its racist raids across Southern California while our case continues.
We’re prepared to continue fighting for our immigrant loved ones and the Constitution.
We’re prepared to continue fighting for our immigrant loved ones and the Constitution.
September 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today, in a devastating setback for communities in the southland, SCOTUS granted the Trump administration’s request to resume its racist raids across Southern California while our case continues.
We’re prepared to continue fighting for our immigrant loved ones and the Constitution.
We’re prepared to continue fighting for our immigrant loved ones and the Constitution.
Our communities deserve to be safe and free from military intimidation.
Today, a federal court rightly rejected the Trump administration's deployment of troops in Los Angeles.
Today, a federal court rightly rejected the Trump administration's deployment of troops in Los Angeles.
Trump deployment of military troops to Los Angeles was illegal, judge rules in blistering opinion
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s deployment of U.S, military troops to Los Angeles during immigration raids earlier this year was illegal.
www.latimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Our communities deserve to be safe and free from military intimidation.
Today, a federal court rightly rejected the Trump administration's deployment of troops in Los Angeles.
Today, a federal court rightly rejected the Trump administration's deployment of troops in Los Angeles.
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Reading up on the Chicano Moratorium of 1970 to prepare for the context of a 55th anniversary this weekend. Several great books, but this passage stuck out. Written by Hunter S Thompson after Ruben Salazar was killed by LASD deputies there 55 years ago today. From “Strange Rumblings in Aztlan”:
August 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Reading up on the Chicano Moratorium of 1970 to prepare for the context of a 55th anniversary this weekend. Several great books, but this passage stuck out. Written by Hunter S Thompson after Ruben Salazar was killed by LASD deputies there 55 years ago today. From “Strange Rumblings in Aztlan”:
Exercising our right to protest and report on government activity should never be met with retaliatory attacks by the federal government.
August 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Exercising our right to protest and report on government activity should never be met with retaliatory attacks by the federal government.
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All of us are a bad break or a twist of fate away from living on the street. Criminalizing homeless is a danger to everyone.
Last Friday, San Bernardino proposed an anti-camping ordinance that would criminalize public sleeping and camping in the county.
People who cannot comply with the ordinance would be subject to fines up to $500 per violation. Nonpayment could bar individuals from accessing housing, jobs and more.
People who cannot comply with the ordinance would be subject to fines up to $500 per violation. Nonpayment could bar individuals from accessing housing, jobs and more.
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
All of us are a bad break or a twist of fate away from living on the street. Criminalizing homeless is a danger to everyone.
Last Friday, San Bernardino proposed an anti-camping ordinance that would criminalize public sleeping and camping in the county.
People who cannot comply with the ordinance would be subject to fines up to $500 per violation. Nonpayment could bar individuals from accessing housing, jobs and more.
People who cannot comply with the ordinance would be subject to fines up to $500 per violation. Nonpayment could bar individuals from accessing housing, jobs and more.
August 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Last Friday, San Bernardino proposed an anti-camping ordinance that would criminalize public sleeping and camping in the county.
People who cannot comply with the ordinance would be subject to fines up to $500 per violation. Nonpayment could bar individuals from accessing housing, jobs and more.
People who cannot comply with the ordinance would be subject to fines up to $500 per violation. Nonpayment could bar individuals from accessing housing, jobs and more.
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We are proud to partner with organizations like @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, @aclusocal.bsky.social, and @innocenceproject.bsky.social in shining a light on police misconduct in California with a new, searchable database. hrdag.org/2025/08/14/m...
Millions of Pages of Police Use-of-Force Files Available through New Searchable Database
A new, public database will bring more oversight to police abuses in California—and may serve as a model for police accountability for other states across the country. HRDAG was part of a coalition…
hrdag.org
August 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We are proud to partner with organizations like @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, @aclusocal.bsky.social, and @innocenceproject.bsky.social in shining a light on police misconduct in California with a new, searchable database. hrdag.org/2025/08/14/m...
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President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to DC is a dangerous abuse of emergency power.
There's been federal takeover in DC, so what are your rights?
The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia is urging residents to remain calm, be prepared, and know their rights.
www.wusa9.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to DC is a dangerous abuse of emergency power.
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Mahmoud v. Taylor was an awful SCOTUS decision, an attack on the humanity of 🌈 families and on some of the basic premises of public education in a pluralistic society. But it’s not the end of the world or of inclusive education...
August 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Mahmoud v. Taylor was an awful SCOTUS decision, an attack on the humanity of 🌈 families and on some of the basic premises of public education in a pluralistic society. But it’s not the end of the world or of inclusive education...