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6 Feb 2017, 1:25 pm by Adams & Luka
The bill expanded juvenile civil citation by allowing law enforcement officers to issue a civil citation or participation in a similar diversion program to youth who have committed up to three misdemeanors. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 1:37 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
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]
20 Sep 2016, 1:54 pm by June Casey
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]
10 May 2016, 3:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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]
6 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
It operates by increasing funding under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act if a state extends or eliminates unexpired civil or criminal SOLs. [read post]
28 Jun 2015, 10:34 am by Jason Shinn
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]
20 Nov 2014, 5:00 am by Maureen Johnston
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina 14-35Issue: Whether the government speech doctrine permits the state of North Carolina to promote its “Choose Life” message through a specialty license plate program over which it exercises complete and effective control without also offering a pro-choice specialty plate. [read post]
1 Oct 2014, 6:59 am by Dave Maass
ComputerCOP further claims an apparently nonexistent endorsement by the American Civil Liberties Union and an expired endorsement from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. [read post]
Upping the Racial Profiling Ante In a recently released report, "War Comes Home," the American Civil Liberties Union (my employer) discovered that nearly 80% of all SWAT raids it reviewed between 2011 and 2012 were deployed to execute a search warrant. [read post]
4 Feb 2014, 10:15 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Aguilar, NAEIP Liaison, Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State Laughlin McDonald, Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Voting Rights Project Nina Perales, Senior Attorney, Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund James T. [read post]
6 Nov 2012, 11:11 am by Karen K. Harris
The suit, which was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Michigan, the National Consumer Law Center, and San Francisco-based law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein on behalf of five Detroit residents and the nonprofit legal aid organization Michigan Legal Services, is unique for two reasons. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 10:00 pm by Nietzer
By Sam Favate In what could be a groundbreaking action with national implications, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a “right to read” lawsuit in Michigan, charging that the state and its agencies that oversee public education have failed to ensure that students are reading at grade level as required by state law. [read post]
31 May 2012, 11:25 am by David Kravets
Citing anonymous sources, The New York Times wrote in 2009 that the interception of communications “went beyond the broad limits established by Congress.” The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American Civil Liberties Union urged lawmakers Thursday that, if they were to re-adopt the legislation, the government should be more transparent and perhaps report the number of Americans and foreigners whose communications were captured. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 8:13 am by Ronald Collins
Of this book, the American Monthly reviewer wrote: [T]he work is a rare union of patience, brilliancy, and acuteness, and . . . [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 9:49 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Hopefully we'll hear him address civil liberties issues. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 9:47 am by Candace Cathey
Washington, D.C. : Washington National Office, American Civil Liberties Union, 2002. [read post]