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18 Nov 2016, 1:37 pm
The newsworthy event in November 2016 was American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyers representing PubPeer filed a motion with the Michigan Court of Appeals on November 16 to enter an internal Wayne State University investigation of pathologist Fazlul Sarkar into the legal record .This post related to a case, now at the Michigan Court of Appeals, involving Dr. [read post]
28 Oct 2016, 10:54 am
The American Civil Liberties Union is representing the family. [read post]
18 Oct 2016, 12:05 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan [advocacy website] filed a class-action lawsuit [complaint, PDF; fact sheet, PDF] Monday regarding children's education in relation to the Flint water crisis. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 1:54 pm
Thursday, October 6, 2016 at noon, with lunch
Harvard Law School Room Lewis 214A (Directions)
1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge Gillian Thomas is a Senior Staff Attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 4:00 am
The whole spectacle left no doubt that a Trump presidency would likewise be inextricably entangled with the duplicitous promotion of the Trump Organization and of the (possibly hollow) financial empire surrounding it, all neatly (and pointlessly) ensconced in a perfectly transparent “blind trust” about as effective as the non-existent but “great” wall Trump has repeatedly promised to build across our border with Mexico.Needless to say, that blatant display of contempt… [read post]
21 Aug 2016, 3:44 am
Brian Hauss, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union ― which filed a legal brief in support of Stephens ― said in an email that the ruling was “way, way out there” and could have serious repercussions down the road. [read post]
16 Jun 2016, 1:12 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and Disability Rights Ohio conducted a study of solitary confinement and mental illness in Ohio’s prisons. [read post]
10 May 2016, 3:59 am
The Legislative Reference Library helpfully compiled these background resources regarding the interim charges those panels will consider:House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence (May 16) Charge: Asset forfeiture SCOTUS Ruling Requires Relook at State Asset Forfeiture Laws, National Conference of State Legislatures, April 1, 2016 Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture, 2nd Edition, Institute for Justice, November 2015 Civil Asset Forfeiture: Good… [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 9:49 am
The lawsuit, filed in conjunction with Concerned Pastors for Social Action, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and Flint resident Melissa Mays, seeks to force city and state officials to mediate alleged violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act... [read post]
6 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm
This development should not be underestimated, because even ten years ago many Americans believed that there are few perpetrators and that children frequently make up stories about abuse, and, therefore, the SOLs need to be short to protect adults. [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 6:25 am
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the law could have linked a person’s criminal background check to their driver's license, "potentially letting police officers know someone’s race, citizenship status, and criminal history before coming into contact with that person. [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 6:02 pm
The complaint (full text) in American Civil Liberties Union v. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 10:45 am
On Monday, October 5, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Wisconsin, along with the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and Dechert LLP, will argue in federal district court that this discrimination is unconstitutional. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 10:20 am
The American Civil Liberties Union, for instance, is decrying the move to RFID chips in driver's licenses as a "civil liberties nightmare. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 1:09 pm
ACLU, Court Refuses to Hear Case of Pregnant Woman Denied Care at Catholic Hospital A federal district court today dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan on behalf of a pregnant woman... [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 7:40 am
Ruling 5-4, the Court invalidated the state laws challenged by the petitioners here—in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee—to the extent they exclude same-sex couples from civil marriage on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples. [read post]
28 Jun 2015, 10:34 am
However, Michigan recognizes marital status as a protected classification under its primary employment discrimination law, Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA). [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 5:16 pm
” In response, the state legislature invented the civil union as a marriage alternative—same benefits, different name. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 12:17 pm
” It was that “American Mormons were engaging in a practice thought to be characteristic of Asiatic and African peoples who were believed, at the time, to be civilizationally and racially inferior. [read post]
22 May 2015, 8:27 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Michigan [advocacy websites] on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] on behalf of six Michigan transgender individuals against Secretary of State Ruth Johnson [official website] challenging a state policy that they claim makes it nearly impossible for transgender individuals to change the gender recorded on their driver licenses and other forms of… [read post]
