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26 May 2020, 11:35 am by Nkechi Taifa
” Inspired by and organized on the heels of the passage of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act, which granted reparations to Japanese-Americans for their unjust incarceration during World War II, NCOBRA reinvigorated the demand for reparations for African Americans and broadened the concept through public education, accompanied by legislative and litigation-based initiatives.Also encouraged by the 1988 Civil Liberties Act, Rep. [read post]
28 Apr 2020, 6:26 am by Kalvis Golde
Morrissey-Berru Kevin Russell, Goldstein & Russell | Daniel Mach, American Civil Liberties Union Preview: May 6, 12 p.m. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 10:38 am by Eric A. Posner
The major conflicts between government power and civil liberties have thus played out at the state level. [read post]
11 Apr 2020, 9:49 am by Tyler Gillett
” The governor’s order comes a week after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union for a similar release of prisoners from all county jails throughout the state. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 3:36 pm by Tyler Gillett
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to order the release from county jails certain classes of persons in response to possible covid-19 outbreaks. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 4:25 am by Erin McCarthy Holliday
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania filed an emergency petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday seeking the release of some in the Commonwealth’s county jails—what the petition argues is a necessary measure to allow jails space to follow CDC-recommended safe social distancing practices to prepare for COVID-19. [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 3:22 am by Angela Mauroni
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called Tuesday for better protections against the novel coronavirus by filing a lawsuit against US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the immediate release of at-risk immigrant detainees and filing an emergency petition in Massachusetts to reduce the number of people incarcerated. [read post]
12 Mar 2020, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
” The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. [read post]
4 Mar 2020, 2:32 pm by Mark Walsh
In the bar section, there is a contingent from the American Civil Liberties Union, including Louise Melling, the deputy director and director of its Center for Liberty, which oversees abortion rights and other issues. [read post]
1 Mar 2020, 4:11 am by Nicholas Mosvick
Pennsylvania had far-reaching consequences, in the passing of new “personal liberty” laws by Northern states and the subsequent stronger federal Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
The company has faced extensive criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union and others for failing to challenge the practice of warrantless bus searches. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 7:45 am by Nicholas Mosvick
Following the Civil War’s end in April 1865, the leadership of Reconstruction Republicans, pushed to secure the civil rights of newly freed African-Americans at a time when former Confederate states imposed “Black Codes” that deprived black Americans of basic liberties to restore them to slave-like status. [read post]
21 Jan 2020, 9:00 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
Yet, this grand experiment has survived a civil war and three impeachment challenges. [read post]
Source: GeorgeRudy / iStock / Getty Images JPMorgan Chase settled a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of male employees who argued the banking company’s parental leave policy was inequitable to new fathers. [read post]
Source: GeorgeRudy / iStock / Getty Images JPMorgan Chase settled a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of male employees who argued the banking company’s parental leave policy was inequitable to new fathers. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
“We are extremely disappointed that the Supreme Court will allow this blatant violation of the First Amendment and fundamental medical ethics to stand,” said Alexa Kolbi-Molinas of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Reproductive Freedom Project. [read post]
30 Nov 2019, 9:30 pm by Mitra Sharafi
For three years, he was also Senior Staff Attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, in Los Angeles. [read post]
25 Nov 2019, 11:00 am by John Mikhail
  The same is true of his dazzling discussion of how implied commerce powers fared in the Lochner, New Deal, Civil Rights, and Rehnquist and Roberts Court eras. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 9:05 pm by Milad Emamian
In a 2015 white paper, American Civil Liberties Union senior policy analyst Jay Stanley argues that police departments should balance the risk of invading individuals’ privacy with the benefit of promoting officer accountability when requiring officers to wear BWCs. [read post]