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23 Feb 2016, 11:46 am
Only one answered, “The North; the Union. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 7:39 am by Frank Pasquale
The men were mostly middle-class, patriotic Americans. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 11:00 am
That’s why the NDN Collective, with the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Riot Boosting Act on the grounds that it violates our First Amendment rights and the Due Process Clause of the Constitution. [read post]
24 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Stephen Griffin
The political stresses caused by the nullification crisis in the 1830s or Dred Scott in the 1850s did not cause Americans to turn to amendments as solutions except just before the Civil War broke out. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 7:34 am by Steve Hall
Professor Bedau (pronounced beh-DOUGH) took up the issue as well in “The Case Against the Death Penalty,” a pamphlet distributed widely for many years by the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
9 Jul 2019, 11:44 am by Editor
    The jail had resisted, pointing to the risk the drug might be diverted, but the inmate, with the help of the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, prevailed. [read post]
9 Jul 2019, 11:44 am by Scott J. Limmer
    The jail had resisted, pointing to the risk the drug might be diverted, but the inmate, with the help of the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, prevailed. [read post]
18 Oct 2021, 7:22 am by Eugene Volokh
Whether the exclusionary policy rests on the alleged undesirable propensities of those of a particular race, nationality, occupation, political affiliation, or age, in this context the Unruh Act protects individuals from such arbitrary discrimination.[14] An earlier decision likewise stated that, under the Unruh Act, a shopping center couldn't exclude prospective customers "who wear long hair or unconventional dress, who are black, who are members of the John Birch Society, or who belong… [read post]
23 May 2024, 10:30 pm by Mohamed Moussa
An example of the impact of unanimity in perpetuating inaction is highlighted in the recent report of the  EP’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. [read post]
4 Feb 2019, 6:00 am by Lev Sugarman
JOB DESCRIPTION Main Responsibilities Work with the IHL team to provide legal advice to the delegation in Washington, and to the ICRC as a whole on matters of IHL, human rights law, national security law, or other U.S. legal issues. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 4:11 pm by David Kravets
Civil rights groups had been anticipating the anniversary celebration at the Capitol Congressional Visitors Center on Tuesday would include some announcement of advancement of the Leahy proposal. “I”m not telling you we’re not kind of hoping to have something passed out of the Judiciary Committee by now,” Chris Calabrese, the legislative director with the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a telephone interview. “If you… [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 12:29 pm by Alex R. McQuade
Today, European Union leaders struck an agreement with Turkey regarding the illegal migration flows to Europe. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 11:32 pm by David Kopel
In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. [read post]
9 Dec 2019, 12:05 pm by Gordon Ahl, William Ford
The subcommittee will hear testimony from Sophie Richardson, the China director for Human Rights Watch; Joey Siu, the vice president of the City University of Hong Kong Students Union; Ferkat Jewdat, a Uighur American activist; and Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. [read post]
5 Apr 2018, 3:30 am by Scott Harman
Procedural Background In early October 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a habeas petition on Doe’s behalf as his next friend, on the basis that Doe’s name had not been publicly released and individuals with next-friend status (such as Doe’s family members) might not have been aware they could sue. [read post]
27 May 2022, 12:13 pm by Monica Williamson
Main Duties: The Victim Advocate Attorney provides civil legal assistance and representation to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence victims in cases relating to their victimization. [read post]
27 Jun 2018, 1:31 pm by davidferriero
Comments under review by NARA include three congressional letters with a total of 36 signatures (29 house members, 7 senators); a petition from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) with 23,758 comments, a petition from UltraViolet with 1,475 signatures; written comments from 187 individuals and six organizations; and phone calls from seven individuals. [read post]
3 Oct 2018, 8:34 am by Scott J. Limmer
The American Civil Liberties Union and its New York chapter argue the device offers serious potential for abuse, by allowing wide-ranging probes of information on suspects’ phones (backers of the device say it can show when a cell phone or other communication device has been used, but would not reveal the content of calls or texts). [read post]
6 Apr 2018, 1:02 pm by Samuel Goldberg
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]