One of the main ways ACLU-DC works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years. Click here for general information about what types of cases we litigate.
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Our client was detained, interrogated, and ultimately arrested at the St. Louis airport in March 2009 when TSA agents found approximately $4,700 cash in his carry-on bag. In fact, it was the receipts from...
In July 2008 Congress amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to allow the mass surveillance of U.S. citizens’ and residents’ international telecommunications, as long as they are not the “targets...
