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19 Mar 2015, 9:10 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the New York Civil Liberties Union [advocacy websites] filed [complaint, PDF] a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday in an effort to obtain documents from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) [official website] regarding their behavior detection program used in airports across the country to spot suspect travelers. [read post]
12 May 2012, 6:04 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Thursday filed a compliant [text, PDF] with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website] seeking a federal investigation into allegations of abuse of individuals at ports of entries (POEs) along the U.S. [read post]
28 Mar 2008, 9:28 pm
District Court Judge Wiley Daniel has granted class certification in a case filed by the ACLU against the Garfield (Colorado) County Jail alleging various constitutional violations arising from jail treatment of prisoners. [read post]
13 Feb 2010, 5:07 am
This year’s honorees are: Frank Porter Graham Award – Jimmy Creech ACLU of North Carolina Award – Juvencio Rocha Peralta Paul Green Award – Jeremy Collins & Charmaine Fuller Cooper [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 10:25 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona [official website] on Wednesday granted an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] motion to dismiss a lawsuit [order, PDF] challenging Arizona's voter approved medical marijuana law, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act [text, PDF]. [read post]
24 Jun 2016, 2:29 pm
The ACLU contends that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), through HHS, has approved grants to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and other groups with similarly held religious or... [read post]
15 Nov 2006, 12:04 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to uphold a lower court ruling [brief, PDF; press release] that the NSA domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive] is unconstitutional, arguing that the program is an unconstitutional intrusion on privacy and free speech and oversteps the limits of executive power. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 10:43 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Wednesday filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] against the US government challenging the status of 10 US citizens and legal residents [press release] on the government's "No Fly List. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 9:51 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) [advocacy websites] on Wednesday asked [cert. petition, PDF] the US Supreme Court [official website] to overturn a recent federal appeals court decision that upheld gene patents. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 11:34 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU [advocacy website] on Thursday filed a lawsuit [petition, PDF] in Shawnee County District Court [official website], challenging Kansas' two-tiered voter registration system. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 1:36 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Tuesday released new documents describing crimes committed by US soldiers against civilians [press release; document log] in Iraq and Afghanistan which show a pattern of US troops failing to follow the laws of interrogations and deadly actions, but also a pattern of troops believing they were in fact following the law in [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 6:27 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a petition for certiorari [PDF] on behalf of same-sex couples in Ohio with the US Supreme Court [official website] on Friday asking the court to resolve a circuit split on the issue of same-sex marriage. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 6:54 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) [advocacy website] on Thursday filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] in the federal district court for the Eastern District of North Carolina challenging a North Carolina state law authorizing the use of pro-life license plates as a violation of the First Amendment [text]. [read post]
13 May 2016, 8:20 am
[JURIST] The Florida American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [official website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] against the Marion County school district on Thursday, challenging their bathroom policy as anti-transgender. [read post]
5 Apr 2016, 7:23 am
[JURIST] South Carolina's summary courts, which try and convict defendants for low-level offenses, are failing to provide legal representation and other constitutional safeguards, according to a study [text, PDF] released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website]. [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 9:15 am
[JURIST] The Arizona affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood [advocacy websites] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Thursday challenging an Arizona law they claim [press release] will "prevent low-income women from obtaining healthcare from their provider of choice. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 6:37 am
[JURIST] A report [PDF text; press release] issued Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] criticized efforts by the Bush administration to prepare for a potential bird flu pandemic by relying on a law enforcement/national security approach rather than a public health approach. [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 8:05 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] Thursday seeking to force Montana to provide legal status to same-sex relationships. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 10:40 am
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] asked [press release] the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Monday to reconsider the denial of an abortion for a pregnant 17-year-old, identified as Jane Doe, being held in a Texas immigration facility. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 8:51 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Wednesday filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] against a number of federal agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), State Department (DOS), FBI and CIA, seeking information related to the detention of US citizen Naji Hamdan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2008. [read post]
