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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American Civil Liberties Union

Nor, it turns out, did a lot of people in the audience, who hoisted signs from the American Civil Liberties Union reading: “Get the Flock Out!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

A 2023 American Civil Liberties Union report found that of the 10 deadliest school shootings in two decades, eight happened on campuses that already had surveillance cameras.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

He added that he has come to agree with groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation that police should need an active case number to search Flock's data.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“The principle here is quite simple: Your glasses should not know my name,” Cody Venzke, a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a news release.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

In May 2009 the American Civil Liberties Union, several breast- cancer survivors, and professional groups representing more than 150,0 scientists sued Myriad Genetics over its breast-cancer gene patents.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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