National Security & Human Rights: Resources

ACLU is a nonprofit organization that describes itself as "the nation’s premier defender of the rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution."  ACLU's lawyers (and other attorneys who assist them) "handle thousands of cases each year on behalf of clients whose rights have been violated."  ACLU provides issue-focused pages of resources on topics such as: 

• Criminal Law Reform
• Free Speech
• Human Rights
• Immigrants' Rights
• National Security
• Prisoners' Rights
• Privacy & Technology

Issue-focused pages include information about court cases and links to selected case documents.

ACLU U.S. Supreme Court Cases

ACLU News & Commentary

Example of an ACLU Press Release discussing a ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York:

• Court Rules Warrantless Section 702 Searches Violated the Fourth Amendment (Jan. 22, 2025)

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law describes itself as "a nonpartisan law and policy institute" that "strive[s] to uphold the values of democracy."

Example of analysis:

• Faiza Patel, Trump’s Executive Order on Foreign Terrorists: Implications for the Rights of Non-Citizens (Feb. 6, 2025)

Brennan Center for Justice Publications at NYU School of Law (HeinOnline)

• A searchable, browseable collection of works published by the Brennan Center. This collection includes the Brennan Center's annual publication: Democracy and Justice: Collected Writings.  This is a subscription database available through BLS Library.
• Tip: Browse material in this collection by Subject - subjects include: Intelligence Service, National Security and Terrorism.

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