Mary Margaret Olohan A new Tennessee bill would give fathers the ability to protect their unborn baby if the mother decided to obtain an abortion. Republican Tennessee Sen. Mark Pody and Republican Tennessee Rep. Jerry Sexton sponsored SB494/HB1079, legislation that would give the father veto power on an abortion through petitioning a court for an injunction….
by Conner Drigotas The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has a storied history of standing up for fundamental rights enshrined in the United States Constitution. In some cases, that has meant taking principled stands, despite negative popular opinion of their case or client. Times have changed, however, and the ACLU has shifted their priorities. In…
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by the ACLU concerning a Kentucky abortion law on Monday that requires all women seeking to have an abortion to undergo an ultrasound and listen to the sound of the fetal heartbeat. The state of Kentucky argued that the law was “simple and straightforward”. The state said…
Mary Margaret Olohan Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford accepted an award for courage from the American Civil Liberties Union on Sunday. The ACLU honored Ford, who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, with the Rodger Baldwin Courage Award at the ACLU of Southern California’s Bill of Rights dinner. Ford works as a professor of…
On Sunday, a federal judge blocked rules from the Trump administration that allowed most businesses to opt out of paying for contraceptives for their employees on the grounds of a moral or religious objection. Judge Haywood Gilliam granted the request for a preliminary injunction by California, Washington D.C, and 12 other states, but limited the…
Molly Prince The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defended the National Rifle Association (NRA) by opposing the New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempts to put the gun advocacy group out of business. The ACLU submitted an amicus brief in federal court on Saturday, weighing in on the on-going battle between the Democrat and the NRA. The NRA…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The NSA and the FBI under the Obama administration infringed upon foundational civil liberties many times over several years, according to recently declassified documents reviewed by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The memos — which were originally obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) through Freedom of Information…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Anders Hagstrom With Kentucky becoming the 13th state to adopt “Blue Lives Matter” legislation Wednesday, the ACLU is doubling down on opposing the police protections on both the federal and state levels, a spokeswoman told The Daily Caller News Foundation Friday. The Kentucky law makes attacking police a hate crime,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decide whether police need a warrant to track a suspect’s movements through his cellphone records, affording the justices the opportunity to revisit a key tenet of Fourth Amendment law. Warrantless seizure of such records, called cell site data, has…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin Several years and half an ideology ago, I gave the ACLU $35 dollars. In return I received their e-mails and a fancy title I can’t remember. ‘Champion of Justice’, ‘Freedom Knight’ or some other name that was fun to say but really meant nothing. The last five e-mails…