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14 Dec 2018, 12:45 pm
Saris of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts called that application of the wiretap law unconstitutional. [read post]
2 Jun 2017, 10:33 am
The Providence City Council voted 13-1 to adopt the Providence Community-Police Relations Act, which had generated controversy for the very same reason that it was ultimately adopted: it protects a sweeping array of civil rights and civil liberties (including digital rights championed by EFF) from various kinds of violations by police officers, all in a single measure. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 6:49 am
Learn more about immigrants' children and other civil liberties issues: Sign up for breaking news alerts, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. [read post]
29 Sep 2023, 6:36 am
While presiding on the California Supreme Court, Reynoso was championed environmental protections, individual liberties, and civil rights. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 4:00 am
§1983 by three Phoenix police officers, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9thCircuit affirmed a federal district court’s dismissal of their complaint. [read post]
11 Aug 2023, 3:51 am
Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial… [read post]
11 Jul 2014, 1:40 pm
Earlier this year, I sat in an immigration office in Nogales, Mexico, surrounded by children who had just been deported from the United States. [read post]
8 May 2017, 7:43 am
Supreme Court.1866 Civil Rights Act.Following the War of secession, Congress adopted the 1866 Civil Rights Act, under its sovereign power as the victor in the war. [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 2:08 pm
” Before the Civil Rights Act, state law did not provide a direct way for New Mexicans to enforce their personal rights and privileges granted by the state constitution. [read post]
16 Aug 2012, 11:26 am
Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah followed shortly thereafter, enacting their own copycat, anti-immigrant laws at the state-level, all of which are presently being challenged by the ACLU and a coalition of civil rights groups. [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 5:22 pm
See, e.g., United States v. [read post]
Advancing the Human Rights of Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence in the U.S.: Progress Report
13 Aug 2013, 10:43 am
Two years ago, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights declared that the United States had violated the rights of Jessica Lenahan, a domestic violence survivor, and her three daughters. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 8:07 am
”After Dubois meets with the Bible Society’s Vest, I hope he finds time to talk with civil rights and civil liberties experts who want to discuss important issues of public policy. [read post]
9 May 2018, 10:45 am
This New Hampshire court decision, as one commentator noted, “serves as a crucial reminder that the agency can’t always use the pretext of illegal immigration to curtail civil liberties. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 12:52 pm
Supreme Court will hear a number of cases this term that will have a crucial impact on civil rights and civil liberties — from LGBTQ equality to reproductive freedom and immigrants’ rights. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 7:34 am
Those convicted of crimes are still subject to the protections of the Constitution of the United States. [read post]
26 Mar 2014, 8:39 am
Learn more about transgender rights and other civil liberties issues: Sign up for breaking news alerts, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 11:38 am
It is the latest legislative attempt to reauthorize Section 702, one of the NSA’s most powerful surveillance authorities that allows for the targeting and collection of communications of non-U.S. persons not living in the United States. [read post]
15 Dec 2019, 12:12 am
"The 2019 South-South Human Rights Forum was acclaimed by attendees as an important platform to promote the development and human rights progress of developing countries.The forum was organized by the State Council Information Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [read post]
14 Feb 2014, 9:45 am
As the court explained, "[t]o hold otherwise would mean that the approximately 17 million foreign-born United States citizens could automatically be subject to detention and deprivation of their liberty rights." [read post]
