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22 Jun 2018, 7:46 am
Now, the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties is asking a federal judge to find that state law unconstitutional, arguing in a newly filed lawsuit that preventing such honking chills free speech. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 3:23 am
It took the Civil War, the bloodiest war in American history, for Lincoln to begin to make Jefferson’s vision of equality a constitutional reality. [read post]
29 May 2018, 1:01 am
Forced to flee Massachusetts because of persecution, Williams established a policy of religious and political freedom in his new settlement. [read post]
10 May 2018, 11:27 am
Court Rejects DHS's Attempt to Have Case DismissedBoston, Massachusetts—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Massachusetts won a court ruling today allowing their groundbreaking lawsuit challenging unconstitutional searches of electronic devices at the U.S. border to proceed—a victory for the digital rights of all international travelers. [read post]
19 Apr 2018, 9:46 am
EFF and ACLU Fight Government’s Move to Dismiss CaseBoston – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will appear in federal court in Boston Monday, fighting the U.S. government’s attempts to block their lawsuit over illegal laptop and smartphone searches at the country’s borders. [read post]
6 Apr 2018, 1:02 pm
According to the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and Committee for Public Counsel Services (“CPCS”), the state’s public defender agency, more than 11,000 convictions in nearly 7,700 cases are being tossed. [read post]
26 Jan 2018, 1:38 pm
Eleven Travelers in Groundbreaking Case Face Substantial Risk of Future Unconstitutional SearchesBoston, Massachusetts—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged a federal judge today to reject the Department of Homeland Security’s attempt to dismiss an important lawsuit challenging DHS’s policy of searching and confiscating, without suspicion or warrant, travelers’ electronic… [read post]
23 Nov 2017, 9:30 pm
Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union reportedly said that “gutting net neutrality will have a devastating effect on free speech online” and that “gateway corporations…will have too much power to mess with the free flow of information. [read post]
7 Oct 2017, 4:00 am
The American Civil Liberties Union took little time, after those two documents came out Friday morning, before filing the first court challenge to both parts of the new exemptions. [read post]
16 Sep 2017, 11:38 am
Boston, Massachusetts–The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued (full text of complaint) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today on behalf of 11 travelers whose smartphones and laptops were searched without warrants at the U.S. border. [read post]
14 Sep 2017, 7:38 pm
From Jurist: A group of individuals represented by the American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts [official website] challenging the "searches and seizures of smartphones, laptops,... [read post]
14 Sep 2017, 8:38 am
A group of individuals represented by the American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy website] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts [official website] challenging the "searches and seizures of smartphones, laptops, and other electronic devices" at the borders. [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 3:37 pm
The plaintiffs are being represented by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [read post]
12 Sep 2017, 9:51 pm
PT: Media Access Number: 866-564-2842, Code: 5147769 Boston, Massachusetts—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today on behalf of 11 travelers whose smartphones and laptops were searched without warrants at the U.S. border. [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 7:33 am
The American Civil Liberties Union called it “the single largest dismissal of wrongful convictions in the nation’s history. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 12:36 pm
The court’s holding is consistent with many of the arguments I raised in an amicus brief authored with Chetan Tiwari on behalf of the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, Union of Minority Neighborhoods, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, and Health Law Advocates. [read post]
4 Jul 2017, 9:01 pm
In this column, I will discuss some of the issues that a conviction like this raises for free speech doctrine, the right to die, and traditional conceptions of causation and responsibility in the criminal law.Free SpeechThe Massachusetts branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has taken the position that Carter’s conviction violates her freedom of speech. [read post]
22 Jun 2017, 2:06 pm
A lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts states, “This is saying that what she did is killing him, that her words literally killed him, that the murder weapon here was her words…That is a drastic expansion of criminal law in Massachusetts. [read post]
20 Apr 2017, 8:24 am
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), more than 20,000 drug cases are on their way to dismissal following the criminal actions of Annie Dookhan, a former MA state chemist. [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 6:34 pm
” Samuel Niles, A Summary Historical Narrative of the Wars in New England, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, 4th ser., vol. 5, 347 (1837). [read post]
