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6 Jul 2017, 3:15 am by NCC Staff
The Democrats benefited from the Know Nothings diverting votes in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois and New Jersey from Fremont. [read post]
16 Jun 2017, 12:50 pm by Dan Ernst
Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Law School  ·         Justice in the Ibero-American World: from the Enlightenment to the Independence Age—Andréa Slemian, UNIFESP   ·         The revolutionary Constitution of 1917 in Mexico. [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]
6 Mar 2017, 9:30 pm by Sara Bodnar
” As a way to foster trust with communities, Roper, who is a Deputy Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, underscored the need for greater transparency in the wake of law enforcement shootings. [read post]
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]
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]
11 Jan 2017, 10:26 am by Scott Grabel
In November it was announced the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was filing suit against the state of Michigan over the state’s unclear standards regarding denial of parole to juvenile lifers. [read post]
29 Dec 2016, 9:30 pm by Griffin Davis
The decision was hailed as “a victory for consumers and innovators” by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and, according to University of Pennsylvania law professor Christopher Yoo, who filed an amicus brief opposing the Order, is unlikely to go to the U.S. [read post]
11 Nov 2016, 3:28 am by Robin Shea
 Twenty-two organizations have filed amicus (friend of the court) briefs on behalf of the plaintiff/appellant, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and 128 members of Congress. [read post]
28 Oct 2016, 3:00 am by SOG Staff
A few states will vote on whether to legalize recreational marijuana use in November, but the Associated Press reports that Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union are urging a more drastic change in drug laws: the decriminalization of possession and personal use of all illicit drugs. [read post]
28 Oct 2016, 3:00 am by SOG Staff
A few states will vote on whether to legalize recreational marijuana use in November, but the Associated Press reports that Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union are urging a more drastic change in drug laws: the decriminalization of possession and personal use of all illicit drugs. [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 8:03 am by Eric Baxter
Partially in response to that ruling, the American Civil Liberties Union – an early and ardent supporter of RFRA – announced that it would “no longer support the federal ‘religious freedom law’” for fear that it may be used “to discriminate against women, gay and transgender people and others. [read post]
20 Jul 2016, 4:17 am by Kevin Cieply
  *** Soldiers on the Home Front explores the potential threat the military poses to our civil liberties and rule of law when the military operates in our homeland. [read post]
28 Jun 2016, 7:56 am by Kevin Walsh
In one-and-a-half pages, Ginsburg manages not only to quote Judge Richard Posner four times, but also to sprinkle in citations to abortion-favoring amici like the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, as well as ten abortion-performing amici from Pennsylvania. [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 3:44 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Carl Takei (American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)) has posted From Mass Incarceration to Mass Control, and Back Again: How Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform May Lead to a For-Profit Nightmare (University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change, Vol. 20,... [read post]
13 Mar 2016, 6:08 pm by Steve Gottlieb
Unfit for Democracy: The Roberts Court and the Breakdown of American Politics (NYU Press 2016) is now available in book stores, online and on Kindle. [read post]
6 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
As I discussed in my half-year review, here, Georgia took the most remarkable leap forward, while Pennsylvania and New York continue to be controlled by the viselike grip of the Catholic bishops, or, in other words, stalled. [read post]