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of the American Civil Liberties Union!

                                                         

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1st Annual Bill of Rights  Santa Clara Valley ACLU Digital Photo and Essay Contest 2008-2009

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Unchecked Government Surveillance
Over the last few years, the federal government has returned to the bad old days of unchecked spying on ordinary Americans, as part of a broad pattern of executive abuses that use "national security" as an excuse for encroaching on our privacy and free speech rights without adequate - or any - judicial oversight. 

  UNDER A WATCHFUL EYE           

Under the Watchful Eye: The Proliferation of Video Surveillance Systems in California,      Executive Summary

 

Join Us for Our 2008 Annual Meeting

Future Events     A calendar of future events in which the SCV-ACLU is involved

Virtual Voting Booth    Surveillance Society Clock 

ACLU Scorecard on the New Real ID Regulations
         Video Examines Roe v. Wade's Impact 35 Years Later

       

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HIV OUTREACH
Twenty-five years into the epidemic, Americans living with HIV/AIDS continue to face discrimination. The ACLU fights for the equal treatment of people with HIV through litigation, education and advocacy

"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." --Virginia Woolf

          


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Faces of Wrongful Conviction         adv dp html "The Hidden Death Tax"

Stop the Abuse of Power
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> NEWS  What we need from the next attorney general

 > SYMPOSIUM Event focuses on chilling of free speech and association post-9/11

We must preserve the protections and the checks and balances in the Constitution against government abuses of power that violate our fundamental values.  

Keep American Safe and Free

Reform the Patriot Act
To preserve our basic freedoms and prevent sweeping searches of personal records, lawmakers must bring this flawed legislation in line with the Constitution.

Close Guantánamo!

Learn More about Guantanamo

"Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others."-- William Allen White

 

  ACLU Responds to Ruling in "State Secrets" Lawsuit
California appeals court sends al-Haramain eavesdropping case back to lower court.

Freedom Files Season 2: Protecting the Ballot

why wear orange ribbon Wear an orange ribbon today, tomorrow, and everyday until Guantánamo Bay, and the other prisons like it, are closed for good.

HELP US CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO! CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW!
It's time to end indefinite detention without charges and shut down Guantánamo.

Know Your Rights    

    "No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation." -- General Douglas MacArthur    

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Keep America Safe and Free

"Extraordinary Rendition" illegally sidesteps constitutional protections and ignores America's commitment to human rights at home and around the world.

 
> BREAKING NEWS Government invokes "state secrets" claim in rendition case
 
> PROFILES See the real victims of rendition and learn about their experiences

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."-- Thomas Jefferson

Challenging California's Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
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Know Your Rights: Transgender People and the Law

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10Couples.org: Same-Sex Relationships, Real Stories
MULTIMEDIA
The must see video that says it all. Let this moving short show you how, and why we need to spark conversations about the freedom to marry for gay and lesbian couples across California.
Watch it here »
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News Reports
"Tribe Settles with Cal School District over Discrimination Claims," AP (9/18/07)

Our Mission:
The ACLU works to preserve and guarantee the Bill of Rights for all, through litigation, public education, organizing, lobbying and legislation. Protecting freedom of expression, the right to privacy, and the right to be free of discrimination are fundamental goals of the ACLU.

 
Students and Youths Rights

Youth Links

Rights Matter: Students Rights          Yearning to Fly: Watch the Video.

Unabridged: New Video About Surveillance by Steve & Sekou

Privacy is Power
What effect might a national ID card have on your privacy?

"It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad."-- James Madison

Education Equality

In Depth: Get Help Fixing California's Broken Classrooms

Defenders of Freedom  Take a closer look at the ACLU's first-ever
graphic novel.

              Just for Students           

Digital Photography     1st Bill of Rights Essay             Essay
             and Digial PhotograhyContests!

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