Wednesday, December 23, 2015

We made great progress on key fronts in 2015_ACLU

SHELL INSATIABLE GREED

We made great progress on key fronts in 2015, thanks to your support. Take a look at some of this year’s victories below.

Thank you for standing with us.

Reforming a Broken Criminal Justice System

We closed or reformed scandalously dangerous prisons and jails in Arizona; Baltimore, Maryland; and Los Angeles and Monterey County, California.

Winning the Freedom to Marry

Our Supreme Court victory in Obergefell v. Hodges made same-sex marriage the law of the land. That was the culmination of years of strategic ACLU litigation and advocacy, including 12 state wins just since our 2013 Supreme Court victory in Windsor.

Securing Net Neutrality

Intensive ACLU advocacy helped finally to secure “net neutrality,” crucial new Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibit Internet service providers from favoring some content over other content—for example, through the creation of “fast lanes” for websites willing and able to pay providers a premium for faster access to consumers.

Opposing Torture

Years of ACLU advocacy and litigation helped spur the historic release of the so-called Senate Torture Report on the CIA’s torture of detainees—and made possible our landmark lawsuit on behalf of victims, targeting torture profiteers.