American Civil Liberties Union

American  

noun

1. an organization founded in 1920 to defend the civil rights of all U.S. citizens. ACLU, A.C.L.U.

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American Civil Liberties Union Cultural  

1. An organization founded in 1920 in the wake of the red scare to defend civil liberties. The ACLU has often defended the rights of individuals aligned with unpopular causes, including American communists and Nazis.

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Example Sentences

ICE lacks protocols for how and when to conduct autopsies after a detainee’s death, according to a 2024 analysis of thousands of government records and interviews obtained and conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union, Physicians for Human Rights, and American Oversight, an investigative nonprofit group.

From Salon

“You do not lose your right to free speech just by walking into school,” according to guidance from the American Civil Liberties Union.

From Los Angeles Times

There, according to a lawsuit filed last year by the American Civil Liberties Union, Bovino’s agents also started employing tactics that have since become commonplace.

From The Wall Street Journal

In courts, some three dozen Minnesota observers have detailed their encounters in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against the Department of Homeland Security and top officials.

From The Wall Street Journal

The lawsuit, filed by Prison Law Office, American Civil Liberties Union, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice and other advocacy groups, alleged that the facility limited access to lawyers, leaving detainees “largely incommunicado.”

From Los Angeles Times