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4 Oct 2007, 11:28 am
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition for certiorari in its lawsuit against the National Security Agency challenging the government’s so-called “terrorist surveillance program,” ACLU v. [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 2:39 am
In American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 9:20 am
The law is named after Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and murdered in 1994 by a twice-convicted child molester who moved into a house across the street from the Kanka family without their knowledge.Today, 32 states, as well as dozens of local governments have posted the mandated registries on the Internet so parents and schools can check for sex offenders in their midst and protect their children accordingly.The recent court challenges argue that the online lists violate… [read post]
7 Sep 2007, 6:37 am
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See text of Opinion, Decision, and Order of John Doe, American Civil Liberties Untion, and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. [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]
31 Aug 2007, 8:05 am
Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union documented 16 death penalty cases in Florida alone, where lawyers missed deadlines.Critics of the law say that moving up deadlines without guaranteeing that defendants have competent lawyers would be reckless.Death-row inmates spend an average of 10.5 years in the legal system before execution, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a research group that opposes capital punishment. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 10:13 am
Joining with the American Civil Liberties Union, and with our conservative, sometimes-bedfellows, the National Rifle Association, the Second Amendment Foundation, the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, among others, a major lobbying effort was launched to stop this assault on our privacy rights. [read post]
29 Jul 2007, 12:09 pm
He was the editor of the first systematic legal analysis of HIV in the United States, AIDS and the Law: A Guide for the Public (Yale University Press, 1987), and spent several years lobbying and litigating on behalf of people with HIV as an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
8 Jun 2007, 3:00 am
Fortunately, people beyond the legal community (the American Civil Liberties Union represented Mr. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 4:34 am
Readers may recall that at Christopher Newton's execution last month, it took 90 minutes and at least ten stabs of a needle for the execution team to find a vein.In response, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is seeking state records, including the names of the volunteer medics and guards who oversaw the execution. [read post]
30 May 2007, 8:46 am
The new petition, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, can be downloaded at this site. [read post]
22 May 2007, 7:59 am
[JURIST] The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU-Texas) [advocacy websites] won a temporary restraining order [PDF text; MALDEF press release] from the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas Monday, blocking the enforcement of an anti-illegal immigration city ordinance [DOC text] that was scheduled [read post]
15 May 2007, 1:14 pm
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU)... [read post]
15 May 2007, 6:41 am
[JURIST] The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDF) and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas [advocacy websites] on Tuesday requested a temporary restraining order [press release] from the US District Court of the Northern District of Texas, seeking to block an anti-illegal immigration city ordinance [DOC text] scheduled to take effect next Tuesday in Farmers [read post]
14 May 2007, 5:31 pm
The petition is supported by many state organizations as well.In December 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition against the United States with the Inter American Commission on Human Rights for their failure to protect Jessica Gonzales’ three children from their abusive father, who murdered them. [read post]
11 May 2007, 2:30 pm
In December 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition against the United States with the Inter American Commission on Human Rights for their failure to protect Jessica Gonzales' three children from their abusive father, who murdered them. [read post]
9 May 2007, 2:00 pm
The bill was opposed by AARP, Amalgamated Transit Union, California American Civil Liberties Union, American Television and Radio Artists, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, CALPIRG, California Applicant Attorneys Association, California Conference of Machinists, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Federation of Teachers, California Labor Federation, California Nurses Association, California… [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 9:00 pm
Frederick and his counsel, the American Civil Liberties Union, may seem like strange bedfellows with such organizations, but they all have recognized that robust First Amendment protections for students and everyone else is critical to the ACLU's broad First Amendment protection interests and the interests of the other organizations listed here against government officials not favorably disposed to their agendas. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 8:56 pm
While al-Arian had campaigned for his brother-in-law's civil liberties for years, his were now under attack. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 1:25 pm
Taking a clue from the recent Times editorial which offered a legal "must-do" list - systematically identifying the Bush Administration's assaults on foundational American legal values in connection with the prosecution of the "War on Terror," I would like here to extend their list by cataloguing the issues which have arisen in the administration of justice but were not included in the Times "must-do" list and suggest some policy issues they… [read post]
