Civil liberties and civil rights describe two ways the United States legal system protects the interests of individuals.

Sophia Hall, deputy litigation director, Lawyers for Civil Rights, gives a presentation titled, "Civil Liberties and Civil Rights in the U.S. Today." Date: Thursday, Nov. 14 Time: 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m ...

In a blunt report released on Thursday, the department said officials in Fulton County have had “deliberate indifference to ...

focusing on Robert Alexy’s theory of rights as principles, and the culture of justification. In Winter Term, the focus shifts to civil liberties in the UK and to the UK Human Rights Act, considering ...

Since our nation’s founding, discriminatory policies and laws have created an unequal system in which Black communities have had their civil rights and liberties denied and have been systemically ...

Join People Power, ACLU's grassroots team, to vote for abortion rights. We work with volunteers and supporters in every corner of the country to defend civil liberties and civil rights. The Site ...

The Bill of Rights secures key liberties for U.S. citizens against the government’s power. U.S. Congress via Wikimedia ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Greg McNeal writes about business, law, and technology policy. In a big victory for the NSA, and a seeming rebuke to critics of the agency ...

A new book by one of the nation's foremost civil liberties lawyers powerfully describes how America's constitutional checks and balances are being pushed to the brink by a president who is consciously ...

Two civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit to ensure that Cobb County voters who have not yet received absentee ballots can vote.

Baldwin was executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, a fledgling organization devoted to individual rights. "In 1925 the ACLU consisted of a handful of individuals who would meet ...