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2 Apr 2012, 9:39 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku I sense there is a trend of domestically-focused US civil rights and labor groups seeking to make their case in international fora. 1) CCR announces that the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights has accepted a case from a Guantanamo detainee. 2) Labor and civil rights groups have filed a complaint in the International Labour Organisation challenging Alabama’s immigration law. 3) The NAACP has brought its voter-id… [read post]
4 Jul 2012, 5:46 pm by INFORRM
  Afterward, news coverage and commentary of the trial reflected  not only was it the first civil jury in the past three years but that proposed the present Defamation Bill is set to effectively abolish the right to a jury trial in libel and slander cases. [read post]
18 Dec 2017, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
However, this book tells the story of their resistance and documents how Asian American political actors and civil rights activists challenged existing definitions of rights and justice in the South. [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 8:50 am by Phillips & Associates
Even young workers in their 20s can pursue an age discrimination case under the New York City Human Rights Law if they can meet all of the elements of an age discrimination case. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 10:28 am by Will Baude
Last week, the Cato Institute announced the launch of an important new initiative aiming to vindicate civil rights and police accountability by opposing the legal doctrine of qualified immunity. [read post]
29 Oct 2021, 9:03 pm by Robert Liles
The decision to exercise your rights and assert the 5th Amendment is not a decision that can be taken lightly. [read post]
15 Nov 2021, 6:30 am by ernst
Robert Morris: Civil Rights Lawyer and Antislavery Activist, a website on “the country’s second African-American lawyer” recently went online at Boston College Law. [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 2:15 pm by Heather Cobun
A woman suing her former employer for defamation after he reported her to the police for theft and fraud was not entitled to a stay of the civil suit to preserve her right against self-incrimination in a related criminal case, the Court of Appeals ruled Friday. [read post]
16 May 2013, 10:31 am
., with the justices' decision to grant review in a Tennessee case involving civil rights complaints filed by prison inmates, and it'sĀ also taking the unusual step of granting that review -- filed an indigent former inmate - [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 12:31 pm
" It was the last contact Gaines, the plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case Missouri ex rel. [read post]
15 Jun 2007, 1:53 pm
Yesterday's conviction of a former Klan member in the previously unsolved killings of two teens in the 1960s is the latest in what seems to be a series of attempts to crack cold cases from the civil rights era before even more witnesses and suspects die off. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 6:51 pm
Civil society brought vital issues to the fore, helped to make the case for stronger protection of human rights, pushed for more equal societies and mobilized action to address violations and injustice. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 4:29 am by Glenn Reynolds
HMM: Civil Rights Commission sends letter to DOJ: We want to talk to your lawyers about the Panthers case. [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 10:19 am by Glenn Reynolds
CHANGE: CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION REPORT: “High-level” political officials interfered in NBPP case, forced withdrawal. [read post]
20 Oct 2010, 11:19 am
Much has been reported lately about Florida Republican gubenatorial candidate Rick Scott invoking 75 times his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a civil case brought by a Nevada company. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 3:00 am by James Maxeiner
Rogers the Supreme Court again held that there is no right to legal aid in civil matters. [read post]