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7 Oct 2010, 10:15 pm by Walter Olson
It’s figured in our columns before, and now it’s in the news again: “The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a school board in North Carolina over its suspension of a teenage student for having a peridot stud in a nose-piercing. [read post]
11 Jun 2022, 8:40 am by Tom Smith
The American Civil Liberties Union, whose advocacy on reproductive rights is of more than a half-century vintage, recently tweeted its alarm about the precarious state of legal abortion:“Abortion bans disproportionately harm: Black Indigenous and other people of color. [read post]
19 Dec 2007, 6:10 am
" On November 30, 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a press release entitled "ACLU Urges Court to Fine Virgin Islands Officials for Indefinitely Detaining Innocent Mentally Ill Inmates; After Violating Two Court Orders, Government Should Face Contempt Fines, ACLU Says. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 8:36 am by Bradley Maged
According to an article on washingtonpost.com:  “Four U.S. citizens were erroneously arrested in Southern California recently through the federal immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 9:01 pm
Border Patrol is unjustifiably stopping people based on their skin color in Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, just across the water from Canada, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 9:19 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union has defended the right of all religious denominations — from majority faiths to marginalized religions — to establish places of worship, and for Americans to pray, or not, as they choose. [read post]
22 May 2012, 1:00 pm by James Swift
A number of racial discrepancies were found among Michigan’s juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) population in a new report released by the American Civil Liberties Union in conjunction with Second Chances 4 Youth. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 9:31 am by Chain | Cohn | Stiles
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has published a report following a two-year study that concludes law enforcement agencies in Kern County – specifically the Bakersfield Police Department and Kern County Sheriff’s Office – have engaged in patterns of excessive force and systematically violated the civil rights of local residents. [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 5:38 am by Schwartz & Perry
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a civil suit under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act on behalf of a homosexual teenager, alleging that a northern New York school district, discriminated against him based on his sexual orientation. [read post]
2 May 2023, 10:13 am by Matthew Segal
American Civil Liberties Union State Supreme Court Initiative | ACLU The State Supreme Court Initiative will build on the ACLU's existing work in state supreme courts and expand our litigating capacity. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 8:58 am by Richard Renner
Today the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) joined with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in an amicus brief filed by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 9:54 am by Kate Fort
On August 27, 2014, members will join Stephen Pevar, senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), for this webinar as he gives an update on the ICWA compliance class action lawsuit, Oglala Sioux Tribe v. [read post]
20 Oct 2008, 7:02 pm
On Saturday the American Civil Liberties Union elected a new president, Susan Herman. [read post]
4 May 2009, 1:02 pm
  Although I address the distinction between marriage and civil unions elsewhere in the chapter, I think the arguments against the pending Illinois civil union bill are the same ones standardly made against same-sex marriage. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 6:38 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The New York Times on October 20, 2011 released the following: "By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected information about religious, ethnic and national-origin characteristics of American communities, according to internal F.B.I. documents made public by the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 6:38 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The New York Times on October 20, 2011 released the following: "By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected information about religious, ethnic and national-origin characteristics of American communities, according to internal F.B.I. documents made public by the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 7:17 am
Yesterday we posted on the Jay Sekulow and the American Center for Law and Justice, or the ACLJ, which with its aggressive litigation strategy in Christian legal advocacy cases has borrowed pages from the playbook of the American Civil Liberties Union, or the ACLU. [read post]
28 May 2011, 6:51 am
From ABAJ.com, Allegedly Frisked Attorney Sues Over NY Taxi-Search Policy: An attorney allegedly frisked by the New York police under a policy that he says officers use to illegally search taxi passengers under the guise of checking on driver safety has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 6:35 am by Matthew Kolken
I just came across a joint press release issued by the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee (ACLU-TN) that was posted by David Bennion on the Citizen Orange website. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 11:56 pm
" The praise, which he acknowledged "will probably come as a surprise to the commissioners," was from Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of... [read post]