AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards In wake of the NSA surveillance scandal, a Florida judge has demanded that the federal agency hand over the phone records of a man charged with attempted robbery to help solve a case that culminated in a murder. The motion provides a glimpse into how the National Security Agency’s surveillance records could be obtained in the future, now that whistleblowers have revealed details of the controversial spy program.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 212-549-2666,  media@aclu.org WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today invalidated a burdensome Arizona state documentation requirement that restricted its citizens’ ability to register to vote in federal elections.

Today, two survivors of the drama that caused the death of 63 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea in April 2011, filed complaints before the Tribunal de grande instance in Paris and the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid, holding the French and Spanish military to account for failing to assist persons in danger. In France, GISTI, FIDH, LDH and Migreurop, joined the case as civil

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 212-549-2666,  media@aclu.org WASHINGTON – The U.S.

Snowden’s argument that he wanted to disclose America’s systematic surveillance of innocent citizens is no longer the case.

In a major victory for women’s health, the Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that isolated human genes may not be patented.

New York, NY – Jess Sundin, of the Committee to Stop FBI repression, spoke on a panel at the Left Forum here, June 8. Entitled the “Targeted killings of Americans on American soil: the story of Lynne Stewart, political prisoners and all progressive struggles in America.” The panel included Ralph Poynter, husband of jailed people’s lawyer Lynn Stewart and a leader of her defense committee

For the second time in just over a year, the Supreme Court has unanimously weighed in on what is and isn’t patentable. And in this case— Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad —the high court got it right again

Where do you stand on global warming? As is often the case, where you stand depends on where you sit. If you “sit” with environmentalists, then you are appalled at current conditions.

Left-wing, anti-Second Amendment lawmakers and governors have been working overtime throughout 2013 to take away the supposedly unimpeachable right of their citizens to “keep and bear arms” of their choice. That has especially been the case in Connecticut (home to…