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February 20, 2026
ACLU V. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CASE REGARDING NEW PROGRAM TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENT EXTREMISM
The government has long infringed on Americans’ fundamental rights and liberties under the guise of national security. We want to know DHS’s plan to safeguard civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy, or whether it even has one.
April 8, 2022
ACLU V. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CASE REGARDING AUTHORITY TO SEIZE AFGHAN FUNDS
October 1, 2020
Dashtamirova v. United States
The ACLU-DC filed a formal complaint on behalf of a protestor who was injured by the National Guard’s use of low-flying helicopters to intimidate racial justice demonstrators.
May 11, 2018
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University v. Department of Defense, et al. (Prepublication Review FOIA II)
October 5, 2017
Doe v. Mattis - Challenge to Detention of U.S. Citizen in Iraq Without Legal Process
The petition filed by the ACLU and ACLU-DC seeks a court order permitting ACLU attorneys to meet with the “John Doe” detainee, forbidding interrogation of the detainee until the habeas petition is resolved, and requiring that the detainee be charged with a crime in regular federal court or released.
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