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23 Sep 2011, 8:55 am
“The execution of an innocent man crystallizes in the most sickening way the vast systemic injustices that plague our death penalty system,” Denny LeBoeuf, director of the Capital Punishment Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement. [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 12:41 pm
Nonetheless, recent polling indicates that a majority of Americans now support same-sex marriage rights, numerous states have embraced civil unions and are moving toward marriage, and the Department of Justice has filed several remarkable briefs in federal courts championing the rights of same-sex couples in contexts like that of the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 1:31 pm
Chettiar, Policy Counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 8:19 am
The American Civil Liberties Union has taken up the cause of Maryland corrections officer Robert Collins. [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 8:44 am
The American Civil Liberties Union has been among those opposed to such legislation, calling any mark on an identification card "a scarlet letter" and an unnecessary measure. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 2:29 pm
This ACLU press release reports: The Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Connecticut filed a lawsuit today with the U.S. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 12:04 pm
[JURIST] The Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed separate federal lawsuits Tuesday challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 1:32 pm
”Nationally, there have been a number of studies done comparing the cost of implementing the death penalty to life in prison.The most recent one, released in March by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, found that over a five-year period in that state, death penalty cases cost $1 billion more than permanently jailing accused individuals. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 3:34 am
I think it would be ahistorical to criticize them for doing so; I don’t think they had much choice if they wanted the South in the Union. [read post]
19 Sep 2010, 8:17 am
Wells cited a June 4 letter from the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut that raises doubts about the constitutionality of the ban and suggests that it would be difficult to enforce. [read post]
3 Sep 2010, 9:21 am
“This is a very, very serious challenge to the defense,” said John Holdridge, a former death penalty lawyer in Connecticut who is the director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Capital Punishment Project. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 4:15 am
Last week, after more than a year of drafting following oral argument, and nearly two years after the original District Court order, a Third Circuit panel (Chief Judge Scirica and Judges Fisher and Greenberg) issued their magnum opus on pleading Section 1 antitrust violations after Twombly and RICO Act "enterprises" after Boyle in the consolidated Multi-District Litigation In re: Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 11:42 am
In 2007, he was prevented from publicly accepting an award for his courage from the American Civil Liberties Union, because he was not allowed to identify himself as the plaintiff in the case. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 12:30 pm
District Court by the American Civil Liberties Union to determine if Quinnipiac violated Title IX parameters debated the merits of competitive cheerleading for much of Tuesday’s session, the second day of testimony. [read post]
10 May 2010, 7:25 am
American Civil Liberties Union and local affiliates The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nationwide, nonpartisan, membership organization dedicated to working in the courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve constitutional rights and liberties. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 7:09 pm
Connecticut had passed civil union laws in 2005 but on October 10, 2008 the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in Kerrigan v. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 9:28 am
And:But no state matches the dilemma of California, where almost 700 inmates are sitting on death row and, according to Natasha Minsker, author of a new report by the Northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, few will ever actually be put to death. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 11:32 am
He was a charter member of the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union and served as its President from 1969-73. [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 11:09 am
Earlier this week, Americans United and the American Civil Liberties Union celebrated a win for church-state separation when the last of five public schools in Connecticut agreed to move graduation from a church to a secular venue. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 12:57 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union backed the Ohio Witnesses in 2002 by filing an amicus brief and is doing the same now for the 25,000 Witnesses who worship in Puerto Rico. [read post]
