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Jan 12, 2016

ACLU-NH and NHLA File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Manchester’s Unconstitutional Anti-panhandling Practices

First Amendment

On January 11, 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire (ACLU-NH) and New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA) filed a...

By Gilles Bissonnette

On January 11, 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire (ACLU-NH) and New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA) filed a...

By Gilles Bissonnette
Dec 29, 2015

Fighting ISIS doesn't require giving up our digital security

Union Leader
December 29, 2015
During the most recent Republican debate, Donald Trump offered a simplistic strategy for fighting ISIS: Close off “areas” of the Internet. While it’s easy to...
By Paul
Union Leader
December 29, 2015
During the most recent Republican debate, Donald Trump offered a simplistic strategy for fighting ISIS: Close off “areas” of the Internet. While it’s easy to...
By Paul
Dec 23, 2015

Farrelly v. City of Concord et al.

First Amendment

This case concerns an individual arrested and prosecuted under a statute previously ruled unconstitutional, raising the important question of whether the officer in question acted under a “reasonable belief...

This case concerns an individual arrested and prosecuted under a statute previously ruled unconstitutional, raising the important question of whether the officer in question acted under a “reasonable belief...

Dec 21, 2015

Let’s protect transgender residents from discrimination

LGBTQ+ Rights

Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a momentous decision that ended this nation’s long history of government-sanctioned discrimination against same-sex couples in the context of marriage. The ACLU,...

By Gilles Bissonnette

Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a momentous decision that ended this nation’s long history of government-sanctioned discrimination against same-sex couples in the context of marriage. The ACLU,...

By Gilles Bissonnette
Dec 10, 2015

Sen. Feinstein Shouldn’t Make Tech Companies Do the Government’s National Security Job for It

When a legislator offers a bad legislative idea, I love it when the outcry is so loud, so immediate, that it falls off the radar with nary a whimper.
That was the case this summer when Sen. Dianne...
By Paul
When a legislator offers a bad legislative idea, I love it when the outcry is so loud, so immediate, that it falls off the radar with nary a whimper.
That was the case this summer when Sen. Dianne...
By Paul
Nov 20, 2015

Online Identifier Litigation

First Amendment

The ACLU-NH filed a motion to dismiss criminal charges brought by an overly broad law passed in 2009 that restricts the legal and constitutionally-protected speech of all registered sex offenders in New...

The ACLU-NH filed a motion to dismiss criminal charges brought by an overly broad law passed in 2009 that restricts the legal and constitutionally-protected speech of all registered sex offenders in New...