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31 May 2018, 12:36 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The orders were just the latest  steps designed to weaken unions, federal employee compensation and civil service protections. [read post]
The Council for American Islamic Relations, for example, is the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 10:19 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights [advocacy website] filed suit [complaint, PDF; press release] Monday challenging the practice of shackling immigration [JURIST news archive] detainees in court. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 1:57 pm by Dale Carpenter
(Dale Carpenter) Today the state legislature passed a civil unions bill (full text here), granting same– and opposite-sex partners all of the legal rights, obligations, and privileges of spouses under state law. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 4:22 pm
[JURIST] A coalition of civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) [advocacy websites], filed a new federal lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] Wednesday challenging an Arizona law aimed at preventing employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 11:29 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
The National Immigrant Justice Center, Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Border Litigation Project [advocacy websites] filed the complaint with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website] on behalf of more than... [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 10:34 am
Moreover, every national poll now shows that a substantial majority of Americans support civil unions. [read post]
14 Oct 2022, 11:25 am by Kary L. Moss
Paid for by American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. in coordination with Yes on 308. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 7:22 am
Where opposition wasn't going to stop gay marriage, the compromise of civil unions might. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 8:01 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Thursday urged [letter, PDF; press release] the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] to take action against the government of Puerto Rico [BBC backgrounder] for alleged civil rights violations. [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]
3 Oct 2007, 3:43 am
The American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit charging that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official and JetBlue Airways illegally discriminated against an American resident based solely on the Arabic... [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 3:53 pm
"The American Civil Liberties Union today released a report summarizing the civil liberties and civil rights record of Judge Sonia... [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 10:17 am by Dan Taglioli
Brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) [advocacy websites] and other civil rights groups, the class action suit [complaint, PDF] claims the new legislation is unconstitutional, inviting racial profiling and interfering with federal law. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 9:47 am by David Ingram
As The National Law Journal reported in May, hires made during the Obama administration have tended to come from traditional civil rights organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union or the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. [read post]