Door-to-Door Police Searches: Help People Understand that They Can Say NO  
ACLU, DC ACORN Launch a Day to Educate the Community, Saturday, April 5, 2008
Training Session, 12:30-1:30, at St. James Episcopal Church, 222 - 8th Street NE; Canvassing, 2:30-4:30 in Eckington, Washington Highlands, Columbia Heights
ACLU-NCA Opposes Mayor Fenty’s Plan to Deprive D.C .Public School Employees of Due Process 
Genuinely Improving D.C. Schools Is Important, But Can Be Better Done With Due Process Than Without
Hundreds of D.C. School Employees Would Be Made At-Will - Subject to Being Fired at Whim--Regardless of Performance
ACLU-NCA Urges Montgomery County Board of Education to Implement Health Curriculum System-Wide 
Supports Five Additional Statements by Citizens Advisory Committee That Were Deleted by Superintendent
Notes ACLU Committed to Making Public Schools Safe and Bias-Free for All--Including LGBT--Students and Teachers
Court of Appeals Rules for ACLU-NCA in Security Clearance Case 
Federal Employees Have Right to Know Enough About Why Their Security Clearance Was Removed to Be Able to Challenge Discharge
Hundreds of Thousands of Federal Workers Gain Protections
ACLU-NCA Supports Graham Nude Dancing Bill (17-109) As Originally Proposed 
Nude Dancing Is Protected by First Amendment
Warns Supporters of Amendments to Be Careful They Don't End Up Keeping Clubs Closed
First Amendment Police Standards Bill Becomes Law 
D.C. Council Listened to Widespread Concerns About Police Actions; Free Speech, Assembly Rights Protected
Congressional Review Period Ends; Bill Became Law without Mayor's Signature
Muslim Firefighters Protected 
D.C. Fire Chief Barred--Again--From Discharging Them for Wearing Beards
Federal Judge Extends Injunction in ACLU Case
Upholding the Separation of Powers 
Senator Graham Can’t Be Judge Graham
Constitution Bars Mixing Executive and Legislative Offices
ACLU and Human Rights First File Revised Complaint in Case Against Rumsfeld on Torture  
Joined with Torture Cases Against Col. Pappas, Gen. Karpinski & Gen Sanchez
Holding Those in Charge Personally Responsible
After Federal Court Says Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit Can Go Forward, Library of Congress Balks Again  
Discrimination on Gender Identity Could Amount to Illegal Sex Discrimination
ACLU Fights Renewed Library of Congress Effort to Prevent Case from Going to Trial
ACLU Lawyers Win $425,000 Settlement for Seven Bystanders, Protesters in False Arrest Case 
D.C. Agrees 2002 Pershing Park Arrests Were Illegal
New Rules, Apology by Police Chief Included in Federal Court Order
Defending Free Speech Again 
ACLU-NCA, AFL-CIO, Others Oppose D.C. Noise Control Bill
Police Chief Should Not Have Discretion to Shut Up Speakers
ACLU-NCA Represents West Point Graduate Seeking Discharge as Conscientious Objector 
Senior Chaplains and Army Investigating Officer Agreed Objection Is Sincere
Higher-Ups Improperly Overruled Investigators, Denying the Objector's Rights under Federal Law
Going Half Way Around the World to Defend Free Speech in Washington 
ACLU-NCA Wins Guam Lawsuit Protecting the Right of D.C. Community Activist to Speak Out
Slot Machine Gambling Initiative Sponsor Had Sued Opponent for Comments Made on Guam Radio About Sponsor's Actions in D.C.
MPD Tries to Gut New Law on Service of Process on Police Officers 
D.C. Council Had Enacted ACLU-NCA Proposal
Stopping Cops from Evading Police Misconduct Lawsuits by Hiding from Process Servers
Police Brutality on Inauguration Day 2005 
ACLU Files Three Lawsuits, Including One Class-Action Case
Plaintiffs Include Journalist, Marchers from Sanctuary Theater and Chemical-Spray Victims Standing where D.C. Police Told Them To
Job Opportunity for Lawyers and Third-Year Law Students 
The ACLU-NCA is seeking applicants for the two-year Tony Dunn Fellowship in Civil Liberties, working on a variety of civil liberties issues in the National Capital Area (Washington and Maryland's Montgomery and Prince George's Counties).
Click here for the position description and how to apply.
MORE! New Legal Action Victories and Filings Added to NCA Website 
The ACLU-NCA has been busy, as always, defending civil liberties for all of us. Check out the new postings in our Legal Action section.
Click here for details.
Reform--Don't Expand--the Patriot Act 
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Victory !
ACLU Challenge to
Army Sodomy Conviction Upheld by Appeals Court 
The Lesbian & Gay Rights Project at ACLU National 
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