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14 Oct 2017, 9:08 pm
” The judge wrote in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU that “the video belies” Sumner’s claim that the cuffs’ chain was as wide as the young boy’s torso and that the court had to adopt the video as fact over the word of the officer. [read post]
24 Mar 2003, 11:58 am
The Supreme Court notably declined to allow an ACLU motion seeking special permission to appeal a recent ruling of the "secret" [read post]
17 Apr 2010, 8:21 am
Critics claimed that the Arkansas Adoption and Foster Care Act of 2008 [ACLU backgrounder], or Initiated Act I, was discriminatory because it prohibited all gay couples from adopting or fostering children as [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 3:45 am
Here are some interesting sites to follow news and possible scandals: AP report that the Ohio ACLU is petitioning a federal judge in the Northen District of Ohio to enjoin [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 5:30 pm
And Jeremy Roebuck and Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer have an article headlined “ACLU to Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Act now to stop county jails from becoming coronavirus petri dishes. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 7:40 am
Last April, the ACLU of Louisiana held our first LGBT meeting in Lake Charles after a complaint from a local lesbian couple - who had been told by a police officer that it was illegal to be gay - came through our system. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 4:21 pm
[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday dismissed [press release] a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; ACLU case file] against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld [official profile] for authorizing torture and abuse of detainees by US personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 11:05 am
[JURIST] US District Judge Stefan Underhill of the District of Connecticut [official website] has ruled [opinion, PDF; ACLU-CT press release] that a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] challenging the constitutionality of certain portions of Connecticut's campaign finance law [PDF text] could proceed. [read post]
8 Jun 2018, 7:06 am
Two transgender women represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) won [opinion] a challenge Wednesday against Iowa's Department of Human Services in the Iowa District Court for Polk County [official website] over its ban on Medicaid coverage for transition-related surgeries. [read post]
7 Dec 2004, 5:29 pm
[JURIST] Documents released Tuesday by the ACLU pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act proceeding say that Defense Intelligence Agency personnel in Iraq who witnessed abuses of prisoners by a US Special Forces team were threatened to prevent them reporting those abuses, had their car keys taken and e-mails monitored, and were warned not to leave their base. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 8:06 am
Tariq Ramadan [ACLU materials; JURIST news archive] had been invited to teach at the University of Notre Dame in 2004, but the government denied his visa, [read post]
31 Jul 2011, 9:18 am
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) [advocacy websites] originally filed [JURIST report] the suit on behalf of patients and scientists challenging patents held by Myriad Genetics [corporate website] on the BCRA genes [NCI backgrounder]. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 8:22 am
Judge Carol Jackson heard a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] against the city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri after a resident was cited with Flag Desecration in accordance with a Missouri statute banning the practice that has been on the books... [read post]
22 Jan 2011, 2:01 pm
The class action suit against the State of California [official website] and LAUSD was originally filed [text, PDF] in February 2010 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) [official website] and attorneys at Morrison & Foerster, LLP [official website] on behalf of... [read post]
30 Jul 2009, 7:20 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Thursday ordered [text, PDF] that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad [ACLU materials; JURIST news archive] be released prior to August 24. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 1:09 pm
The order follows a lawsuit [press release] brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on behalf of a mother of three daughters studying at Van Devender Middle School in Wood County, West Virginia, which separated students and curriculum based on the students' gender. [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 10:36 am
Thanks to the ACLU of Northern California for bringing this opportunity and background information to our attention! [read post]
5 Nov 2016, 10:01 am
ACLU staff attorney... [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 7:04 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced [press release] Monday that Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Mohammed Jawad [ACLU materials; JURIST news archive] has been repatriated to Afghanistan. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 2:23 am
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] ordered [text, PDF] Wednesday that Afghan Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Mohammed Jawad [ACLU materials; JURIST news archive], detained since he was a teenager, be allowed to challenge his detention in federal courts without delay. [read post]
