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1 May 2012, 7:34 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia and the Advancement Project [advocacy websites] filed suit along with the Washington, DC law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP [firm website] in Pennsylvania state court on behalf of voters who lack valid photo ID. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 8:04 am by Matthew Kolken
A spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, has predicted that the proposed legislation will “set up a state-level immigration enforcement scheme. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 8:05 am by Matthew Kolken
 A Bill entitled the Professional Licensees Illegal Employment Act, covering anyone in the State of Pennsylvania that is licensed by the Bureau of Occupational and Professional Affairs, proposes to revoke the professional license of anyone that hires undocumented workers, including first time violators.A spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, has predicted that the proposed legislation will “set up… [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 7:07 am by Joe Palazzolo
A Commonwealth judge rejected a request by challengers of the law, including the American Civil Liberties Union, to block it from taking force. [read post]
18 Apr 2018, 10:01 am by Akira Tomlinson
In April the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU) [advocacy website] referred [ACLU report] to the bill as an unconstitutional restriction on reproductive rights, thereby making it unenforceable. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 9:38 am by Katherine Getty
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) [advocacy website] on Wednesday sued [complaint, PDF] the Solanco School District [school website] in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on behalf of an 11-year-old girl who is required to submit to a drug test. [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 10:34 am by Austin Koltonowski
The state chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union and the League of Women voters filed the complaint in Commonwealth Court against the acting head of the Pennsylvania Department of State. [read post]
20 May 2014, 12:31 pm by Jaclyn Belczyk
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed the federal lawsuit [JURIST report] last July on behalf of 21 Pennsylvania residents who wished to marry their same-sex partners or who were seeking recognition of their out-of-state same-sex marriages. [read post]
2 Sep 2006, 3:00 am
The law was challenged [JURIST report; complaint; ACLU materials] last month by the American Civil Liberties Union of [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 7:07 am
[JURIST] The federal trial of a lawsuit launched by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] challenging the constitutionality of two laws passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania [official website; legal defense website] that make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to live or work in the town ended Thursday. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 3:00 pm by Karen Tani
As Wheeler’s engaging history of how the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) helped make sex a civil liberty reveals, commitments to sexual freedom and consumer rights grew out of the changing political and cultural milieu from which the organization emerged and drew its leaders.Read on here. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 7:53 am by Julie Deisher
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) [advocacy website] filed a motion [text, PDF] Thursday on behalf of the Guardian, the the Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Philadelphia City Paper [news websites] asking the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania [official website] to unseal court records which include information regarding the source of Pennsylvania's… [read post]
29 Mar 2017, 12:07 pm by Erik Slobe
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania [advocacy website] reached [press release] a settlement with the School District of Lancaster Tuesday over the placement of newly arrived 17 to 20-year-old immigrant students. [read post]
22 Jan 2004, 8:31 am
In Thursday's civil rights news, the American Civil Liberties Union has announced its appeal of a recent Pennsylvania court decision forbiding employees of the University of Pittsburgh from challenging the University's policy [read post]
25 Jan 2018, 9:32 am by Ram Eachambadi
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), together with the Abolitionist Law Center [advocacy websites], and the law firms of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feiberg & Lin LLP and Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP [firm websites] filed a class action suit [complaint, PDF] against Pennsylvania's "unconstitutional practice of holding prisoners sentenced to death in mandatory, permanent solitary confinement," alleging that the practice… [read post]
31 Oct 2018, 7:26 am by Erik Slobe
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) on Tuesday over a new policy that requires that only photocopies of incoming mail be delivered to inmates instead of the original copies. [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 11:29 am by Tate Brown
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania filed a new complaint against the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Tuesday over the jailing of mentally ill individuals. [read post]
22 Feb 2019, 1:11 pm by Erin McCarthy Holliday
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) said Friday that it is nearing a settlement in a federal lawsuit challenging a controversial Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) mail policy in which photocopies of incoming mail be delivered to inmates instead of the original copies, which were stored. [read post]