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5 Sep 2018, 11:46 am
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Tuesday against the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR) [official website] for failing to protect a transgender man from sex-based employment discrimination. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 9:42 am
He was an ardent and committed member of the American Civil Liberties Union throughout his life. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 6:24 am
Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other women's groups filed suits Wednesday challenging abortion laws in Alaska [complaint], Missouri and North Carolina [complaints, PDF]. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 11:04 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU), the Constitution Project (CP), and the Rutherford Institute [advocacy websites] filed amici curiae briefs [ACLU brief, PDF; CP brief, PDF] Tuesday backing a challenge [JURIST report] to a federal law [18 USC § 2339B(a)(1)] that prohibits providing material support to terrorism. [read post]
25 Oct 2017, 12:30 pm
” President Truman continued to push for civil rights, addressing Congress in February 1948 and arguing that American’s position in the world, made civil rights “especially urgent. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 5:45 am
In 2007, even as the ACLU was asking a federal court to find that former CIA director George Tenet violated U.S. and international human rights laws when he authorized agents to abduct and abuse Mr. [read post]
27 Nov 2024, 3:30 am
With respect to constitutional rights, she identifies labor’s demand that the right to unionize should no longer be seen as the creature of statute, but as a fundamental entitlement of all employees, as it is in the U.N. [read post]
11 Jun 2008, 12:20 am
In a press release (pdf) Tuesday that read more like a What Now FAQ for same-sex marriage advocates, the American Civil Liberties Union, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal among other organizations, cautioned advocates to "Make change, not lawsuits. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 6:41 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Immigration Council and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project [advocacy websites], in conjunction with Public Counsel and K&L Gates LLP [firm websites] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] Wednesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington [official website] on behalf of eight undocumented immigrant children facing deportation proceedings from the US without… [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 12:40 pm
Televangelist Pat Robertson established the ACLJ in 1990 to be the American Civil Liberties Union's conservative counterpart. [read post]
2 Aug 2021, 6:46 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other immigrant rights groups have resumed a lawsuit against the United States over a controversial immigration policy known as the Title 42 process. [read post]
14 Feb 2010, 10:01 pm
. opinions nationwide remain closely divided, but two-thirds of all Americans now say gay and lesbian couples should be able to have the same rights as heterosexual couples through civil unions. [read post]
21 Mar 2016, 9:30 pm
Louis, and the female activists of the Civil War period, left a rich legal heritage to those who would continue the struggle for civil rights in the postbellum era.And a blurb:This is a landmark book. [read post]
29 Aug 2013, 3:36 pm
Reported Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Guards to join convict litigation over hot state prisons," Aug. 29):The union that represents Texas’ correctional officers on Thursday announced its support for lawsuits filed over the deaths of at least 14 convicts in sweltering state prisons, saying the lockups should be cooled to relieve unbearable and dangerous conditions.At a time when civil-rights lawsuits are pending in several Southern states, where the summer… [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 8:48 am
Recently, an appeals court ruled, on behalf of an ACLU client, that Americans have a First Amendment right to videotape the police making an arrest in a public park. [read post]
5 May 2021, 9:33 am
Georgia passed a voting rights bill that imposed several barriers to accessing the polls, which has faced several lawsuits from civil rights groups. [read post]
5 Jan 2014, 8:29 am
Fritz, AMERICAN SOVEREIGNS: THE PEOPLE AND AMERICA’S CONSTITUTIONAL TRADITION BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR (Cambridge, 2008). [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 8:24 pm
Maggie McLetchie, a lawyer arguing for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, told judges with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that the new laws re-punish sex offenders by upping their tier classifications, in some cases forcing them to move because... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
28 May 2011, 6:51 am
From ABAJ.com, Allegedly Frisked Attorney Sues Over NY Taxi-Search Policy: An attorney allegedly frisked by the New York police under a policy that he says officers use to illegally search taxi passengers under the guise of checking on driver safety has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 1:23 pm
Assistant Attorney for Civil Rights Tom Perez testified about the steps his department is taking to ensure that the civil rights of the American people are protected. [read post]
