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13 Apr 2010, 4:03 pm by Richard Oppenheim
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is suing Family Court Chief Judge Jeremiah S. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
In 1996, he received the American Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award for his long-term contributions to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties, and human rights in the United States. [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 3:18 pm by nflatow
"Today, my ACLU connection would probably disqualify me," said Ginsburg, who served as general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union and helped launch the organization’s Women’s Rights Project. [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 1:32 pm
Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples: President Obama supports full civil unions that give same-sex couples legal rights and privileges equal to those of married couples. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 6:37 am by Joy Waltemath
A coalition of civil rights groups and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) recently announced the filing of two amicus briefs in a high profile case, UPMC Braddock v Perez (No 13-5158), currently pending before the D.C. [read post]
9 Mar 2024, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
While many presidents have used such moments to focus on the “union” of all Americans in our shared values and interests, Biden spoke to our disunion and seemed, again, to push the nation further apart. [read post]
1 Apr 2024, 5:20 am by David Bernstein
Rollins College of BusinessThe post Voices for Liberties Papers on Freedom of Speech, Civil Rights, and Social Progress appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 9:54 am by John Culhane
The Manchester Union-Leader has long positioned itself on the far right of American journalism. [read post]
5 Apr 2015, 1:30 am by Emily Prifogle
Brandon's States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order (University Press of Kansas). [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
This pre–Civil War effort to overturn Massachusetts’ antimiscegenation law was not a political aberration but a crucial chapter in the deep history of the African American struggle for equal rights, on a continuum with the civil rights movement over a century later.A few blurbs:“An outstanding piece of history. [read post]
16 May 2018, 8:13 am by Allan Blutstein
It went to the Second Circuit on Tuesday to keep a portion of the court’s secret ruling redacted.The American Civil Liberties Union believes the still-censored passage of the ruling confirms the existence of a targeted-killing program in Pakistan, a widely assumed fact that former Secretary of State John Kerry even acknowledged while in office.Read more here. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 2:59 pm by Patent Docs
Noonan -- One of the most powerful, visceral arguments made by the American Civil Liberties Union in Assoc. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 10:25 am by Rebecca DiLeonardo
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU-FL) [advocacy website] announced Friday that it has filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] seeking to end Florida's controversial purging of voter rolls. [read post]
28 Aug 2015, 7:37 am by William Helbling
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana [ACLU] [official website] on Thursday filed a complaint [text, PDF] challenging the constitutionality of a new Indiana statute that prohibits voters from sharing pictures of their ballots on social media. [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 9:32 am
The lawsuit, filed in July [JURIST report] by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] alleges that the state has limited the couples' decision-making powers regarding their health care and finances. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 10:55 am by Rebecca DiLeonardo
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Wednesday filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] challenging North Carolina's law against second-parent adoptions, which effectively bans individuals in same-sex couples from adopting their partner's child. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
Samito has posted Equal Rights and the Experience of Military Justice for African American Soldiers, which appeared as a chapter of his Becoming American under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War Era (Cornell University Press, 2011), 77-102:This chapter uses courts-martial records to examine how black Civil War soldiers vigorously refuted past lives as slaves now to claim… [read post]
22 May 2024, 9:24 am by David Bernstein
On the civil rights claims, in general I find the double standard in how universities enforce their rules to be the most persuasive claim. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 8:11 am by Federal and Extradition Defense
 "Following reports that the U.S. government resumed the deportation of some Haitians for the first time since a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti last January, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida called on the Obama administration to suspend the deportations until their safety and freedom can be guaranteed. [read post]