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1 Jan 2012, 9:00 am
The American Civil Liberties Union sued in federal court on behalf of Louis Lebron, a 35-year-old navy veteran, college student, and single father from Orlando who needs financial assistance to care for his four- year old son, arguing that the law breached the Fourth Amendment’s protection against illegal search and seizures. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 10:57 am
A spokeswoman from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argues that police need probable cause to search a vehicle for drugs, and that turning away from a warned drug checkpoint does not provide such probable cause. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 2:05 pm
In separate efforts, the American Civil Liberties Union and Brennan Center for Justice at New York University spent a year observing court cases and interviewing hundreds of defenders, prosecutors, and the accused. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 4:15 am
Last week, after more than a year of drafting following oral argument, and nearly two years after the original District Court order, a Third Circuit panel (Chief Judge Scirica and Judges Fisher and Greenberg) issued their magnum opus on pleading Section 1 antitrust violations after Twombly and RICO Act "enterprises" after Boyle in the consolidated Multi-District Litigation In re: Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:20 pm
In that spirit, Roberts last week denounced President Obama’s criticism of the Court in his State of the Union address, saying that the occasion had “degenerated to a political pep rally. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 10:14 am
In that spirit, Roberts last week denounced President Obama’s criticism of the Court in his State of the Union address, saying that the occasion had “degenerated to a political pep rally. [read post]
21 Feb 2010, 9:38 am
TREATMENT Civil liberties advocates have long raised concerns that civil commitment is merely an indefinite extension of an offender's prison sentence. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 3:57 pm
“We just weren’t getting very far,†said Shelli Weisberg, legislative director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and also a board member. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 11:01 am
“We just weren’t getting very far,†said Shelli Weisberg, legislative director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (Contact) and also a board member. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 2:48 pm
Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the Court upheld a Michigan law that barred corporations from using their internal funds to support or oppose any state candidate, even though the spending was done independently of that candidate’s campaign operation. [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 11:25 am
Incidents like that are just one reason why Drewry Fennell, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware (Contact, Email), finds online registries to be problematic at best. [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 5:19 pm
Opinion below (DC Circuit) Petition for certiorari Brief in opposition Petitioner’s reply Brief amicus curiae of Federal Public Defender for District Court of Oregon (in support of petitioners) Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union (in support of petitioners) Brief amici curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York, et al. [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 12:19 pm
As reported here, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has joined forces with the American Center for Law and Justice to help protect a property owner. [read post]
4 Jun 2009, 8:41 am
I'll have more information on that in the next post, followed by a post on a funding crisis in the Cook County Illinois PD's office.The AP, which is in many newspapers today, is here; two brief excerpts from this must-read:"If you can't afford an attorney, and you fall into the criminal justice system, you are really, really screwed," said Demetrius Thomas of the New York American Civil Liberties Union.… [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 7:24 am
According to an American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan report, "Second Chances: Juveniles Serving Life Without Parole in Michigan," the rate of juvenile-life-without-parole sentences varies widely among Michigan counties. [read post]
12 Apr 2009, 11:40 pm
According to the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, 78 percent of juveniles sentenced to life without parole relied on appointed counsel. [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 8:04 am
American Civil Liberties Union, et al. (08-565). [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 4:16 am
Capital Punishment ProjectAmerican Civil Liberties Union122 Maryland Avenue, N.E.Washington, D.C. 20002ISBN 0-86566-063-8 (c) American Civil Liberties UnionPermission to reprint, with credit given to the source, is granted. [read post]
11 Apr 2008, 9:29 am
Proponents of the so-called Oklahoma Civil Rights Initiative (OKCRI)—backed by millionaire California businessman Ward Connerly and his so-called American Civil Rights Institute—were put on the defensive when local civil rights advocates, in collaboration with the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, began looking into the OKCRI’s fishy signature-gathering… [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 2:24 am
The plaintiffs are a collection of associations and individuals led by the American Civil Liberties Union, and they cross-appeal. [read post]
