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ACLU

American  
Or A.C.L.U.

  1. American Civil Liberties Union.

  2. American College of Life Underwriters.

ACLU British  

abbreviation

  1. American Civil Liberties Union

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After 9/11, she worked for the ACLU, representing the Sikh community in a series of discrimination lawsuits.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Jenna Leventoff, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, focused on another impact of some of these bills in an interview with Salon: the destruction of services that offer end-to-end encryption.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

Baca had once told the ACLU, “I will never, ever resign. I intend to be sheriff as long as I live.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

This raised many ethical issues that were reported by the ACLU.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Shortly after leaving the ACLU, I joined the board of directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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