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3 Oct 2011, 8:27 am by Bill Raftery
No Alabama HB 607 (Constitutional Amendment) Enacts American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment. [read post]
18 Sep 2011, 1:48 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Department of Children and Families on behalf of UCF senior accounting major Luis Lebron. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 11:31 am by Dan Taglioli
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLUFL) [advocacy website] on Wednesday filed a federal class action lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] seeking to enjoin implementation of the recently passed state law that mandates drug testing for individuals seeking Temporary Cash Assistance (TAC). [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 3:46 pm
NBC Miami: ACLU Files Suit Over Welfare Drug Tests / Group challenges Florida law that requires testing for welfare applicants by Brian Hamacher: The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires welfare recipients to undergo drug testing. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 12:06 pm by Eva Arevuo
In opposition to the bill, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People argued that the law violates personal freedom and unfairly targets minority students. [read post]
14 Aug 2011, 2:05 pm by Leslie Sammis
Numerous other organizations and law professors joined in filing "friend of the court" briefs, including the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the Drug Policy Alliance, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, the Calvert Institute for Policy Research, and 38 professors of law from 27 different law schools in the United States.A copy of the Amicus… [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 6:02 am by Nathan Koppel
The judge sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, which has argued that the monument improperly constitutes the government promoting a religious messages. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 3:19 pm by Bill Raftery
Arizona HB 2582 Enacts the “Arizona Foreign Decisions Act” Declares the acceptance of Arizona into the Union was a “compact”. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 4:11 am
And then of course the ACLU has to jump in and make total sense: “This shows that the more you integrate people back into society, the more you’re going to reduce crime, save money and make the state safer,” said Howard Simon of the American Civil Liberties Union, which strongly protested the new waiting periods for clemency hearings. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 4:11 am
And then of course the ACLU has to jump in and make total sense: “This shows that the more you integrate people back into society, the more you’re going to reduce crime, save money and make the state safer,” said Howard Simon of the American Civil Liberties Union, which strongly protested the new waiting periods for clemency hearings. [read post]
31 Jul 2011, 5:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Briefs attacking the Florida law, in which a defendant need not know that a substance is illegal to be convicted of possessing or selling it, had been filed by groups including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union and dozens of law professors. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 5:42 pm by Josh Blackman
Here are all the names (usually briefs are cited, if at all, without listing the signatories). 7 A full explication of the elimination of mens rea as atavistic and repugnant to the common law is eloquently and thoroughly set forth in the memorandum filed by Amici Curiae, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Drug Policy Alliance, Calvert… [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 12:06 pm by Maureen Cosgrove
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLUFL) [advocacy website] filed the lawsuit in early 2007, arguing that the monument violated the Establishment Clause [Cornell LII backgrounder] of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 7:22 am by Louis Rosen
  He had black friends and helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and also played a role in founding the organization that became the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 8:22 am by Bill Raftery
Alabama HB 607 (Constitutional Amendment) Enacts American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment. [read post]
4 Jun 2011, 1:17 pm by Jennie Ryan
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [text, PDF; press release] on Friday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida [official website] challenging a new state voting law. [read post]
4 Jun 2011, 1:17 pm by Jennie Ryan
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [text, PDF; press release] on Friday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida [official website] challenging a new state voting law. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 9:55 am by Bill Raftery
Alabama HB 607 (Constitutional Amendment) Enacts American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 11:16 am by Nathan Koppel
The American Civil Liberties Union is taking aim at Florida governor Rick Scott’s executive order in March mandating drug testing for state employees — both new hires and some existing employees, regardless of whether they are suspected of drug use. [read post]