American Civil Liberties Union

noun

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

American Civil Liberties Union

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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The Supreme Court is hearing a case on Wednesday where, in an unusual move for a left-leaning group, the American Civil Liberties Union is supporting a Republican congressman, Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., in a lawsuit over mail-in ballots.

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But such indiscriminate tactics were not allowed in California’s Eastern District after the American Civil Liberties Union and United Farm Workers filed suit against the Border Patrol earlier in the year and won an injunction.

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Movie, TV and stage stars, along with comedians, directors and writers, signed an open letter from the American Civil Liberties Union, urging Americans to fight to defend their constitutionally protected right to free speech.

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Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Kerry Washington, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Pedro Pascal, Maya Rudolph and more than 400 other artists signed an open letter organized by the American Civil Liberties Union calling for the defense of free speech in the wake of Kimmel’s benching.

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Peter Eliasberg, chief counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, said the proposal to get rid of the commission is the latest in a recent succession of blows to law enforcement accountability.

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