News & Commentary written by Brian Hauss

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Brian Hauss is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Brian was previously a staff attorney with the ACLU Center for Liberty, where he focused on combating religious refusals to comply with anti-discrimination laws. He also spent two years as the ACLU’s William J. Brennan First Amendment Fellow. Brian is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to the Hon. Marsha S. Berzon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Robert Frese standing in a livingroom wearing a black t-shirt with a message in white lettering reading

When Complaining About a Public Official Can Land You in Jail

Protestors being led by a man playing a guitar, followed by women holding signs saying

It’s Time to Reaffirm Our First Amendment Right to Boycott

President Donald Trump speaks about podium with presidential seal during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House.

The Trump Administration is Banning Talk about Race and Gender

A police officer shouts at Associated Press videojournalist Robert Bumsted, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York.

Police are Attacking Journalists at Protests. We’re Suing.

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez answers reporters' questions.

We’re Suing to Protect Press Freedom During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Congressman Devin Nunes

Devin Nunes’ Cow Has a First Amendment Right to Call Rep. Nunes a ‘Treasonous Cowpoke’

The Impossible Burger, a plant-based burger

Arkansas Made It Illegal to Call a 'Veggie Burger' A 'Burger.' We're Suing.

Boycott Israel Protest

Arizona Lawmakers Running Scared After Anti-Boycott Law Ruled Unconstitutional

Protesters marching with signs in favor of the right to boycott

Laws Suppressing Boycotts of Israel Don’t Prevent Discrimination — They Violate Civil Liberties

Boycott Israel Protest

In Congress, a Threat to Americans’ First Amendment Right to Boycott