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8 Sep 2010, 4:54 am
District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) are representing plaintiffs in a constitutional challenge to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies that authorize the suspicionless search of laptops and other electronic devices at the international border. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 11:48 am
The American Civil Liberties Union took up Mr. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 11:25 am
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has published an online resource on how to obtain a court order waiving or reducing the interest that accrues on legal financial obligations. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 1:07 pm
Conahan, in combination and conspiracy with other defendants named herein, have collectively perpetrated, through their acts and omissions, what ranks as one of the largest and most serious violations of children’s rights in the history of the American legal system. [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 4:58 pm
Seventeen years ago, Nkechi Taifa and I, through the ACLU Washington Office, convened the first national conference on the crack/powder disparity bringing together scientists, defense attorneys, affected families, criminologists, members of Congress and civil rights groups. [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]
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]
11 Jul 2010, 6:33 pm
"If the statement were translated it would level the playing field equal to English speakers," Blacker says.The language issue is one states have grappled with on similar cases for years, with none so far requiring translations of these statements for non-English speakers, says Jeffrey Mandel, who filed a brief in support of the Marquez case for the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.In most states, drivers are deemed as having given implied consent to a breath test… [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 5:17 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union have produced a new report, “Policing Free Speech: Police Surveillance and Obstruction of First Amendment-Protected Activity” which surveys news accounts and studies of questionable snooping and arrests in 33 states and the District of Columbia over the past decade. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 11:18 am
Langston with the blog faculty Source: The Washington Post The American Civil Liberties Union plans to sue the U.S. government Wednesday on behalf of 10 citizens or legal permanent residents who have been placed on a no-fly list and, in some cases, stranded abroad. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 8:43 am
First, Pamela Manson's report, "Money driving capital punishment debate," from this morning's paper.In the end, the heated debate over the death penalty might come down to cold, hard cash.With studies estimating a death penalty case costs two to four times more than other homicide prosecutions, some are proposing an end to capital punishment to save money.San Francisco lawyer Natasha Minsker, death penalty policy director for the American Civil… [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 11:35 am
The RPM was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Puerto Rico and the International Human Rights Law Clinic at American University Washington College of Law. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 8:59 am
Supreme Court retirements inevitably produce much more coverage of process than substance. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 7:09 pm
HF 999 was introduced to create civil union contracts. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 12:57 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union backed the Ohio Witnesses in 2002 by filing an amicus brief and is doing the same now for the 25,000 Witnesses who worship in Puerto Rico. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 3:51 am
" ACLU Sues for Release of Torture Memo Report "The American Civil Liberties Union announced that it had filed suit against the Justice Department today, demanding that it release a report on possible ethics violations by the authors the Bush administration's so-called 'torture memos.' " [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 12:51 am
Missouri's Halloween restrictions also have been challenged in federal court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri on behalf of several sex offenders. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 6:39 pm
Officials at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (Email), which has opposed similar residential restrictions from Barnstable to Lynn, argue that they impose additional punishment after convicts have served their time. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 4:11 am
In response, the American Civil Liberties Union is dropping its lawsuit on behalf of Steve Bierfeldt, the man who was detained in March and who recorded the confrontation on his iPhone as TSA and local police officers spent half an hour demanding answers as to why he was carrying the money through Lambert-St. [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 4:36 pm
” The plaintiff’s lawyers, of the American Civil Liberties Union, were not privy to what the government told U.S. [read post]
