ACLU

or A.C.L.U.

1. American Civil Liberties Union.
2. American College of Life Underwriters.

ACLU

abbreviation for

1. American Civil Liberties Union

Example Sentences

Courts have upheld that schools have a right to ban teachers from engaging in such behavior, but they cannot extend this ban to students, according to the ACLU.

From Los Angeles Times

On Election Day, Bolden and Thomas each won by more than 20 points, with backing from outside groups, including Planned Parenthood and the ACLU.

From Slate

In 2013, David Cole, a civil rights attorney and currently the national legal director of the ACLU, credited Obama with making substantial “shifts” toward restraint by formally declaring an end to many of the Bush administration’s “most aggressive assertions of executive power.”

From Salon

It prompted voting rights advocates, led by the ACLU, to file suit in the Nebraska Supreme Court, seeking an order forcing Hilgers and Evnen to follow the law.

From Slate

From the ACLU’s perspective, the Crime Bill “encouraged mass incarceration to grow even further.”

From Slate