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15 Sep 2016, 7:57 am by Brittany Felder
Manning, a former military private serving a 35-year prison sentence on an espionage conviction after leaking classified files to Wikileaks, said in a statement to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] that she is "unendingly relieved that the military is finally doing the right thing. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 7:42 am
The petition, filed by Equality California, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy websites], argued that [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 12:34 pm by Rebecca DiLeonardo
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Puerto Rican law that limits the rights of protesters in the commonwealth. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 7:40 am by Maureen Cosgrove
A judge from the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia [official website] issued a preliminary injunction for the plaintiffs—the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) [advocacy websites] and other rights... [read post]
2 Dec 2004, 5:38 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the FBI seeking information on why the agency task forces set up to combat terrorism also looked into animal rights, environmental, and anti-war groups. [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 9:11 am by Max Slater
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Thursday alleging that the Highland Park School District [official website] has violated state and federal law by failing to ensure that students are reading at grade level. [read post]
18 Apr 2018, 10:01 am by Akira Tomlinson
In April the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU) [advocacy website] referred [ACLU report] to the bill as an unconstitutional restriction on reproductive rights, thereby making it unenforceable. [read post]
30 Aug 2005, 10:02 am
The plaintiffs allege that a 1973 state law which states that only a marriage between a man and woman is valid violates their constitutional rights, and an American Civil Liberties Union attorney told the judge, "There is no [read post]
11 Jan 2017, 8:38 am by Erik Slobe
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawaii [advocacy website] has filed a complaint [text, PDF] with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website], stating that overcrowding in the state correctional facilities is resulting in violations of the prisoners' Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 11:54 am by Alexis Wheeler
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] reached a settlement [agreement, PDF] with the city of Biloxi, Mississippi, on Tuesday in a lawsuit alleging that the detention of defendants unable to pay fines for misdemeanor charges exhibited deliberate indifference to their constitutional rights. [read post]
23 Sep 2006, 12:11 pm
American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy website] spokeperson Caroline Fredrickson called on legislators to reject the so-called compromise [press release], [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]
28 Aug 2014, 6:30 am by Addison Morris
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] settled a federal lawsuit (text) on Wednesday, requiring US immigration authorities to ensure that undocumented Mexican immigrants are made aware of their right to a hearing before an immigration judge. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 6:27 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Wisconsin and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty [advocacy websites] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] Tuesday challenging Wisconsin's new voter identification law [2011 Wisconsin Act 23]. [read post]
25 Oct 2021, 3:20 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
He and Molly McGrath, a voting rights attorney, advocate, and organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union … Continue reading "“On the Issues” Programs Give Contrasting Views of Political Gravity Around Voting Issues" [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 12:16 pm by Max Slater
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri [official website] on Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of a Missouri law that makes it a crime to disturb a worship service. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 12:33 pm by Maureen Cosgrove
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Tuesday filed a complaint [text, PDF] in federal court seeking to block a new Louisiana law [HB 55, R.S. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 1:45 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; ACLU press release] against leaders of the US intelligence community on Thursday, acting on behalf of rights groups and activists. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 7:43 pm by Doug
But the American Civil Liberties Union argues that if Amazon is forced to comply with North Carolina’s data demands, Internet users would start to think twice about buying controversial books, music and movies, violating their constitutional rights to free speech. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 7:28 am by Dominic Yobbi
[JURIST] Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Reproductive Rights [advocacy websitew] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Thursday in federal court to block part of a new Arizona law that requires doctors to tell patients that it may be possible to reverse a drug-induced abortion. [read post]