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21 Oct 2011, 3:30 am by David Kravets
Consider that it took 19 years of lobbying by the American Civil Liberties Union and others to pass legislation President Barack Obama signed last year narrowing the sentencing disparity between crack and cocaine convictions. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 11:22 am by Steve Bainbridge
Curiously, however, I've been unable to find any complaint by Frank about Judge Stephen Reinhardt's failure to recuse himself from the prop 8 case even though Reinhardt "is married to Ramona Ripston, longtime head of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 7:04 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
” Pattern or practice investigations usually are triggered when the American Civil Liberties Union or another civil rights group files a complaint with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., according to Scott Greenwood, a constitutional and police civil rights attorney who also serves as national counsel for the ACLU. [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 10:12 am by Bill Otis
The American Civil Liberties Union has also targeted Chicago police, and the department in August 2015 agreed to track investigatory stops and pat-downs to avert a lawsuit. [read post]
29 Oct 2021, 7:16 am by gabrielagendreau
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Staff Attorney. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 3:44 am
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey says a lack of a translation policy holds non-English speakers to a "higher standard" of remembering what's in the driver's manual. [read post]
19 Feb 2008, 7:04 am
Among the more significant cases the Court refused to hear was an appeal by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking to revive its lawsuit — dismissed  by a federal appeals court — challenging the Bush Administration’s no-warrant program of electronic eavesdropping of global telephone calls and e-mails when that monitoring reaches inside the U.S. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 7:49 am
The appeal that halted the lethal injection was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of those who witness executions and argued that the paralytic effect of the pancuronium bromide creates a false impression of the event. [read post]
” Several non-profit organizations also shared their support for the bill prior to it landing on the Governor’s desk, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the California Employment Lawyers Organization and Legal Aid at Work. [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 6:23 am by Joe Consumer
The American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups have stoked online opposition to the House bill, saying it would allow Americans’ personal data to be shared with the National Security Agency and the military, and let the government use that data for undefined “national security” purposes. [read post]
18 Jul 2008, 12:36 pm
"You do what you think isbest to protect the general populace of the state," said Hutchins, now a federal defense contractor.The 46 pages of single-spaced typed records were released this week to the American Civil Liberties Union ofMaryland, which sued the state police in June, claiming that it had refused to release public documents that shed lighton surveillance of peace activists. [read post]
6 Jun 2016, 8:23 am by Samuel Goldberg
Massachusetts has been trying to pass strong sexting laws under the Commonwealth’s obscenity laws but such law has been challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the federal court ruled the law to be over broad and issued an injunction to prevent the Commonwealth from enforcing the law. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 7:34 am
Too often, we don't.The American Civil Liberties Union reports that since 1973, 123 people nationwide have been released from death row because they were innocent. [read post]
25 Dec 2018, 12:46 pm by Dave Maass
  The NSA Just Released 136 Historical Propaganda Posters - Motherboard Facing Down Amazon The American Civil Liberties Union kicked off multiple national and local news cycles—and energized an internal worker resistance—when it revealed through public records that Amazon was providing real-time face recognition (“Rekognition”) technology to local police departments. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 7:30 am
The encounter in the hotel room was a breaking point — I contacted the American Civil Liberties Union and lawyered up. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 3:59 am by Edith Roberts
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in favor of a pregnant undocumented teen seeking an abortion, and to discipline the American Civil Liberties Union attorneys representing the teen for allegedly misleading the government into delaying a request for a stay of the ruling until after the abortion had been performed. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 7:41 am by annalthouse@gmail.com (Ann Althouse)
It seems unlikely that Palin is aware that Darrow was a big wig at the American Civil Liberties Union given her penchant for scoffing at...civil liberties. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 8:29 am by Scott Bomboy
The American Civil Liberties Union and the attorneys general of New York and Washington states have vowed to pursue the issue in court. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 4:08 am
View the article hereNOTE: This is in regards to the death penalty for sex offenders who have been found guilty of raping a child.Briefs and Documents Docket: 07-343 Argument Transcript Merits briefs Brief for Petitioner Patrick Kennedy Brief for Respondent State of Louisiana Reply Brief for Petitioner Patrick Kennedy Amicus briefs Brief for the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Louisiana Public Defenders Association in Support of Petitioner Brief for the… [read post]