Fighting for Civil Liberties for 70 Years

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Learn About our Legislative Priorities

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ACLU-MN Wins Nearly $1 Million Settlement for Journalists

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ACLU-MN Wins $600K, Reforms for George Floyd Protesters

Justice for George Floyd & Daunte Wright

The Supreme Court Declined a Protestors' Rights Case. Here's What You Need to Know.

We break down what the cert denial and Justice Sotomayor’s accompanying statement mean for protesters and protest organizers.

The Supreme Court Will Soon Determine Whether Cities Can Punish People for Sleeping in Public When They Have Nowhere Else to Go

Read our Q&A with Scout Katovich, staff attorney at the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on the stakes of Grants Pass v. Johnson.

Quiz: State Legislation and the Part You Play

The laws passed in your state crucially affect your civil liberties — but you can influence this legislative process at the polls.

ACLU-MN Statement in Response to U of M Protests

The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities deployed university police this week to arrest nine pro-Palestine demonstrators. Hundreds of students staged a walkout in response to the arrests.

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April 1, 2024

ACLU-MN and Faegre Drinker Fight in MN Supreme Court to Preserve Right to Vote

The ACLU-MN argued in the Minnesota Supreme Court that a special interest group’s attempt to invalidate a state law restoring voting rights to 55,000 Minnesotans should be swiftly and soundly rejected.

February 23, 2024