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I did not expect to sing "America the Beautiful" along with nearly 1,000 people at a recent memorial for Fred Korematsu, a true American hero who died March 30. Read More

In the Fall of 2002, three Southern California fundamentalist schools needed money to construct new facilities.  The schools discriminate in hiring and admission along religious lines and infuse every class and extracurricular activity with religion. The schools sought tax-exempt bonds from the California Statewide Communities Development Authority.  The government can issue tax-exe... Read More

What you choose to read says a lot about who you are, what you value, and what you believe. That’s why you should be able to learn about anything from politics to health without worrying that someone is looking over your shoulder. The ACLU has fought alongside libraries and bookstores time and again to defend the privacy rights of readers. Now we need your help to protect reader privacy rights in ... Read More

Upholding the First Amendment right to witness California's executions, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled on February 28, 1997 that public witnesses - including the media - have a constitutionally protected right to observe executions."The Court has sent a loud and clear message that the California authorities cannot pull the curtain on executions. The public has a right to have repres... Read More