American Civil Liberties Union Law and Legal Definition
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a membership organization founded in 1920 to defend and protect "the rights of man set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution." The ACLU researches the legalities of public policies and actions and defends clients in court when civil liberties are in question, without charge and often as amicus curiae (friend of the court). It has committees on academic freedom, state issues, media rights, free speech and association, due process, equal rights, labor/management relations and privacy. It also finances projects on voting rights, reproductive freedom, women's rights, and lesbian and gay rights.
Legal Definition list
- American Bureau of Shipping [ABS]
- American Board of Professional Psychology [ABPP]
- American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators [ABMDI]
- American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
- American Board of Forensic Toxicology [ABFT]
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Civil Rights Movement
- American Clause
- American College of Forensic Examiners International [ACFEI]
- American Community Survey
- American Continental Army
Related Legal Terms
- Administration for Native Americans
- African Americans
- Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
- American 5-cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003
- American Academy of Actuaries [AAA]
- American Academy of Diplomacy
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences [AAFS]
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law [AAPL]
- American Arbitration Association
- American Association for Justice [AAJ]
