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U.S. federal courts are retreating from the judiciary’s traditional role as a check on unlawful government action. In response, the ACLU is assessing the landscape, pivoting our strategies, and figuring out how to continue to fight. Read More

The philosophy and spirit of collective power drive the monthly immigration advocacy training series that Luis Ojeda helps lead for the ACLU of Northern California. Read More

The Trump administration is weaponizing technology to build a mass-surveillance state. Read More

A Trump administration presidential executive order threatens to whitewash our nation’s history and silence people’s true experiences. But we're pushing back. Read More

On Thursday, the Trump administration sent federal immigration agents to the Bay Area. They fired flash bangs at peaceful protesters.   Read More

Taking photographs of things that are plainly visible from public spaces is a constitutional right – and that includes federal buildings, transportation facilities, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties. Unfortunately, there is a widespread, continuing pattern of law enforcement officers ordering people to stop taking photographs from public places, and harassing, det... Read More

Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them. Read More

The ACLU of Northern California today condemned President Trump’s inflammatory surge of federal immigration agents to the Bay Area and his threat to send the National Guard to San Francisco. Read More

No matter what uniform they wear, law enforcement and military troops are bound by the Constitution. Read More

The League of Women Voters has gone to court to prevent the Trump administration from accessing and misusing voting data that could harm California communities Read More