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6 Nov 2017, 3:59 am by Edith Roberts
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in favor of a pregnant undocumented teen seeking an abortion, and to discipline the American Civil Liberties Union attorneys representing the teen for allegedly misleading the government into delaying a request for a stay of the ruling until after the abortion had been performed. [read post]
4 Nov 2017, 4:24 am by SHG
In an extraordinary Supreme Court filing on Friday, the Justice Department accused the American Civil Liberties Union of misconduct in the case of an undocumented teenager in government custody known as Jane Doe. [read post]
On October 5, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a habeas petition on his behalf, on the claim that his detention was in violation of the Non-Detention Act (NDA). [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 8:29 am by Scott Bomboy
The American Civil Liberties Union and the attorneys general of New York and Washington states have vowed to pursue the issue in court. [read post]
28 Aug 2017, 12:16 pm by Vanessa Sauter
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal each filed suits challenging Trump’s transgender military ban, Politico reports. [read post]
24 Aug 2017, 8:30 am
Cecillia Wang is deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
22 Aug 2017, 10:27 am by rebecca
EFF and the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington have filed an amicus brief in a new federal legal case against this law, urging the judge to recognize the critical constitutional questions it raises. [read post]
18 Aug 2017, 6:23 am by Jim Sedor
District of Columbia: ACLU Sues Washington, D.C., Transit System for Removing Milo Yiannopoulos AdsLos Angeles Times – Matt Pearce | Published: 8/10/2017 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for pulling or rejecting controversial ads, which the organization claims violates freedom of speech. [read post]
11 Aug 2017, 10:49 am by Timothy B. Lee
(credit: outtacontext) The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday sued the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the government agency that operates the capital region's subway system and its primary bus network. [read post]
11 Aug 2017, 4:26 am by SHG
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a free speech lawsuit on behalf of one of the nation’s most prominent right-wing provocateurs on Wednesday, arguing that Washington, D.C., transit officials violated Milo Yiannopoulos’ 1st Amendment rights by removing advertisements for his new book. [read post]
8 Aug 2017, 1:54 pm by Jaclyn Belczyk
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed the lawsuit [JURIST report] in 2015 against psychologists James Mitchell and John "Bruce" Jessen, who allegedly designed and persuaded the CIA to... [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 10:30 am
In that case, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Arizona, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP ultimately won five groundbreaking court rulings in the federal district court and two in the federal appeals court. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 4:15 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
In second place with 117 separate FOIA suits, was the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its affiliates. [read post]
4 Jul 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
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]
24 Jun 2017, 10:37 am by Bill Otis
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and the American Civil Liberties Union, there is broad consensus that the "lock them all up and throw away the key" approach embodied in mandatory minimum drug sentences is counterproductive, negatively affecting our ability to assure the safety of our communities.Where to start? [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 9:55 am by Ken Tanabe
He passed the request to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), who assigned two young lawyers to the case: Bernard Cohen and Philip J. [read post]
2 May 2017, 9:58 pm by Matthew D. Kaplan
The case highlights a broader point about deaths in custody that some organizations, notably the American Civil Liberties Union, have been making for some time. [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 8:30 pm by Jon Katz
I first met Steve in 1991 at a reception at the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington, DC, legislative office after a death penalty oral argument by Charles Ogletree. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 11:17 am by Autumn Callan
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed the case on behalf [MyNorthwest report] of The Episcopal Diocese, Real Change and two homeless individuals who claim to have lost property after the city confiscated and... [read post]