A new report outlining Portland's limited involvement in the Joint Terrorism Task Force bears little resemblance to the model called for last year by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon and city Commissioner Amanda Fritz. The Portland ...
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico recently filed a lawsuit against the City of Bloomfield on behalf of several residents who feel a Ten Commandments display is offensive and a violation of separation of church and state.
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The American Civil Liberties Union is using a cash reward to make a point about how clean Minnesota's elections system is. Chuck Samuelson, who heads ACLU of Minnesota, carried $1,000 in cash to a State Capitol press ...
A representative from the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama says the rights group plans to protest at the State Capitol this week and lobby lawmakers to repeal the state’s anti-immigration law during the current legislative session.
The American Civil Liberties Union is something of a wildcard. Marked by caprice, it can be occasionally thrilling, but it is more often frustrating, inconsistent, and ramshackle. On issues of speech, the organization can be an ally of limited government — it recently played a key role in the gutting of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance-reform bill, siding with Citizens United against the Federal Election Commission and winning a signal...
LINCOLN — A federal lawsuit that overturned Nebraska's ban on out-of-state petition circulators will cost the state $275,000 in attorney fees and court expenses, under a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU won a legal ...
The state has agreed to pay $275,000 in legal fees to reimburse the American Civil Liberties Union for its successful challenge of Nebraska's law requiring petition circulators to be residents of the state. U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon ruled last ...
As the government relies on social networks and mobile communications to track terrorist threats, privacy is increasingly at risk of collateral damage in cyberspace. Created in 2004, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is charged with making sure those concerns are "appropriately considered," and "balanced with the need" for government action in the fight against terrorism. Unfortunately, the Board has lain dormant since 2008 due to vacancies, but that may soon change as President...Read Full Story
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is criticizing Florida A&M; University's decision to cancel a summer band camp and block students from joining clubs during a hazing investigation. State ACLU executive director Howard Simon says the move violates students' first amendment rights. He's made a public records request to school President James Ammons for an explanation on the bans announced earlier this week. Read More...Read Full Story
Civil-Liberties Watchdogs Say Proposed Cordoba House Islamic Cultural Center Near New York's Ground Zero Is Likely to Come Under Intense U.S. Government Surveillance Once It's Completed; ACLU Sues FBI for Information on the Bureau's Surveillance of Muslims in California and Elsewhere; FBI Says No Probable Cause -- or Warrant -- Is Required for Such Surveillance As controversy over a proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque to be built two blocks from New York's Ground Zero continues to...Read Full Story
Civil-Liberties Watchdogs Say Proposed Cordoba House Islamic Cultural Center Near New York's Ground Zero Is Likely to Come Under Intense U.S. Government Surveillance Once It's Completed; ACLU Sues FBI for Information on the Bureau's Surveillance of Muslims in California and Elsewhere; FBI Says No Probable Cause -- or Warrant -- Is Required for Such Surveillance As controversy over a proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque to be built two blocks from New York's Ground Zero continues to...Read Full Story
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A US appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit, brought by civil liberties and other groups, challenging the legality of a controversial government law allowing the surveillance of residents’ telephone calls and email messages.
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in an opinion issued...Read Full Story
Our Chicago Defense Lawyers applaud the ACLU for taking on the Illinois State Police over the agency’s “intelligence gathering” on the citizens of Illinois.
ACLU sues state police over intelligence gathering
The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a lawsuit in Cook County today, seeking records on how the Illinois State Police protects people’s privacy while combing through databases compiling evidence of criminal activity.
The Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence...Read Full Story
Domestic Spying Rises to Cold War Levels — Dark Government
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released numerous reports of increased government spying on American citizens. Once upon an unhappy time, U.S. law enforcement agencies, from the FBI to local police, had a history of political spying during the Cold War. The ACLU said that the old political spying tendencies are running high again. Individuals and groups are being monitored and harassed for “little more than peacefully...Read Full Story
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