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21 Mar 2016, 1:00 pm
This article focuses on three phases in the relationship between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the courts in the period between the world wars: first, the ACLU’s attempt to promote worker mobilization by highlighting judicial hypocrisy; second, its effort to induce incremental legal reform by reshaping social values; and third, its now familiar reliance on the judiciary to insulate minority views against state intrusion and majoritarian… [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 6:30 am
This article focuses on three phases in the relationship between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the courts in the period between the world wars: first, the ACLU’s attempt to promote worker mobilization by highlighting judicial hypocrisy; second, its effort to induce incremental legal reform by reshaping social values; and third, its now familiar reliance on the judiciary to insulate minority views against state intrusion and majoritarian… [read post]
9 Mar 2006, 8:00 am
[JURIST] In an extension of an earlier lawsuit [ACLU complaint, PDF; press release], the American Civil Liberties Union [press release] and the Center for Constitutional Rights [press release] filed motions [ACLU motion for partial summary judgment, PDF] in federal court in New York Thursday asking the court to immediately stop the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program [JURIST [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 1:52 pm
According to an article in the Sentinel & Enterprise News, The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has joined with defense attorneys in an effort to toss out a crucial piece of evidence -- the "pings" off cellphone towers --... [read post]
11 Jun 2016, 8:56 pm
Dignity Health violated anti-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act and the Civil Rights Act by denying coverage for a transgender employee’s transition surgeries, the American Civil Liberties Union stated in a complaint filed in California federal court. [read post]
13 Feb 2017, 7:49 am
Timothy Huebner, author of Liberty and Union, provides a reexamination of the Civil War era, exploring how the African American understanding of constitutional equality helped transform a war for the Union into a war for emancipation and equal rights. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 6:36 pm
According to this announcement, and this one as well, which notes: The American Civil Liberties Union will announce the opening of its new South Carolina Office July 2 at a press conference and ceremonial ribbon-cutting that will include Charleston Mayor Joe Riley and a host of other political and community leaders. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 6:50 am
[JURIST] Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] Thursday seeking to force Hawaii to recognize same-sex civil unions [JURIST news archive] that offer the same rights as marriage. [read post]
8 Jan 2016, 6:30 am
It focuses on efforts by the American Union Against Militarism and National Civil Liberties Bureau — the organizational precursors to the ACLU — to secure exemptions from military service for conscientious objectors whose opposition to American involvement in the First World War stemmed from socialist or radical labor convictions rather than religious scruples. [read post]
20 Apr 2005, 4:39 pm
[JURIST] The Council on American-Islamic Relations [advocacy website], the New York Civil Liberties Union [advocacy website] and the American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy website] filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security [official website], saying DHS unlawfully detained, interrogated, fingerprinted and photographed a group of Muslim-American citizens who [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 5:54 pm
Legal Aid Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia [advocacy websites] argued that... [read post]
29 May 2013, 9:18 am
He was an ardent and committed member of the American Civil Liberties Union throughout his life. [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 2:12 pm
On March 1, the Department marked the five-year anniversary of its Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. [read post]
14 Feb 2019, 7:32 pm
In fact, there is no official language in the United States — Americans speak hundreds of different languages. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 10:52 am
The letter was signed by 438 organizations, including the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). [read post]
3 May 2009, 4:18 pm
Recent polls show that Americans favor the legal recognition of civil unions by an extraordinary margin of 60% to 34. [read post]
1 May 2007, 4:17 pm
Nojeim has worked in the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) since 1995, most recently as Associate Director and Chief Legislative Counsel. [read post]
31 May 2013, 2:01 pm
NEW LAWSUIT: Massive Human Rights Violations at Mississippi Prison Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). [read post]
5 Aug 2009, 2:17 am
ACLU press release (8/3): ACLU Asks Florida Court to Protect the Rights of Pregnant Women to Refuse Medical Care The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida today filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing the state's decision to force... [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 8:36 am
From The Washington Examiner, courtesy of the NACDL news scan: The American Civil Liberties Union and nearly 100 other civil rights groups are pressuring the Justice Department to force state and local law enforcement agencies to report to the FBI... [read post]
