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26 Jun 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Such overlapping terminology persisted even as sounding the alarm interposition continued to be practiced, most notably by both Northern and Southern legislatures before and during the Civil War. [read post]
8 Jun 2023, 9:05 pm by Haofei Liu
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana described the bill as “ extreme government overreach” for all Louisianans. [read post]
19 May 2023, 6:12 am by Ellen Flenniken
American Civil Liberties Union Allegheny County District Attorney Primary Poll Memo | American Civil Liberties Union Results from a recent survey show that voters want a District Attorney who will prioritize prevention over punishment. 73 percent of surveyed voters preferred a candidate who believes public safety… [read post]
21 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
But in some corners of the museum world, the choice of Yao has evoked uncomfortable echoes of a recent and traumatic period in the history of American women: the national reckoning over sexual harassment brought on by the #MeToo movement. [read post]
A Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment rights of an after-school satanist club by banning its members from gathering for regular meetings on school grounds, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued in a complaint filed Thursday. [read post]
27 Mar 2023, 1:25 am by INFORRM
Surveillance Civil rights groups, including Liberty and StopWatch, have published an open letter to the Manchester Mayor and Chief Constable of Greater Manchester asking them to investigate the use of gang surveillance in cases invoking the common law doctrine of joint enterprise. [read post]
9 Mar 2023, 11:48 pm by Riann Winget
Stella Yarbrough, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, argued that the law does not make drag performances illegal because it “bans obscene performances, and drag performances are not inherently obscene. [read post]
23 Jan 2023, 7:30 am by Guest Blogger
” This group was later reorganized as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 1:36 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Billions at Stake as Online Fundraising Practices Turn Off Voters MSN – Jessica Piper (Politico) | Published: 1/17/2023 Llyod Cotler, the founder of Banter Messaging, advises friends and family to write a check if they want to make political contributions and avoid online giving, lest their emails and phone numbers end up on lists that recirculate through the campaign world for eternity. [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
A century-and-a-half after the Civil War, some places in the South—and the American political system—remain scarred by the violence and destruction the South brought upon itself. [read post]
2 Jan 2023, 4:00 pm by Petrelli Previtera, LLC
The ruling was the result of a lawsuit brought in 2013 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) on behalf of 23 plaintiffs. [read post]
27 Dec 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Just recall the sad fate of Lani Guinier when she was nominated by President Clinton to head the Office of Civil Rights within the Department of Justice. [read post]
23 Nov 2022, 10:31 am by Xavier Persad
American Civil Liberties Union ACLU Comment on House Vote of the Electoral Count Act Moreover, as state legislative sessions approach, we expect to see continued state-level efforts to interfere with free and fair elections and restrict access to the ballot box. [read post]
8 Sep 2022, 3:48 am by Austin Sarat
People sentenced to death are more likely to have their sentences reversed on appeal or even to die of health problems or old age than to be executed.As an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) study explains, “Death row prisoners spend years and years on death row for a number of reasons. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 10:35 am by Guest Author
Though Novak has much to say about a common democratic litmus test—namely, the extension of civil rights to African Americans—he is relatively uninterested in electoral politics and social movements. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 5:01 am by Irina Manta, Cassandra Burke Robertson
The American Civil Liberties Union has supported the American Samoans’ litigation, explaining that “[t]hey can’t be court reporters in Utah, optometrists in New Mexico, or funeral home directors in Oklahoma, to name a few of the professions into which they’re barred entry. [read post]
4 Jul 2022, 5:26 am by Randy E. Barnett
The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. [read post]
10 May 2022, 9:02 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
Civil rights are dissected out of the Constitution, the American majority is marginalized, and the movement to control America’s culture is emboldened to continue cutting back on ever more constitutional rights. [read post]