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14 May 2015, 1:14 am
A federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has led to a settlement which will ban the practice of solitary confinement in juvenile correctional institutions in the state. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 7:27 pm
We granted certiorari, 513 U.S. 1146, 115 S.Ct. 1092, 130 L.Ed.2d 1061 (1995), and now affirm the judgment, but on a rationale different from that adopted by the State Supreme Court.IIThe State's principal argument in defense of Amendment 2 is that it puts gays and lesbians in the same position as all other persons. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 11:08 am by Benjamin Bissell
Today marks the beginning of oral arguments in the landmark Zivotofsky v. [read post]
Upping the Racial Profiling Ante In a recently released report, "War Comes Home," the American Civil Liberties Union (my employer) discovered that nearly 80% of all SWAT raids it reviewed between 2011 and 2012 were deployed to execute a search warrant. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 9:01 pm by John Dean
” Finally, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. [read post]
19 May 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Even the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), an ardent defender of civil rights, distanced itself from any notion of gay rights, issuing a policy statement in 1957 that sodomy bans were constitutional if “deemed socially necessary or beneficial” by state and local governments. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 8:35 am by Benjamin Wittes
Times”), and the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (collectively “ACLU”) appeal from the January 24, 2013, judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Colleen McMahon, District Judge) dismissing, on motions for summary judgment, their consolidated FOIA suits. [read post]
1 Feb 2014, 6:55 am by Yishai Schwartz
And Wells linked to a District Court ruling in United States v. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 12:30 pm by Matt Danzer
Pauley III, of the Southern District of New York, heard oral argument in the American Civil Liberties Union’s (“ACLU”) challenge to the government’s bulk telephony metadata collection program under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 3:18 am by Matt Danzer
Tuesday’s oral argument in the New York Times and American Civil Liberties Union’s Freedom of Information Act cases before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals spent as much time clarifying the basic issues at play as it did digging into the substantive questions in the case. [read post]
30 Sep 2013, 8:55 am by Matt Danzer
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the New York Times are challenging the District Court for the Southern District of New York’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the government in their consolidated Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. [read post]
29 Sep 2013, 6:53 pm by Larry Catá Backer
  The one spectacular failure, marked by the American Civil War (1861-65), produced a somewhat radical restructuring of the state apparatus, the full measure of the potential of which was not realized until the economic and racial crises of the United States (1929-1969). [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 5:56 pm by LindaMBeale
  The judgment orders the United States to pay money that it would not disburse but for the court’s order. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 1:45 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
America is My Home and It's Where I'll Leave My Legacy The American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project and the ACLU of Nebraska filed a lawsuit this week in state court against Gov. [read post]
17 May 2013, 1:05 pm by Ronald Collins
Senator supports a handgun ban; and the American Civil Liberties Union creates a web s [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 6:30 am by Benjamin Wittes
  My goal here is to set out what I believe are the pros and cons, based on my prior personal experience as the senior legal official of the Department of Defense, a federal prosecutor, and as a career litigator. [read post]