Bio
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.
Featured work
May 1, 2023
When Complaining About a Public Official Can Land You in Jail
![Robert Frese standing in a livingroom wearing a black t-shirt with a message in white lettering reading "EXETER POLICE LIE."](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2023/05/robert-frese-standing-in-livingroom-b-400x400.jpg)
Oct 20, 2022
It’s Time to Reaffirm Our First Amendment Right to Boycott
![Protestors being led by a man playing a guitar, followed by women holding signs saying" THE RIGHT TO BOYCOTT", and "BOYCOTT UNTIL THE SIEGE ON GAZA ENDS".](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2022/10/SCOTUS_RIGHT_TO_BOYCOTT-Blog-400x400.jpg)
Oct 9, 2020
The Trump Administration is Banning Talk about Race and Gender
![President Donald Trump speaks about podium with presidential seal during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/10/Trump-EO-Equity-Training-Header-Image-400x400.jpg)
Jun 3, 2020
Police are Attacking Journalists at Protests. We’re Suing.
![A police officer shouts at Associated Press videojournalist Robert Bumsted, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/06/web20_policepress-1110x740-1-400x400.jpg)
May 20, 2020
We’re Suing to Protect Press Freedom During the COVID-19 Pandemic
![Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez answers reporters' questions.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/05/WEB20-PR-Governor-Wanda-Vazquez-WordPress-1110x740-1-400x400.jpg)
Dec 11, 2019
Devin Nunes’ Cow Has a First Amendment Right to Call Rep. Nunes a ‘Treasonous Cowpoke’
![Congressman Devin Nunes](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/12/WEB19-Devin-Nunes-BlogImage-WordPress-1110x740-400x400.jpg)
Jul 22, 2019
Arkansas Made It Illegal to Call a 'Veggie Burger' A 'Burger.' We're Suing.
![The Impossible Burger, a plant-based burger](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/web19-impossible-meatless-burger-ap-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Apr 16, 2019
Arizona Lawmakers Running Scared After Anti-Boycott Law Ruled Unconstitutional
![Boycott Israel Protest](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/web19-bdsprotest-v2-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Feb 22, 2019
Laws Suppressing Boycotts of Israel Don’t Prevent Discrimination — They Violate Civil Liberties
![Protesters marching with signs in favor of the right to boycott](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/web19-rightboycott-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Jan 28, 2019
In Congress, a Threat to Americans’ First Amendment Right to Boycott
![Boycott Israel Protest](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/web19-bdsprotest-v2-1160x768-400x400.jpg)