A Year In Review with the ACLU

This year, we showed up.

By Janna Farley

SD Year in Review

Just a License Plate? Not When it Comes to Our First Amendment Rights

It’s tempting for some to classify this as an insignificant issue, but this is about so much more than a custom license plate.

By Stephanie Amiotte

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Join the ACLU's Youth Legislative Advisory Committee

Let’s change South Dakota politics for the better!

Youth Legislative Advisory Committee Banner

At Liberty Podcast: The Resurgence of Labor Strikes and Union Power

Unions are having a moment.

WGA Strike

The U.S. Touts Itself as a Global Leader in Human Rights. A New U.N. Report Says Otherwise.

The report illustrates the immense gap between U.S. laws and policies and international human rights norms.

International flags flying in front of the Geneva office of the United Nations.

ACLU to ‘LITIG8’

ACLU of South Dakota Files Constitutional Challenge to South Dakota’s Vanity Plate Law

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Why We Must Reject Efforts to Restrict Constitutionally Protected Speech on College Campuses

Calls to punish and silence student activists betray the Constitution and the spirit of free inquiry that is critical to life at public universities.

Individuals from Students for Justice in Palestine speak at the Boot Boeing! Free Palestine march and rally while they block all the entrances to Governor Pritzker's Chicago office in downtown Chicago.

Protect the First Amendment in Your Community

Your elected officials should be doing everything in their power to defend free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. 

By Samantha Chapman

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Freely Printable: ACLU Pumpkin Carving Stencils

Spending time with your family and friends this fall? Carve out a creative, civil liberties-minded message in those pumpkins!

Pumpkin Carving Stencils