One of the main ways ACLU-DC works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years. Click here for general information about what types of cases we litigate.
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In response to 2003 and 2004 FOIA requests, the ACLU received and publicized documents in which FBI personnel expressed concerns about the interrogation methods being used in Iraq, Afghanistan, and...
Our clients were ejected from a presidential appearance by President George W. Bush in Colorado in July 2004 because their car sported a “No More Blood For Oil” bumper sticker. The defendants in this case...
Fourteen “high value detainees” were transferred from CIA “black sites” (secret prisons) to Guantanamo in September 2006. Soon after, the government held hearings before administrative review boards they...
We represented J.M., a federal contract employee whose security clearance was revoked when she transitioned from male to female. We filed an administrative appeal in 2008, and in 2009 we accompanied our...
