ACLU

American

Or A.C.L.U.

American Civil Liberties Union.
American College of Life Underwriters.

ACLU British

abbreviation

American Civil Liberties Union

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After 9/11, she worked for the ACLU, representing the Sikh community in a series of discrimination lawsuits.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Jenna Leventoff, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, focused on another impact of some of these bills in an interview with Salon: the destruction of services that offer end-to-end encryption.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

The ACLU, along with other legal groups, is representing the men in their lawsuit.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2025

Speaking to BBC News on Sunday, Lee Gelernt, a lawyer with the ACLU, said: "There's no question in our mind that the law is being violated."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

When I first joined the ACLU, no one imagined that the Racial Justice Project would focus its attention on criminal justice reform.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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