On October 19, 2007, the feature film Rendition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, and Meryl Streep, opened nationwide. The film tells the story of an American family torn apart when the father, Anwar El-Ibrahimi, is kidnapped by the C.I.A. from a Washington, [...] 
By Eric EaganThe New Mexico Supreme Court will review a decision by the NM Court of Appeals overturning a permanent injunction against an ordinance that enables Albuquerque police to seize and forfeit vehicles for a first-time arrest—not conviction—for DWI. In response to an ACLU of New Mexico lawsuit, State District Court Judge [...]
By Citizen Kayne
It's a shame that, in 2002, the Supreme Court had to go deciding that high schools had the right to subject the kids in the chess club to random drug tests. It's a shame not only because it seems like [...]
Posted by Citizen Kayne You can always count on one result when you invoke the power of censorship in America. Whatever it is you were trying to censor will become far more interesting than it ever had hope of being before. Cry "censorship!" and mediocre art [...]
Today, thousands of activists join advocates and lawmakers in Washington, D.C. for a Day of Action to restore habeas corpus and all our rights. Add your voice by taking action now...
Unabridged, from spoken word artists Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit), is a new collection of poetry written especially for the ACLU that celebrates the power of words and captures the passion behind several of our current battles in the courtrooms and in Congress. They've' [...] 
More holes appeared in the Bush administration’s scheme for trying Guantanamo detainees in military courts today when a military judge threw out all terrorism–related charges against a prisoner who is alleged to have killed an American soldier in Afghanistan. (AP) The judge’s decision turned on [...] 
To accompany the filing of the new ACLU lawsuit challenging extraordinary rendition, a short web video about the case against Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., the clients and the illegal rendition program, was created. Please view it, share it, and post it.
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Wikipedia defines ‘extraordinary rendition’ as the “extrajudicial transfer of a person from one state to another with the intent of legally torturing them outside of the jurisdiction of the state which prohibits it.” That’s an oddly dispassionate way of describing the secret kidnapping and transportation [...] “Gaping holes” was how the Albuquerque Journal characterized problems afflicting the health care delivery system for the state’s 6,500 prison inmates. For nearly a year, Dan Frosch of the Santa Fe Reporter has been documenting the dangerously substandard healthcare provided by private contractor Wexford, including failures to:
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The NM Supreme Court didn’t waste much time in dismissing a child endangerment case that was brought against Cynthia Martinez for continuing her pregnancy despite her ongoing struggle with drug addiction. The court reached its decision less than a week after hearing oral arguments on [...] 
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Las Crucens may soon know the “thrill” that Albuquerqueans experience every time they find a surprise ticket in their mail stemming from an incident of stop-light running or speeding that was surreptitiously photographed by a surveillance camera. Last night, the Las Cruces city council considered a [...] 
New Mexicans enjoy greater freedom to prevent unwanted pregnancies than people in many—perhaps most--other states. That’s because, year after year, the ACLU, NARAL, Planned Parenthood and other Choice advocates successfully beat back legislative attempts to force teenagers to obtain parental permission for [...] 
