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The ACLU's work is sustained by over 500,000 members and supporters who play 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 issues.
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 Announces Winners Of 2009 Youth Activist Scholarship (3/17/2009)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the winners of its 2009 Youth Activist Scholarship contest. Sixteen high school seniors from across the country will each receive a $12,500 college scholarship in recognition of their outstanding work to protect civil liberties, especially for young people.
Emily Tynes Returns To ACLU As Communications Director (1/26/2009)
NEW YORK – Longtime communications strategist Emily Tynes returned to the ACLU today, resuming her role as the organization's Director of Communications. Tynes, who first served as American Civil Liberties Union Communications Director from 2002 to 2006, was most recently executive vice president of the Communications Consortium Media Center, a public interest media group that she co-founded in Washington, D.C.
ACLU Mourns Passing Of Civil Rights Leader Charles Morgan, Jr. (1/8/2009)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union honors the memory of civil rights lawyer Charles Morgan, Jr. who died today of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Morgan became the first Director of the ACLU's Southern Regional Office in 1964 and served as the ACLU Washington Legislative Director in the 1970s. He was 78.
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
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