Civil Liberties

The effort to purge all trans people from the military is not merely a repeat of the struggle that played out during the first Trump administration; it is an attack of a different…

Expert Backgrounder on how civil service laws do or do not protect DOJ and FBI officials from retaliation.

The Trump administration’s action undermines bipartisan efforts to support freedom fighters and enables corrupt autocrats.

The president and his allies are leading an effort to eviscerate the free press and construct an information ecosystem favorable to his views.

Bringing foreign cartels under the umbrella of terrorism may seem appealing, but it is unnecessary and dangerous.

U.S. media institutions are abandoning their own First Amendment rights by settling lawsuits with Trump, writes Jaffer for the New York Times.

Strengthening independent oversight of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board would provide crucial accountability and transparency.

Judge Hall’s Hasbajrami decision marks the first time a court has ruled that U.S. person queries of FISA Section 702 data must be performed pursuant to a warrant or an exception…

To counter impunity, civil society and survivors of police brutality are organizing against abuses such as eye mutilation.

An assessment of the achievements and areas for improvement in the DHS's most recent AI use case inventory.

There’s a version of this executive order that might have given free-speech advocates hope that the incoming administration would investigate “jawboning”—government pressure…

"I remain convinced that the statute authorizing the ban is an ill-advised and unconstitutional law that does lasting damage to the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans…