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14 Jun 2011, 6:41 am
" "In 2009, the Department of Justice indicated that it would be a low priority to prosecute anyone who was complying with state medical marijuana laws," explains Jay Rorty of the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
By 1790 both North Carolina and Rhode Island had ratified the Constitution and the proposed amendments. [read post]
The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union had objected to the change, cautioning it could stop the use of new technology “in its tracks without the careful consideration it deserves on a case-by-case basis. [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 9:40 am by Dale Ho
The ACLU, the ACLU of Rhode Island, the Campaign Legal Center, and the law firm Fried Frank brought the case on behalf of two voting rights advocacy groups: Common Cause Rhode Island and the League of Women Voters Rhode Island.Minnesota: In August, the state of Minnesota agreed to eliminate the witness requirement. [read post]
23 Sep 2020, 6:30 am by Mark Graber
  Other political decisions create backlash that leads American constitutionalism down entirely different paths. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 12:01 pm by Matthew R. Arnold, Esq.
The attorney who represents the student, Carly Iafrate of the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the legalization of medical marijuana would be “an empty promise” if employers are allowed to discriminate against people based on their status as medical marijuana users. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 5:41 am by The Charge
  Nearby Connecticut and Rhode Island rejected it outright. [read post]
13 May 2019, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
  It is the American military that, today, protects the European Union from Russian invasions and South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, India, and Australia from Chinese invasion. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 11:54 am by Matt Murphy
“My professional career has been dedicated to advancing people’s rights and liberties as outlined in the Declaration and in the Constitution and its Bill of Rights,” said Murphy, the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington Legislative Office. [read post]
March 10: Cicilline withdraws the drug testing order in the face of opposition from the police union and the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
13 Dec 2018, 2:22 am by Scott Bomboy
American Civil Liberties Union, the Court said in a 5-4 decision that of two public-sponsored holiday displays in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, only one was permissible. [read post]
4 Jul 2023, 6:57 am by Randy E. Barnett
The Rhode Island gradual abolition law of 1784 read: All men are entitled to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, and the holding Mankind in a State of Slavery, as private property, which has gradually obtained by unrestrained Custom and the Permission of the Law, is repugnant to this Principle, and subversive of the Happiness of Mankind. [read post]
4 Jul 2021, 8:00 am by Randy E. Barnett
The Rhode Island gradual abolition law of 1784 read: All men are entitled to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, and the holding Mankind in a State of Slavery, as private property, which has gradually obtained by unrestrained Custom and the Permission of the Law, is repugnant to this Principle, and subversive of the Happiness of Mankind. [read post]
4 Jul 2022, 5:26 am by Randy E. Barnett
The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 7:53 am by Kyle Hulehan
Concerns over the resulting enforcement of the proposed menthol sales ban caused the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey to caution against implementation of a ban. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 7:45 am by Nicholas Mosvick
By 1855, only five states—Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont—had black male suffrage. [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]
16 May 2023, 5:01 am by Anthony Sanders
Today, no U.S. state has adopted a new constitution since Rhode Island did in 1986. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 9:03 pm by Katherine McKeen
Meanwhile, over the last decade, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has fought to narrow the scope of state statutes that criminalize such imagery. [read post]