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21 Dec 2016, 9:41 am
Prior to founding Alliance for Justice, Nan was a staff attorney for the ACLU’s National Prison Project, where she challenged conditions in state prison systems through lawsuits in federal and state courts. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 5:14 pm
The ACLU of New Jersey's amicus brief is here link to the organization's amicus brief.While we Seattleites can be proud of our hometown rappers Macklemore and Ryan Lewis who won four Grammys and are white, it is clear that attitudes toward rap are tied to attitudes about young black men. [read post]
10 May 2016, 4:00 am
ACLU of Mississippi announced yesterday that it has filed suit against the state's Registrar of Vital Records on its own behalf and on behalf of a same-sex couple challenging recently enacted Mississippi H.B. 1523, the Freedom of Conscience From Government Discrimination Act. [read post]
25 Jun 2024, 4:15 am
”The advocacy groups bringing the suit (ACLU, Americans United, FFRF) issued a press release announcing the filing of the suit. [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 4:10 am
Thus, the Third-Party Defendants have and will continue to recognize as valid those marriages solemnized pursuant to the altered licenses for purposes of the governmental rights, benefits, and responsibilities conveyed by the Executive Branch agencies over which Governor Beshear exercises supervisory control.This led the ACLU to file a motion (full text) on Nov. 20 urging to court to require licenses to be issued in… [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 5:32 am
Because the bible college program at Angola is voluntary and run by private donations, it has passed muster with the ACLU, which has shut down similar programs based on the use of state money to promote religion.In profiling this program for last Sunday's NYT, one assistant pastor and lifer was asked about the other inmates who despised him because of his religious devotion and implicit cooperation with the prison authorities. [read post]
5 Dec 2024, 6:04 am
Although groups like the ACLU will challenge the expanded use of expedited removal , don’t look to the courts for a quick remedy. [read post]
6 May 2014, 3:21 pm
EFF and the ACLU of Pennsylvania have joined forces to file an amicus brief in a long-running challenge to two criminal statutes that unconstitutionally limit the free expression of millions of adults who use the Internet and other electronic forms of communication. [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 8:27 am
It's a simple point, and I'm hardly the first to make it, but it's well worth keeping in mind, and it's one reason that the ACLU generally opposes victimless crimes. [read post]
25 Oct 2023, 4:10 am
ACLU issued a press release reacting to the decision. [read post]
4 Dec 2016, 10:13 am
Prakash argues for the position, which I agree with, that the 9/11 AUMF justifies the military operation against ISIS.Bobbitt's second point is that organizations like the ACLU (as well as journalists) have placed far too much emphasis on OLC opinions as the source of law for the executive branch rather than presidential actions. [read post]
4 Dec 2018, 10:26 am
In our letter, we outline the needs to:Define data misuse and abuse in the California Privacy Act, to discourage companies from using data in ways that would surprise the data subjects.Ensure appropriate security protections for more types of data, beyond financial information and Social Security numbers.Provide people a meaningful way to fight back against companies that violate the CCPA, by expanding the private cause of action— an expansion supported California’s Attorney General to… [read post]
16 Apr 2019, 11:17 am
However, courts have split over how to apply the Fifth Amendment to compelled decryption of encrypted devices.Along with the ACLU, EFF responded to an open invitation from the Indiana Supreme Court to file an amicus brief in this important case. [read post]
15 Oct 2020, 1:07 pm
In this week’s episode of At the Polls, we discuss accessible voting with Susan Mizner, director of the ACLU’s Disability Rights Project, and Curtis Chong, a longtime technologist and advocate for digital accessibility for all. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 4:15 am
As previously reported, in July the Kentucky ACLU filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis who is refusing to issue marriage licences to anyone because of her religious objections to issuing them to same-sex couples. [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 2:05 pm
Today, on the 50th anniversary of Gideon, the ACLU is happy to spotlight Rush, as he is exactly the type of dedicated, competent and zealous advocate indigent defendants deserve. [read post]
13 Dec 2023, 4:05 am
By refusing to accept advertisements that “promote or oppose any religion, religious practice or belief,” Guideline 12 necessarily results in discrimination against religious viewpoints on a range of otherwise permissible topics.Daily Caller reports on the lawsuit which was brought on behalf of plaintiffs by the ACLU and First Liberty Institute, as well as the law firm Steptoe, LLP. [read post]
12 Jun 2023, 4:18 am
In Colorado, only Teller County has such a contract, and it’s been a matter of legal dispute for years between the ACLU and the county. [read post]
5 Mar 2025, 8:27 am
ACLU issued a press release announcing yesterday's decision. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 4:10 am
It emphasized thatthe consent decree singles out Sunrise by name for special monitoring by the ACLU and Americans United; and in doing so, Sunrise argues, the decree subjects Sunrise to unique reputational harm. [read post]
