American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union is named in 36 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1950 to 2026.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | No Kings III Protest Announced for March 28 as Movement Plans Third Nationwide Mobilization No Kings Movement · Indivisible · American Civil Liberties Union · American Association of University Professors | reported | |
| 2026-02-18 | Federal Court Permanently Blocks Trump Administration's DEI Ban in Schools Nationwide Judge Landya McCafferty · U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire · American Civil Liberties Union · ACLU of New Hampshire · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | ACLU Files Amended Tincher v. Noem Complaint with 80+ Declarations of ICE First Amendment Retaliation American Civil Liberties Union · NewsGuild-CWA · Status Coup News · Kristi Noem · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Federal Courts Issue Multiple Permanent Injunctions Blocking Trump's Anti-Voting Executive Order U.S. District Court · American Civil Liberties Union · Brennan Center for Justice · Democracy Docket · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Supreme Court to Hear Birthright Citizenship Challenge in April U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · American Civil Liberties Union · D. John Sauer | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Ninth Circuit Rules DHS Exceeded Authority Terminating Venezuelan TPS Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Kristi Noem · National TPS Alliance · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | ACLU Files Class Action Against ICE for Racial Profiling in Minnesota American Civil Liberties Union · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-12 | DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Jena Griswold · Bill Galvin · +5 | reported | |
| 2025-12-08 | Human Rights Groups Document Systematic Torture at Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Facility: 45+ Detainees Report Beatings, Sexual Abuse, Crushed Testicles, and Coerced Deportations Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · American Civil Liberties Union · Human Rights Watch · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss · +11 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5 | disputed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Amnesty International documents torture and enforced disappearances at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome detention facilities Amnesty International · Amy Fischer · Ana Piquer · Ron DeSantis · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa" Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | DOJ Orders Prison Auditors to Eliminate PREA Rape Protections for Transgender Inmates Department of Justice · Bureau of Justice Assistance · Bureau of Prisons · American Civil Liberties Union · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Supreme Court Reargues Louisiana v. Callais, Threatens Voting Rights Act U.S. Supreme Court · Louisiana · American Civil Liberties Union · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump Signs NSPM-7 Labeling Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity, and 'Anti-Americanism' as Domestic Terrorism Indicators Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · JTTF · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | San Francisco Police Allowed 1.6 Million Illegal License Plate Searches by ICE and Out-of-State Agencies San Francisco Police Department · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Flock Safety · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-01 | Supreme Court Expands Louisiana Redistricting Case to Challenge Section 2 of Voting Rights Act U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Louisiana · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-14 | "No Kings" protests draw 5 million people in 2,100+ locations Civil Society Organizations · Protest movements · American Civil Liberties Union · MoveOn · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Coordinated Constitutional Challenge Filed American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy · State Attorney Generals · League of Women Voters | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Strategic Litigation Coordination Summit: Multi-State Legal Resistance State Attorney General Networks · American Civil Liberties Union · Civil Liberties Defense Center · New Civil Liberties Alliance · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Multi-Organizational Civil Rights Litigation Coordination Summit Lawyers for Civil Rights · Brennan Center · EarthJustice · American Civil Liberties Union · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Pro Bono Legal Support Coordination Mechanism Launched Democracy 2025 · American Civil Liberties Union · Institute for Justice · New Civil Liberties Alliance · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Strategic Litigation Framework Developed by Legal Resistance Network Constitutional Litigation Consortium · Electronic Frontier Foundation · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | Surveillance State Expansion: Constitutional Concerns and Section 702 Reauthorization Intelligence Community · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · White House · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Emergence of Coordinated Legal Resistance Networks American Civil Liberties Union · Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Pro Bono Litigation Corps · Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Signs Unconstitutional Executive Order Challenging Birthright Citizenship Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. Supreme Court · Asian Law Caucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-01 | Flock Safety Network Expands to 5,000+ Police Departments Performing 20 Billion Monthly Vehicle Scans Flock Safety · Garrett Langley · American Civil Liberties Union · Electronic Frontier Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-17 | Edward Snowden Publishes Memoir "Permanent Record"; DOJ Immediately Sues for Proceeds Edward Snowden · Department of Justice · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-26 | ACLU test reveals Amazon Rekognition misidentified 28 Congress members as criminals, showing racial bias American Civil Liberties Union · Amazon · AWS · John Lewis · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-11 | ACLU Exposes Geofeedia's Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protests Through Social Media Platforms American Civil Liberties Union · Geofeedia · Twitter · Facebook · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-07 | Second Circuit Rules NSA Bulk Phone Metadata Collection Illegal Under Patriot Act Second Circuit Court of Appeals · Gerard Lynch · National Security Agency · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2008-04-28 | Crawford v. Marion County: Supreme Court Upholds Strict Voter ID Laws Despite No Evidence of In-Person Fraud U.S. Supreme Court · John Paul Stevens · Indiana Legislature · American Civil Liberties Union · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1994-11-08 | California Proposition 187 Passes 59-41, Galvanizes Latino Voter Mobilization Pete Wilson · California voters · Latino civil rights organizations · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 1966-08-09 | Dorothy Gautreaux Lawsuit Challenges Chicago Public Housing Segregation Dorothy Gautreaux · Chicago Housing Authority · American Civil Liberties Union · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-01 | State Loyalty Oaths Spread as California Passes Levering Act, Requires Public Employee Pledges California Legislature · Earl Warren · University of California Board of Regents · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed |
Network neighbors
U.S. Supreme Court
6× shared
Department of Justice
5× shared
Donald Trump
5× shared
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
4× shared
Brennan Center for Justice
3× shared
Electronic Frontier Foundation
3× shared
Federal Bureau of Investigation
3× shared
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
3× shared
New Civil Liberties Alliance
3× shared
Trump Administration
3× shared
Asian Law Caucus
2× shared
D. John Sauer
2× shared
DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
2× shared
Flock Safety
2× shared
Kristi Noem
2× shared
League of Women Voters
2× shared
Louisiana
2× shared
National Security Agency
2× shared
Pam Bondi
2× shared
ACLU of Massachusetts
1× shared
ACLU of New Hampshire
1× shared
AWS
1× shared
Alexander Resar (DOJ attorney)
1× shared
Amazon
1× shared
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