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The ACLU's work is sustained by over 500,000 members and supporters who plan an active role in defending freedom.
Nearly 200 ACLU staff attorneys and thousands of volunteer attorneys handle countless civil liberties cases every year.
Our legislative advocates are a constant presence on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures working on civil liberties issue.
The ACLU has staffed offices in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.
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"So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy."
- ACLU Founder Roger Baldwin
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
These rights include:
- Your First Amendment rights - freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion.
- Your right to equal protection under the law - protection against unlawful discrimination.
- Your right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake.
- Your right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.
The ACLU also works to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including people of color; women; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people; prisoners; and people with disabilities. .
If the rights of society's most vulnerable members are denied, everybody's rights are imperiled. Support the ACLU today.
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ACLU Names Veteran Diplomat Executive Director Of South Carolina Office (10/30/2008)
CHARLESTON, SC – The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the appointment of Victoria Middleton, a career U.S. diplomat who has worked on three continents promoting the constitutional principles of democracy and freedom, as the new Executive Director of the ACLU South Carolina Office.
Constitutional Law Scholar Susan Herman Elected As New ACLU President (10/18/2008)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union Board of Directors today elected constitutional law professor Susan Herman as its new president. Herman is a Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and has served on the ACLU's National Board for 20 years, on the Executive Committee for the last 16 and acted as the Board's General Counsel for the last ten.
ACLU And Rights/Camera/Action Announce Festival Premiere Of "The End Of America" (10/17/2008)
EAST HAMPTON, NY – The American Civil Liberties Union and Rights/Camera/Action will co-host the premiere of "The End of America," a new documentary from award-winning filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg at the Hamptons International Film Festival tonight. The ACLU and Rights/Camera/Action will also co-host a private reception on Saturday and the film's online premiere on SnagFilms next Tuesday, October 21.
ACLU To Open Office In South Dakota (9/9/2008)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it will open a new office in South Dakota, enabling a significant expansion of its work on civil liberties in the state. Robert Doody, a longtime advocate of American Indians' rights who has extensive experience in tribal, state and federal courts as well as nonprofit management, will lead the South Dakota National Chapter as Executive Director beginning October 7.
ACLU Opens New South Carolina Office Today
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