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23 Oct 2014, 11:03 am by Matthew R. Arnold, Esq.
A Kennewick, Washington florist named Barronelle Stutzman who refused to provide flowers for a customer’s same-sex wedding is defending multiple lawsuits brought by aggrieved couples, the American Civil Liberties Union and others, and has brought a suit of her own, arguing that she “had to take a stand” in defense of her faith. [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 12:05 pm by J. Bradley Smith, Esq.
” Stutzman is defending multiple lawsuits brought by aggrieved couples, the American Civil Liberties Union and others, and has brought a suit of her own, arguing that she “had to take a stand” in defense of her faith. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 1:27 pm by David Kravets
" Federal authorities notified the American Civil Liberties Union—which is representing 13 people who sued to get off the list—of its decision (PDF) late Friday. [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 5:21 pm by Susan Schneider
 Eight are out-of-state students; they have moved to Arkansas from Alaska, Illinois, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, D.C. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 7:44 am by Karen Hoffmann
She was also elected President of the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association; re-elected Vice President of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada; and appointed to the Nevada Legislature’s Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice, Subcommittee to Review Arrestee DNA. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 7:19 am by Joy Waltemath
HHS argued that the RFRA was intended to restore the state of the law as it existed before Employment Division, Dept. of Human Resources of Oregon v Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990). [read post]
1 Jul 2014, 11:54 am by J. Bradley Smith, Esq.
The local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union gave its blessing to the arrangement; a representative said more warrants in blood-draw cases was a “good thing. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 4:05 am by SHG
Via Radley Balko, the Massachusetts ACLU’s effort to get information under the Freedom of Information Act about SWAT teams was rebuffed under a novel, if bizarre, rationale: As part of the American Civil Liberties Union’s recent report on police militarization, the Massachusetts chapter of the organization sent open records requests to SWAT teams across that state. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 9:01 pm by John Dean
Four years ago, on June 30, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of ten individuals (later joined by three more similarly situated persons), all of them U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, who had been denied travel on commercial airlines because they believe, or have been informally (but not officially) told, that they were on the U.S. government’s “No-Fly List. [read post]
19 May 2014, 5:01 am
On one side of the issue is the American Civil Liberties Union, when they wrote (when addressing the letters from Senators Udall and Wyden): “What these letters highlight is the extent to which the government was able to take advantage of the fact that the Supreme Court, as much as the American public, was operating in the dark about the scope of the statute and the way the government was using it. [read post]
9 May 2014, 5:26 am
The American Civil Liberties Union in Colorado has been on the front lines of this litigation and has sued successfully. [read post]
21 Mar 2014, 1:40 pm by Lyle Denniston
The demonstrators, represented by lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, urged the Court to bypass the case. [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 3:12 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
The court held that competent, terminally ill patients have a fundamental right under the New Mexico Constitution to seek a physician's help in getting prescription medications if they want to end their lives on their own terms The lawsuit had the support of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, Compassion & Choices, and the New Mexico Psychological Association. [read post]
5 Jul 2013, 3:11 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
” The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund are among the groups that have sued both states, charging discrimination. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 4:26 am by David DePaolo
One of the complexities of workers' compensation is that it overlays so many other laws, and one just never knows where the next challenge is going to come from.In the latest example, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has weighed in on legal actions in Florida and Oregon addressing privacy issues surrounding the states' prescription drug-monitoring programs.According to WorkCompCentral reporter, Michael Whiteley in this morning's news, the ACLU on… [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 11:02 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
And today, the American Civil Liberties Union – the organization that I have been privileged to lead since 2001 – made history by striking down the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act and winning justice for our client, Edith Windsor. [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 1:17 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Learn more about overincarceration and other civil liberty issues: Sign up for breaking news alerts, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 2:16 pm by David Kravets
The American Civil Liberties Union, in a letter (.pdf) signed by 20 rights groups, urged the House to oppose the measure. [read post]
17 May 2012, 12:02 pm by Kim Zetter
” But Catherine Crump, staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, disputed this and said the warrant requirement would impose no great burden on investigators. “Under the GPS Act, obtaining warrants for geolocational information would be even less burdensome than obtaining them for telephone wiretaps, and the expectation of privacy implicated in placing calls on a public phone is no greater than the expectation that the state will not,… [read post]