Hawaii leadership on stopping indefinite detention and NDAA lauded by ACLU

Hawaii recently joined the list of cities, counties, and states across the country expressing opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)’s indefinite and mandatory military detention provisions and calling on Congress to repeal them. Read more: http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/hey-congress-listen-hawaii

ACLU newsletter now online!

New legal cases, emergent legislative actions, our new “Open Records Request” archive, and lots of aloha for our amazing volunteers – check it out! Volume 37, Number 3 is now online! (If you get the postal version. it is in the mail and will arrive shortly.) http://acluhi.org/archives/aclu-hi-newsletters/aclu-hi-newsletter-vol-37-no-3

Apply now for summer internships with the ACLU!

***Update May 2012:  our summer internship program is full, but please consider applying for the fall semester!*** The ACLU of Hawaii is actively seeking applicants for its summer internship program!  We are looking for law students (and other graduate students), undergraduates, and high school students interested in a challenging summer experience.   ACLU interns do everything [...]

In protest of “SOPA” and “PIPA”, Internet sites go dark, block logos on 1/18/12

Will Washington listen? Learn more about the Stop Online Privacy Act, the Protect IP Act and why civil libertarians and Internet experts are deeply concerned. Sign the petition, get active for your dot rights! http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/online-protest-over-sopa-helps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

2011 legislative program update

Check out our 2011 year-end legislative program report.