the american civil liberties union seesit american civil liberties union sees it differently. aha, americanstrict - sees it differently. a standard that the school district is - that the school district is asking the court to apply here would give them the power to punish not only for emotional outbursts like randy's but would allow them to regulate important political, religious, whistleblowing kinds of speech and for the court to figure out exactly how to do that, i think it is daunting.— it is daunting. the supreme court heard _ it is daunting. the supreme court heard arguments - it is daunting. the supreme court heard arguments in l it is daunting. the supreme i court heard arguments in the case for two hours to do the judge said she is competitive and cares, she blew off steam like millions of other kids have when they are disappointed about being cut from a high school team. judge steven brown appeared to agree asking that that cause a material and substantial disruption? i don't see much evidence that it did and of swearing off campus did, imean, my and of swearing off campus did, i

amicus brief supporting the petitioners across the spectrum.l one of them is from the american civil liberties union, naacp in the human rights campaign among others and that brief says "a critical corollary to freedom to associate the right to maintain the confidentiality of one associations absent a strong disclosure of the state can categorically demand the ability of citizens of those values out of favor with the majority would be seriously diminished". your reaction to that amicus brief and those generally that are supporting petitioners quick. >> with respect to that amicus brief in particular a critical part was observed to argue this disclosure requirement should be treated like a public disclosure requirements about the outset the aclu and naacp realizes a difference between public and nonpublic disclosure but the amicus brief and showing more broadly is the case there are many organizations that desire that privacy and association and then in a particular way but that it creates a first amendment burden. and there is an array of amicus brief on, the other side california association of non

laura, the civil rights establishment in this country, the formally active american civil liberties union fought for our right to make sure the police couldn't stop black people walking in white neighborhoods and asked them to show their papers and what were they doing there. this is really a form of that. this is the government tracing you, tracking you and barring your entry and participation and forcing this vaccine. this vaccine may have elements that people object to such as being derived from aborted fetuses. there are so many other reasons why people of faith or people of conscience decide that it's not for them. even for health reasons. maybe you already had covid and you recovered. you have the antibodies, it's appalling and unconstitutional to force this on people and we'll be fighting it. >> laura: thank you so much tonight. >> and all eyes are on minnesota because of the trial of, of course, minneapolis police officer derek chauvin and the death of george floyd but that's not the only controversy that's been ripping the state apart. the absurd covid rules of democratic governo

. ♪ >> tucker: the american civil liberties union was always liberal but liberal in a way that most americansican. for more than 100 years they defended what the name implies civil liberties, freedom of speech. bill of rights. the aclu does not defend those things him in a completely different agenda you might have noticed that michael tracy an independent journalist decided to measure. this he looked at the aclu's last 100 tweets and he found three posts about economic inequality, one post about free speech. he didn't find any about due process. what did he find? 63 tweets about transissues. michael tracy is on substech he joins us now to unpack this story. michael tracy thanks for coming on. i thoughts the aclu did play such a central role in defending the bill of rights concerns groused about it. now that it's gone you really notice its an accepts. what do you think this is about? >> i think it's about the aclu underwent enormous bonanza over the course of the trump presidency raking in huge fundraising dollars just arraying themselves in a partisan fashion against donald trump. they're re

quite frankly, your old employer, the american civil liberties union, is suing us for our use of title 42 and has given us an opportunity, not much of an opportunity, i should say. frankly and nobly, so, to manage through the pandemic, while pushing the limits of our asylum cap abilities to the maximum. -- asylum capabilities to the maximum. as soon as possible. >> that is very helpful, your thinking on that. it seems are two things you are talking about in terms of when the u.s. would be ready. one is about the ability to process asylum-seekers. the other is to rebuild the system you say the trump administration dismantled. the other seems to be about coronavirus, public of considerations. are there other metrics you can look to for either of those? for example, for the latter. go ahead. sec. mayorkas: let me explain. because they both contribute to the public health imperative. what we are managing is the -- we are managing against the restrictions on congregant processing. we cannot have individuals in close proximity to one another in a very condensed space for and extended period

next up, the american civil liberties union is warning a lot can go wrong with vaccine passports.will find out how. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "twelve minutes to go" by the skatalites. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. to sign up for our daily jive digest, go to democracynow.org. as people try to find a safe way to gather and travel during the pandemic, there is growing interest in documenting who has been vaccinated or tested negative for covid-19. on monday, british prime minister boris johnson announced his government will test the use of covid-19 status certificates. israel is already using a green pass system to allow vaccinated people into restaurants and large events, raising concerns about a two-tier system. on tuesday, the world health organization warned so-called vaccine passports may not be an effective way to reopen. >> again, this is why we at who are saying at this stage, we would not like to see vaccation as or e vaccination passport as a requirement for entror exit because we are not cert

kara gross of the american civil liberties union of florida criticized the bill, saying -- "there was no problem in florida. everything worked as it should. the only reason they're doing this is to make it harder to vote." west virginia's republican governor jim justice has signed legislation to ban trans girls and women from competing on sports teams at any public school, including state colleges. a similar bill approved by lawmakers in florida is awaiting the governor's signature. and in texas, the state senate has approved a bill to criminalize gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth. by some counts, close to one-fifth of u.s. states could ban trans kids from sports by the end of this legislative session. meanwhile, president biden is -- expressed support for trans youth during his speech to congress on wednesday night. pres. biden: to all transgender americans watching at home, especially young people, so break, i want you to know your president has your back. amy: to mark this 100th day in office, president biden visited georgia and former president jimmy carter, who is now 9

joining me is staff attorney for the american civil liberties union speech privacy and technology projecttorney for the aclu, how concerned are you about the effect that these new laws could have on law abiding citizens enacting their first amendment rights? >> you know, these are quite terrifying times for protests because legislatures across the country are coining their best to try to prohibit people from protesting, despite the fact that what governments should be doing is listening and trying to understand their concerns. instead they're trying to silence them. >> i wanted to get sort of really actionable with you because i think sometimes we look at these pieces of legislation and it's hard to know how they would impact us. so what are some of the legal rights that people should know they have if they are attending a protest? >> the first thing to remember is that all of us by virtue of being human beings have the right to freedom of expression first amendment guarantees our free speech and freedom of assembly. you have a right to take to the streets, especially on public property.

down, but generally speaking this is seen by civil rights organizations including the american civil liberties unionif there are already laws on the book, how then are republicans justifying these pieces of legislation? >> it is because they want to protect the police is sort of the argument that they are giving. that law enforcement needs the support of legislatures to be protected from violent protests. and also that business owners for example need to have a way to call the police and say i feel intimidated and you should do something about this. and so what worries protestors, you know, civil liberties organizes, social justice organizations, is that someone will be able to say three people are intimidating me and this will count as a riot. and it is unclear exactly what the definition will be. now, police officers say that they know the difference between a peaceful protest and a riot and so that people don't have to be worried about this, but of course a lot of these protests were about overpolicing. and so, you know, civil liberties organizes don't want to leave this up to the police to deter

i group the american civil liberties union that gun confiscation walls may be a reasonable way to further public safety. to be constitutional, they must at a minimum have clear nondiscriminatory criteria for defining persons and a fair process. due process should recognize the loopholes created for one type of social circumstance eventually become the widespread norm. for example, secret surveillance and police military -- militarization. any -- that convinces a judge to only hear one side of the case, -- you describe it correctly, i had misread it. and indiana, where this study -- where they studied the due process hearing, 29% of orders were dismissed when the judge heard both sides of the case. people should not be subject to confiscations for expressing their first amendment rights. which is perfectly legal in every state, along with a caption, it is done. the second post criticized teenage anti-gun activists for trying to take away people's right. the retirement he works as a school crossing guard. one day he complained that the schools police officer cap leaving five coffee -- leavi

the american civil liberties union issued a statement today that it "has deep concerns that police herer making a pretextual stop, something police do all too often to target black people. the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin over the killing of george floyd last year, continues today in minnesota. thejudge in denied a request from derek chauvin's lawyers to sequester the jurors, after protests took place nearby overnight following the police shooting of daunte wright. here's the latest from the trial. cardiologistjonathan rich was today called as an expert witness. dr rich has said that george floyd died from a cardiopulmonary arrest that was caused by low oxygen levels. he's also rebutted the defence's argument that drugs or a pre—existing health condition may have been a factor in mr floyd's death. in fact, the cardiologist said george floyd had an "exceptionally strong heart". after reviewing all the facts on the evidence of the case, i can state with a high degree of medical certainty that george floyd did not die from a primary cardiac event and he did not

according to the american civil liberties union more than 20 states are proposing over 75 bills thatthat it will be appealed. now alabama is in the spotlight, which will soon vote on whether to criminalise gender—affirming care for trans youth, and whether to ban trans women/girls from women's sports. joining us from east central alabama isjeff walker, and his daughter harleigh, who stand to be affected if these bills come to pass. hijeff, hi jeff, hi harleigh hijeff, hi harleighforsupperjeff i would like to start with you if i may. how would the bill affect you and your entire family? we may. how would the bill affect you and your entire family?— may. how would the bill affect you and your entire family? we will have to look for other _ and your entire family? we will have to look for other locations _ and your entire family? we will have to look for other locations to - and your entire family? we will have to look for other locations to get i to look for other locations to get care for— to look for other locations to get care for harleigh outside of alabama. it could be as drastic

supporting petitioners here across the idealogical spectrum, and one of them is from the american civil liberties union, the naacp legal defense and educational fund, and the human rights campaign, among others, and that brief says -- and i'm going to quote you something and then get your reaction to it -- "a critical corollary of the freedom to associate is the right to maintain the confidentiality of one's associations absent a strong governmental interest in disclosure. if the state could categorically demand disclosure of associational information, the ability of citizens to organize to defend values out of favor with the majority would be seriously diminished." your reaction to that amicus brief and the amicus briefs more generally that are supporting petitioners? general prelogar: with respect to that amicus brief in particular, a critical part of that brief was to observe that -- and to argue that this disclosure requirement should be treated as a public disclosure requirement. so i just want to flag at the outset that the aclu and the naacp themselves recognize that there is a critical distinct

i group the american civil liberties union that gun confiscation walls may be a reasonable way to further public safety. to be constitutional, they must at a minimum have clear nondiscriminatory criteria for defining persons and a fair process. due process should recognize the loopholes created for one type of social circumstance eventually become the widespread norm. for example, secret surveillance and police military -- militarization. any -- that convinces a judge to only hear one side of the case, -- you describe it correctly, i had misread it. and indiana, where this study -- where they studied the due process hearing, 29% of orders were dismissed when the judge heard both sides of the case. people should not be subject to confiscations for expressing their first amendment rights. which is perfectly legal in every state, along with a caption, it is done. the second post criticized teenage anti-gun activists for trying to take away people's right. the retirement he works as a school crossing guard. one day he complained that the schools police officer cap leaving five coffee -- leavi

. ♪ ♪ musical >> tucker: the liberties union was liberal but in no way that most americans could recognize as american. for more than 100 years they defended civilquality under the law, nice that somebody defended the bill of rights. they do not defend that thing anymore, different that you may have noticed that. if michael tracy is a independent journalist and so he looked at the aclu's last 100 tweets and found that three posts about economic inequality, one post about free speech and didn't find any about due process. what did he find? 63 tweets about trans issues. michael tracy is on sub stack and joins us now to unpack the story. thank you so much for coming on. i thought the aclu played a central role in defending the bill of rights but now that it's gone, you notice the absence. what you think it's about? >> i think it's about the aclu underwent a bonanza over the course of the trump presidency raking in huge fund-raising dollars. just arraign themselves on the part partisan fashion. of reflecting the donor base and whath they wanted and trump undr the picture and reflecting the priorities that left after the space. the bases pretty prett

later the american civil liberties union, she brought cases on behalf of immigrant children and worked to end mass incarceration. while sesqui as our country's chief civil rights prosecutor at the department of justice during the obama administration, ms. gupta led critical work on criminal justice reform, prosecuting hate crimes and human trafficking, defending the right to vote, and protecting the rights of the lgbtq community and those are disabilities. as president of the leadership council on civil rights, the oldest and most diverse human rights coalition, ms. gupta has a record of fighting for all americans with dedication and a willingness to work across ideological lines to achieve results. ms. gupta's depth of experience at the department of justice and her years as a civil rights attorney makes her eminently qualified to serve as associate attorney general. and i've seen, as i know you have, mr. president, her work firsthand. i was one of the cosponsors of the first step act which made much-needed reforms, a bill that you spent so much leadership on. and ms. gupta worked wit

later at the american civil liberties union, she brought cases on behalf of immigrant children and keeping communities safe. while serving as our country's chief civil rights prosecutor at the department of justice during the obama administration, she led critical work on criminal justice reform, prosecuting hate crimes, defending the right to vote and protecting the rights of the lgbtq community and those with disabilities. ms. gupta's depth of experience at the department of justice and her years as a civil rights attorney make her eminently qualified to serve as associate attorney general. in that position she will oversee the work of the department of civil rights division and will help direct the department's work to reform our justice system. having helped to lead the federal review of police practices, she understands the need for systemic reform in our justice system as well as ways to work with law enforcement -- with law enforcement to make necessary changes. that is why she has the support of police chiefs, sheriffs and major law enforcement groups across the country, including