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Supreme Court Upholds Individual Right to Bear Arms American Civil Rights Union Hails Court's Decision as a "Victory for Freedom Lovers" The American Civil Rights Union, which filed amicus briefs in support of Heller at every stage of the case,...

Terrorists Using 1960s Legal Precedent to Escape Punishment New Study Exposes the "Terrorist Get Out of Jail Free Card" In a report released today by the American Civil Rights Union, best-selling author and terrorism expert Richard Miniter demonstrates how a...

April 28, 2008 For Immediate Release SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS INDIANA VOTER ID LAW WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled today 6-3 in favor of the Indiana Voter ID law which requires registered voters to present a valid form of identification...

The American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on October 5, urging the Court to take the appeal of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision last March holding that the Second Amendment does protect an individual right of citizens to keep and bear arms. The ACRU wants the Court to take the case to affirm and thereby greatly strengthen this landmark ruling.

Today, August 1st, marks 100 years to the day since Lord Robert Baden-Powell began an eight-day campout with 22 boys on Brownsea Island off the coast of Dorset in southern England. This event is considered to be the birth of the Boy Scouts.

On April 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit dismissed the lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to stop the Defense Department from allowing the Boy Scouts of America to hold their National Jamboree every four years at Fort A.P. Hill in Fredericksburg, Virginia...

Washington, D.C. -- March 9, 2007 The American Civil Rights Union Press contact: Hugh C. Newton 703.408.1065 The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) applauds the decision just handed down by the U.S. Circuit Court for the D.C. Circuit concerning the...

Washington, D.C. - September 21, 2006 - The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) applauds the emergency relief granted by the Supreme Court on Friday. 20 October 2006, reversing an injunction granted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals against an Arizona voter ID law for the coming election. This is both a correct decision and a welcome injection of common sense in American elections.

Washington, D.C. - September 11, 2006 - The American Civil Rights Union joined with former California state Attorney General and now Congressman Dan Lungren to file a friend of the court brief today in the United States Supreme Court in support of the Sea Scouts in Berkeley, California. The Sea Scouts are a subdivision of the national Boy Scouts of America.

Washington, D.C. - July 18, 2006 - The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) filed a friend of the court (amicus curiae) brief today in the California state appeals court in San Diego urging the court to uphold the constitutionality of the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial, which includes a 29 foot tall cross.

Washington, D.C. - June 22, 2006 - U.S. Newswire - The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) filed a brief amicus curiae on Friday, June 16 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of the plaintiffs in the case of Shelly Parker et al. v. District of Columbia.