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2 Aug 2016, 8:49 am
Separately, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, and Equality North Carolina have jointly filed a lawsuit against North Carolina’s governor (Carcano v. [read post]
19 May 2014, 9:01 pm
Even the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), an ardent defender of civil rights, distanced itself from any notion of gay rights, issuing a policy statement in 1957 that sodomy bans were constitutional if “deemed socially necessary or beneficial” by state and local governments. [read post]
3 Apr 2018, 1:01 am
” The American Justice Department has chosen to treat such persons as “enemy combatants,” a category meant to subject them to military rather than civil jurisdiction. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 7:27 pm
We granted certiorari, 513 U.S. 1146, 115 S.Ct. 1092, 130 L.Ed.2d 1061 (1995), and now affirm the judgment, but on a rationale different from that adopted by the State Supreme Court.IIThe State's principal argument in defense of Amendment 2 is that it puts gays and lesbians in the same position as all other persons. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 2:58 pm
” A 2013 study conducted by The Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC), The Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) Project, and The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) found that excessive police surveillance in Muslim communities had a significant chilling effect on First Amendment-protected activities. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 7:11 am
The Cato Institute, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Bar Association are regular filers in cases from both federal and state courts. [read post]
25 Nov 2024, 3:43 pm
They include: the joint filing of the American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Cato Institute, Due Process Institute, FAMM, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and United States Senators Richard J. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 2:46 pm
Barack Obama ran for president on a platform that included repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the statute that purports to relieve states of any constitutional obligation they might have to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states, and establishing for the first time a federal statutory definition of marriage, limited solely to the union of one man and one woman, and denying the use of the term "spouse" for… [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 4:03 am
In 2006, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government, alleging that the program was an overreach of executive power that violated, among other provisions, the First and Fourth Amendments. [read post]
29 Sep 2013, 6:53 pm
The one spectacular failure, marked by the American Civil War (1861-65), produced a somewhat radical restructuring of the state apparatus, the full measure of the potential of which was not realized until the economic and racial crises of the United States (1929-1969). [read post]
29 Sep 2012, 6:22 am
The man's defense team (the American Civil Liberties Union) fought to suppress the results of that test, saying there were no special facts or circumstances that would justify obtaining that sample so quickly. [read post]
13 Jan 2025, 9:30 pm
She volunteered with a nonprofit that drafted progressive labor legislation and, after the United States’ entry into World War I, with a precursor to the American Civil Liberties Union that defended draft resistors and other antiwar radicals. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 8:00 am
Docket: 08-1564 Title: American Civil Liberties Union of Florida v. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 12:47 pm
That is the message Americans should take home. [read post]
14 May 2015, 7:04 pm
United States, No. 13-7451, Slip op. [read post]
28 Sep 2009, 5:00 pm
Opinion below (DC Circuit) Petition for certiorari Brief in opposition Petitioner's reply Brief amicus curiae of Federal Public Defender for District Court of Oregon (in support of petitioners) Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union (in support of petitioners) Brief amici curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York et al. [read post]
3 Jun 2021, 7:43 am
The Department of Defense has since lifted that ban, and so the National Coalition for Men, a men’s rights organization backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, argues that Rostker should be overruled and that the requirement that men but not women should be required to register for the Selective Service violates the Fifth Amendment right to equal protection. [read post]
Blog Post: Groups Sue Trump Administration for Access to Immigrants Sent from U.S. to Guantánamo Bay
12 Feb 2025, 11:57 am
The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Constitutional Rights, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), and ACLU of the District of Columbia filed the lawsuit on behalf of several plaintiffs, including the sister of one of the men being detained at Guantánamo, as well as four legal service providers — Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), American… [read post]
10 May 2018, 4:12 am
The union is the only permenancy of the department. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 3:44 pm
For the State Department list, which can be found on the State Department website and in the Federal Register, see here. [read post]
