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23 Sep, 4 tweets, 1 min read
BREAKING: We are again asking the Supreme Court to intervene to stop SB8, a dangerous ban on abortion after six week of pregnancy in Texas.

In the 23 days since SB8 was implemented, it has eliminated the vast majority of abortion access in the state.
For half a century, SCOTUS has upheld the fundamental right to abortion.

But for the past 23 days, five justices have shrugged their shoulders as Texas politicians do an end-run around the Constitution, imposing serious harm on countless people, especially people of color.
Already, politicians in other states are proposing copycat bills that insult the Constitution, turn neighbor against neighbor, and force people to carry a pregnancy against their will.

It is past time for the Supreme Court to step in and right this grave injustice.
We won’t stop fighting for our abortion rights.

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23 Sep
BREAKING: We’re suing the state of Ohio over the state's newly drawn maps for state House and Senate districts, which are an extreme partisan gerrymander.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission — which is dominated by Republicans — approved the maps last week by a 5-2 party line vote, in a blatant abuse of power.
Partisan gerrymandering, like what’s happening in Ohio, violates the core principle of a representative democracy — that voters should choose our elected officials, not the other way around.
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Law enforcement should not be using these tools. Period.
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Then, they give those predictions to law enforcement.
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It must end.
theintercept.com/2021/09/21/sur…
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18 Sep
With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, we lost a champion for abortion and gender equality. And on the anniversary of her death, the fight to protect abortion access is more urgent than ever.
In the last year, 560 abortion restrictions and bans have been introduced across the nation.
Texas is now enforcing an extreme ban on most abortion, encouraging anyone—a neighbor, estranged relative, or anti-abortion extremist—to sue someone who provides or assists a patient getting an abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy in Texas, with a $10,000 reward for success.
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16 Sep
In a disappointing ruling today, a federal appeals court dismissed our client @Wikimedia's challenge to the mass surveillance of Americans' international emails, messaging, and web browsing.
We sued on behalf of the organization, challenging the NSA's "Upstream" surveillance of internet communications — one of the mass spying programs revealed by Edward Snowden.
Although the court held that Wikimedia had provided evidence that its communications with millions of users around the world are subject to NSA surveillance, the court said further litigation would expose sensitive information about the NSA's spying activities.

We disagree.
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11 Sep
Two decades after the tragic attacks on September 11th, 2001, we remember the victims, their families, and all of those impacted.
We pay particular tribute to John Perry who died in the World Trade Center and who served on the ACLU board in New York. nyclu.org/en/nyclu-pays-…
Like Officer Perry, we believe that our country is at its best when we keep America safe and free.

That includes the protection of all of our civil rights and civil liberties.
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1 Sep
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has not responded to our emergency request to block Texas’ radical new 6-week abortion ban, SB8. The law now takes effect.

Access to almost all abortion has just been cut off for millions of people. The impact will be immediate and devastating.
The law bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy — before many people even know they’re pregnant.

The result is that many Texans will be forced to carry pregnancies against their will.
Private individuals — including anti-abortion activists with no connection to patients — can now sue ANYONE who they believe is providing abortion or assisting someone in accessing abortion after six weeks. This could include:
▪️ Health care workers
▪️ Clergy
▪️ Rideshare drivers
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