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8 Oct 2009, 6:09 am
" Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank suggests that interest groups on both sides of the Establishment Clause question, like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Christian Defense Coalition, had an incentive to dramatize the First Amendment harm in order to attract attention – and money – to their causes. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 1:55 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union said Leahy and Feinstein had offered a “watered-down” version. [read post]
27 Sep 2009, 11:47 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union has consistently opposed any indefinite detention regime and pushed for detainees to be charged in federal or military courts or released. [read post]
16 Sep 2009, 9:40 am
Related posts on botched Broom execution: Ohio struggling, legally and practically, with effort to execute offender More on Ohio's execution troubles and what could happen next Some related posts on litigation in Ohio and elsewhere over lethal injection: Sixth Circuit splitting over challenges to Ohio's execution protocol "Sotomayor on losing end in Ohio man's death appeal" Split Sixth Circuit panel upholds Tennessee's lethal injection procedures Legal… [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 6:33 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union came to the defense of British hacker Gary McKinnon on Thursday, decrying an extradition treaty that could soon see McKinnon standing trial in the U.S. on charges of cracking and damaging American military systems. [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 9:55 pm
The ACLU represented Jawad: American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Jonathan Hafetz, who filed Jawad's unlawful detention suit, called the young Afghan's case "emblematic of everything that is wrong with Guantánamo. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 1:32 am
Under pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union and HIV advocates, the Alabama Department of Corrections this week reversed a longstanding policy of prohibiting HIV-infected prisoners from taking part in programs that let inmates hold paying jobs during the day. [read post]
20 Jul 2009, 8:41 am
An hour after former President Bush signed the new FISA bill into law, the ACLU and other civil liberties groups filed a federal lawsuit in New York challenging it. [read post]
4 Jun 2009, 11:31 pm
ACLU, and again in Ashcroft v. [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 8:01 pm
Feeling the love in the Washington Post:Nationwide, public defender offices are in crisis"If you can't afford an attorney, and you fall into the criminal justice system, you are really, really screwed," said (paralegal) Demetrius Thomas of the New York American Civil Liberties Union... [read post]
6 May 2009, 9:44 am
5-6-2009 Vermont:MONTPELIER - The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Vermont has filed a lawsuit against the city of Barre on behalf of a man who has been told that he cannot live with his wife and children in the city solely because of his criminal record.The suit was filed in Washington Superior Court on behalf of Chris Hagan, a Vermonter who moved to Barre with his family this [read post]
1 May 2009, 1:53 am
The proposed rule has drawn the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union and religious and domestic violence groups. [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]
4 Mar 2009, 12:05 am
Not so fast, said al-Marri's lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union in a brief filed at the high court Tuesday. [read post]
3 Mar 2009, 5:03 am
"The sheer number of tapes at issue demonstrates that this destruction was not an accident," said Amrit Singh, a staff lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 11:25 am
The American Civil Liberties Union, citing news stories, reported Thursday that the Justice Department will shortly file terrorism charges and hold a trial in civilian court of a Qatari national, Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri — the only detainee taken prisoner in the U.S. and still being held in this country. [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 5:01 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union led the challenge to the law on behalf of writers, artists and health educators. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 5:16 pm
Government agents should not have the right to stop and question Americans anywhere without suspicion within 100 miles of the border, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday, pointing attention to the little known power of the federal government to set up immigration checkpoints far from the nation's border lines. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 4:43 am
Four convicted sex offenders and the American Civil Liberties Union are challenging the Missouri law in federal court.Louisiana lawmakers this year barred convicted sex offenders from wearing masks on Halloween or during the state's carnival season.Other states, including New Jersey and Texas, have begun tracking sex offenders at Halloween over the past five years.Sex offenders In Maryland who do not post the signs and stay home will be taken to court and… [read post]
9 Oct 2008, 5:13 am
Sex offenders also have to put up a sign that says no candy or treats at this residence.The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the new law. [read post]
