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2 Mar 2012, 9:11 am by Steve Hall
Advocates for abolishing the state's death penalty – a coalition of the American Civil Liberties Union, lawyers, crime victims and law enforcement officials – will argue it's a pocketbook issue: They estimate that the death penalty costs the state $137 million a year because of the time-consuming court appeals that ensue and requirements for maintaining prisoners on death row. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 10:16 am by Kurt T. Koehler
(Distributed) Jan 20 2012 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 6:54 am by Steven
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the district in August 2011 on behalf of several gay rights organizations, including the Matthew Shepard Foundation; Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and Dignity Inc. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 2:10 pm
The periodization/causation problem appears especially in the civil liberties literature, a topic I will take up later, but the starting point is simply that the Cold War in the civil liberties literature is different than the Cold War in the diplomatic history literature, and this tends to obscure our attention to other sources of causation, particularly the way the Red Scare informed domestic politics and culture, and the degree to which the Red Scare took on a… [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 8:20 pm by Mary L. Dudziak
  The periodization/causation problem appears especially in the civil liberties literature, a topic I will take up later, but the starting point is simply that the Cold War in the civil liberties literature is different than the Cold War in the diplomatic history literature, and this tends to obscure our attention to other sources of causation, particularly the way the Red Scare informed domestic politics and culture, and the degree to which the Red … [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 4:17 pm by INFORRM
The issue is one which has been thrown into relief by intensive police activity surrounding the occupy protests, and the American Civil Liberties Union assert their First Amendment right to gather and disseminate information on police activities. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 12:55 am by Chris Castle
  Aside from the fact that statements like these are directly contradicted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and by First Amendment authority Floyd Abrams, it should be clear to everyone now that this is a tactic by Google and others to wrap themselves in the First Amendment with new found friends the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 10:56 am by Biella Coleman
By liberalism, I do not mean what may first come to mind: a political party that in Europe is usually associated with politicians who champion free market solutions, or in the United States, a near synonym for the Democratic party; nor is it just an identity that follows from being a proud, card-carrying member of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) or the Electronic Frontier Foundation, although these certainly can be markers. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 10:05 am by Chris Castle
” I commend the Heritage Foundation for getting this out with a straight face. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 8:56 pm by Kevin O'Keefe
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union argued that the U.S. subpoena violated privacy and First Amendment rights under the Constitution. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 4:48 pm by Kim Zetter
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union had sought to fight the Twitter order, arguing in part that it violated the account holders’ First Amendment rights. [read post]
24 Dec 2011, 9:25 am
It is clear from the Statement of Objects and Reasons that the purpose of incorporating Section 438 in the Cr.P.C. was to recognize the importance of personal liberty and freedom in a free and democratic country. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 1:38 pm by Antoinette Konski
., (reported in our December 7th post) the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (“ACLU”) and the Public Patent Foundation petitioned the U.S. [read post]
When the government appealed, the ACLU, the New York Civil Liberties Union and coalition partner the Electronic Frontier Foundation were granted permission to present the arguments in favor of privacy to the appeals court. [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 5:45 am
Earlier this year the Carroll Center for the Blind and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind named Hope, who is legally blind, the Employee of the Year on account of her work as an international law and human rights teacher and scholar.Hope's professional service includes: Executive Council member and cofounder and co-chair of the International Disability Rights Interest Group of the American Society of International Law; Board of Governors, Society of American Law Teachers;… [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 5:45 am
Earlier this year the Carroll Center for the Blind and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind named Hope, who is legally blind, the Employee of the Year on account of her work as an international law and human rights teacher and scholar.Hope's professional service includes: Executive Council member and cofounder and co-chair of the International Disability Rights Interest Group of the American Society of International Law; Board of Governors, Society of American Law… [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 9:59 pm by Patent Docs
Noonan -- It should come as no surprise that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation (PubPat) filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court on Tuesday. [read post]