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High School Journalists File Lawsuit to Stop Censorship of Profile on Gay Students

LOS ANGELES - Five students and their parents filed an emergency lawsuit today in Superior Court in Kern County seeking publication in the next two weeks of a series of articles about sexual orientation that was censored by school officials.

May 19, 2005

State Senate Approves Bill to Protect Californians' Privacy, Personal Safety, and Financial Security

SACRAMENTO - The State Senate today approved a bill that would prohibit state and local governments from issuing identification documents containing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a device that can broadcast an individual's most private information including name, phone number, and

May 17, 2005

Santa Barbara Brothers Seek Damages from Local Police For Violating their Freedom of Speech

LOS ANGELES - Like Nightline anchor Ted Koppel's choice to honor soldiers who died while fighting the war in Iraq by reading hundreds of names, two Santa Barbara brothers chose to read soldiers' names on Veteran's Day last year in the city's shopping district.

May 13, 2005

"Real ID" Attacks the Persecuted, Harms Immigrants

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Senate is expected this week to affirm the anti-privacy, anti-asylum, anti-property rights bill known as Real ID attached to an appropriations measure to fund the war in Iraq and tsunami relief. The ACLU of Southern California soundly opposes Real ID.

May 10, 2005

Statement of the ACLU of Southern California on Religious Freedom in America

Because religious freedom is one of the most basic principles protected by our Constitution religion flourishes here in America.

May 5, 2005

New Bill that Will Protect Californians' Privacy Rights Is One Step Closer to Becoming Law

SACRAMENTO - A new bill that puts California at the forefront of efforts to guard the privacy rights of its residents cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when it was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee with strong bipartisan support.

May 3, 2005