Civil liberties

  A United States Circuit Court of Appeals panel of judges handed a decisive defeat to the ACLU last week that stated the Central Intelligence Agency doesn't have to release documents regarding its use of waterboarding, or a photograph of the suspected terrorist, Abu Zubaydah, taken around the time that he was subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques."   This was yet another defeat suffered by the American Civil Liberties Union in its...  

LOS ANGELES The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Dinuba Unified School District for reportedly segregating Englishlanguage learners from their peers and denying them access to an equal education Mark Rosenbaum an attorney with the ACLU said this  

LOS ANGELES The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Dinuba Unified School District for reportedly segregating Englishlanguage learners from their peers and denying them access to an equal education Mark Rosenbaum an attorney with the ACLU said this  

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico praised today’s ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional because it denies married LGBT couples the same federal benefits available...  

LOS ANGELES -- The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Dinuba Unified School District for reportedly segregating English-language learners from their peers and denying them access to an equal education. Mark Rosenbaum, an attorney with ...  

Three consumer rights groups filed a friend of the court brief today arguing that allowing the government access to an individual's Twitter account information would chill free speech. The brief filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ...  

ALCU officials claim that the ban violates the first amendment right to free speech. The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a 2008 Indiana law that bars convicted sex offenders from social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. ALCU officials ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to keep off the Nov. 6 ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to show a photo ID. The ACLU petition, filed Wednesday, May 30, argues that the ballot question is misleading and fails to inform voters of changes in election law that could undermine their right to vote. "The question is misleading and false," said Charles Samuelson, ACLU...  

A federal appeals court in Massachusetts ruled today that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it denies married same-sex couples the same federal benefits available to other married couples. The American Civil Liberties Union has a ...  

The ACLU announced a lawsuit Wednesday against a California school district, claiming it is failing its ESL (English as a Second Language) students. The American Civil Liberties Union announced a lawsuit Wednesday against the Central Valley's ...  

The two lawsuits -- brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and the New York-based Lambda Legal -- represent 25 couples statewide. Both challenge a state law that defines marriage as between a man and woman, arguing that the ...  

[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU-MN) [official website] on Wednesday filed a petition [press release] seeking to eliminate a proposed ballot initiative [text] that would amend the Minnesota Constitution [text] to require citizens to present photo identification in order to vote. If allowed to proceed, the initiative will appear on the ballot in the upcoming November election. In a statement, Executive Director of...  

Granick was a founding executive director of CIS, serving from 2001 to 2007, and lectured in cyber law and computer crime law at the Stanford Law School. She then served as the civil liberties director at the non-profit digital advocacy and ...  

As you may recall, the New York Times belatedly told the nation about the government's secret domestic spying program in December 2005. To condense, the National Security Agency eavesdropped on Americans when it believed phone conversations with individuals overseas were linked to terrorism. NSA enrolled, intimidated or otherwise gained the assistance of the telecommunication giants in this process without going through the niceties of...  

An Aurora couple is part of the group of gay and lesbian plaintiffs to who, with the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against Illinois marriage law. Kirsten and Tanya Lyonsford of Aurora met at work when they played a game of “Diversity Bingo” and found that they both identified as gay/lesbian -- they are together 13 years later and the parents of two young children. In the complaint, the couples describe how it feels to be that...  

The American Civil Liberties Union and Lamba Legal have filed separate lawsuits on behalf of 25 same-sex couple in state court asking for Illinois to legalize same-sex marriage. Illinois is currently a civil union state in regards to LGBT rights ...  

LOS ANGELES—The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Central Valley school district, alleging its program to teach English to elementary school children is ineffective and violates the students' constitutional rights. The ACLU filed the ...  

* Separate but unequal? That’s basically the argument here… The gay rights group Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois each plan to file a lawsuit Wednesday against the clerk of Cook County, claiming that not issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples violates the equal protection and due process clauses [...]  

CHICAGO (AP) — More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples in Illinois plan to file lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it's unconstitutional for the state to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage in Illinois. The two lawsuits — backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and the New York-bas...  

CHICAGO (AP) — More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples are planning to file lawsuits in an effort to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois.Two lawsuits will be filed Wednesday in Cook County by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and the New York-based gay rights group Lambda Legal. Attorneys say they challenge the Illinois law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.Illinois lawmakers approved same-sex civil unions...  

The two lawsuits – brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and the New York-based Lambda Legal – represent 25 couples statewide. Both challenge a state law that defines marriage as between a man and woman, arguing that the ...  

CHICAGO (AP) – More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples have filed lawsuits in an effort to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois. The two lawsuits filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and advocacy group Lambda ...  

The two lawsuits – backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and the New York-based gay advocacy group Lambda Legal – include couples from the Chicago area, Bloomington and Marion. Both challenge a state law that defines ...  

This is in regard to the article in the BND May 24, "ACLU sues Franklin County over prayers." Why are members of the ACLU so opposed to asking for guidance and direction from the very one who created us? From the beginning man has made a mess of ...  

[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [official website] lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official websites] Wednesday seeking information on the use of electronic surveillance tools. At issue are tools called pen registers and trap and trace devices which allow law enforcement to monitor phone calls, emails and websites...  

Stanford Law School appointed Jennifer Stisa Granick Director of Civil Liberties at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Jennifer will "lead the Center's work at the intersection of online technologies and civil liberties, with a particular focus on cybersecurity,...  

This ACLU Spring Forum focuses on the legal, political and historical implications of recent US government policies related to the “war on terror,” including issues raised by the Obama administration’s “National Defense Authorization Act,” the targeted killing of suspected terrorists including American citizens, and the State Secrets Doctrine.  

Protesters and petitioners can now safely return to the sidewalks outside Bayshore Town Center, after the mall, the city of Glendale and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin reached an agreement about First Amendment rights.  

STANFORD, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Jennifer Stisa Granick as Director of Civil Liberties at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Granick will lead the Center's work at the intersection of online...  

Sheridan said the shortlist showed a huge diversity of minority ... The films are: Padres – directed by Liz Lobato; Hold on Tight – Anna Rodgers; A Hard Road Travelled – Kevin Flynn; Machine Man – Roser Corella; Chen Guangcheng: Caged Bird ...  

Deborah Jacobs is resigning next month as executive director ... Jacobs is joining the Ms. Foundation for Women, which was started by Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas, as it seeks to expand its influence and visibility. The foundation focuses ...  

Indonesia may have lost a lot more than the opportunity to see Lady Gaga when, last weekend, she announced the cancellation of her June 3 concert in Jakarta. The episode could mark the beginning of the end for Indonesia's civil liberties as radical groups ...  

LGBTQ-XYZ Nation is reporting that Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Illinois will announce two separate lawsuits Wednesday morning seeking same-sex marriage rights for Illinois gay and lesbian couples. Word of the lawsuit came by press release Tuesday, just days...  

Later today, Lambda Legal and the ACLU will file lawsuits in Illinois demanding legal marriage rights for gay couples, the Chicago Tribune reports: A total of 25 couples from across the state are plaintiffs in the two lawsuits. Each couple...  

[JURIST] Illegal immigrants [JURIST backgrounder] face constitutional and human rights violations in Georgia detention centers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLUGA) [advocacy website] reported [text, PDF; press release] Wednesday. The ACLUGA concluded that the suspected illegal immigrants live in squalor conditions, without access to appropriate medical care. It also documented overwhelming reports of due process rights being...  

In the latest round of an almost-substantial exchange between Mitt and Barry, Romney charges that the incumbent is "attacking capitalism" and doesn't understand basic economic concepts — productivity, in particular. The U.S. Department of Justice faces an ACLU lawsuit intended to force the government to release data about the domestic warrantless use of surveillance tools known as pen registers and trap and trace devices. Targeting what...  

[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Thursday filed a compliant [text, PDF] with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website] seeking a federal investigation into allegations of abuse of individuals at ports of entries (POEs) along the U.S.-Mexico border by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) [official website] agents. The complaint illustrates 11 instances of abuse involving excessive force...  

The American Civil Liberties Union has again sued Escondido, this time arguing that two men who were protesting near police driver’s license/DUI checkpoints in the city had their First Amendment rights of free speech quashed by officers three times.  

Indonesia may have lost a lot more than the opportunity to see Lady Gaga when she cancelled her June 3 concert in Jakarta last weekend. The episode could mark the beginning of the end for Indonesiaâ .....  

While meeting with a group of Hispanics on Tuesday, a civil rights organizer taught them an important sentence in English. "I will not speak to you without my attorney." The lesson in legal rights was part of Mi ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union's Hispanic outreach....  

[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Wednesday filed a motion [text, PDF] in the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] military court seeking access to hear what methods the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] used when interrogating the five alleged 9/11 [JURIST backgrounder] conspirators. The ACLU acknowledged that the US government will likely ask, if they have not already done so, that...  

As the United States Supreme Court took up consideration of an argument related to Arizona's immigration law, titled SB1070, representatives from the Idaho Community Action Network and American Civil Liberties Union Idaho assembled at the corner of Bannock and Eighth Streets in Boise. "I'm here today to state that the Supreme Court should not allow our rights to be undermined," said ICAN member Alicia Clements.… [ Read...  

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New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) are suing Suffolk County for its treatment of Philip Datz, a video journalist who was arrested in July of 2011 while filming police activity. The lawsuit claims that Datz was well within his rights and he was unlawfully arrested and detained. The charges have since been dropped. According to Robert Balin, the lead counsel on the case, the incident...  

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[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-WA) and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) [advocacy websites] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] Thursday alleging that US Border Patrol [official website] agents are routinely stopping vehicles to check the immigration status of Latinos without legal justification. The class action lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Western District of...  

A school system in Northwest Indiana and the American Civil Liberties Union are bracing for a potential court battle after three girls were expelled for having a Facebook conversation about killing some of their fellow eighth graders. The banter was riddled with winking emoticons and LOLs, but after administrators took a look at the exchange, they certainly weren’t laughing.  

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has slammed the state’s Attorney General Pam Bondi for supporting an Arizona immigration law. The law, in part, requires police officers to verify the immigration status of anyone thought to be undocumented. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on the law, which the ACLU has said targets immigrants and promotes racial profiling, The Miami Herald reported. Bondi is one of 15...  

The CIA will not have to release documents regarding its use of waterboarding. A United States Circuit Court of Appeals panel of judges handed a decisive defeat to the ACLU this week that stated the Central Intelligence Agency doesn't have to release documents regarding its use of waterboarding, or a photograph of the suspected terrorist, Abu Zubaydah, taken around the time that he was subjected to “enhanced interrogation [...]  

Critics of the recent Voter ID Law in Pennsylvania are set to challenge it in a court of law and the General Assembly. The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People plan to sue over the law -- which requires voters to present photo identification at voting polls.  

Kentucky and Virginia sparked a constitutional crisis in 1798 when they insisted that states have the right to nullify federal laws they find to be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court in 1809 finally decided against nullification, which since then has been rejected repeatedly. In the 20th century, for example, as southern states in defiance of Brown v. Board of Education attempted to avoid integration, the Supreme Court again ruled that states...  

Did embattled Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold's police detail illegally access a state criminal history database at his request? That's the question the Maryland Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is attempting to determine, by filing Public Information Act requests with the State Police and the state's Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.  

(Jim Kouri) - A United States Circuit Court of Appeals panel of judges handed a decisive defeat to the ACLU this week that stated the Central Intelligence Agency doesn't have to release documents regarding its use of waterboarding, or a photograph of the suspected terrorist, Abu Zubaydah, taken around the time that he was subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques."...  

Boys and girls have the same needs, desires and temperaments, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Any observable disparities can be traced to soft bigotry, such as thinking that boys typically throw better than girls. And that girls' social radar makes boys by comparison as socially sharp as ...  

Today dozens of gay and lesbian couples in Illinois are planning on filing lawsuits claiming the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional because it denies due process and equality. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment Read more articles at Queerty or GayCities  

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether lawyers, journalists and human rights groups have standing to challenge a federal wiretap law. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed suit on behalf of the plaintiffs, says in a press release that the law allows the National Security Agency “to conduct dragnet surveillance of Americans’ international emails and phone calls.” At issue are 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence...  

CHICAGO (AP) -- More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples filed lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it's unconstitutional for Illinois to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage in the state.  

Building on the momentum of President Barack Obama's recent support of gay marriage, two major civil rights groups in his home state filed lawsuits Wednesday in hopes of legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois. The two lawsuits — brought by the American ...  

Shutting down the University of Colorado's campus to visitors Friday thwarts the public's right to protest government policy, Mark Silverstein, legal director of the Colorado chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said today.  

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against as many as a dozen school districts from Maine to Mississippi unless they stop programs the group says illegally segregate boys and girls into single-sex classes and promote stereotypes.  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The American Civil Liberties Union says single-gender classes in three West Virginia county school systems are illegal.Media outlets report that the ACLU sent letters Monday to school officials in Cabell, Kanawha and Wood counties aski...  

Two black men who had around $17,000 in cash confiscated by Albuquerque police but were never charged with any crime are getting their money back. In a release, the American Civil Liberties Union says it was successful in getting the money ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union believes two Kanawha County schools are violating the U.S. Constitution by separating students by gender, and it may take legal action to end the practice.One of those schools - Anne Bailey Elementary - will end the pract...  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state division of the American Civil Liberties Union has named a scholarship after one of its early organizers and longtime advocates. The West Virginia ACLU board agreed Thursday to name a scholarship after William Denman, who org...  

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The longtime head of New Jersey's American Civil Liberties Chapter is leaving to work for a New York-based women's group. Deborah Jacobs announced her intentions Tuesday in a statement issued by the ACLU. Jacobs has been the state ...  

Shutting down the University of Colorado's campus to visitors Friday thwarts the public's right to protest government policy, Mark Silverstein, legal director of the Colorado chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said Monday.  

Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties announced Wednesday a lawsuit against Escondido and the California Highway Patrol saying police officers have violated people's right to protest checkpoints in the city.  

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Franklin County Commissioners to force them to stop opening meetings with a prayer. The Tuesday commission meetings traditionally started with a ...  

WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union wants Franklin County commissioners to stop saying prayers at meetings, stop letting audience members say prayers and stop asking everyone to bow their heads. A lawsuit filed Sunday against the ...  

WASHINGTON, MO (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union is suing an eastern Missouri county in an effort to halt prayers at county commission meetings. The Washington Missourian reports that the suit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis ...  

ACLU sues Mo. county over prayers at meetingsWASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union wants Franklin County commissioners to stop saying prayers at meetings, stop letting audience members say prayers and stop asking everyone ...  

WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) _ The American Civil Liberties Union is suing an eastern Missouri county in an effort to halt ... the suit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis by  the ACLU on behalf of an anonymous resident of Franklin ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union says it's illegal for Barrington to have two different tuition rates under a proposed program in which out-of-district students could pay to attend the town's schools.  

As if to reinforce the findings from Pahlke and other researchers, the American Civil Liberties Union announced earlier this week that it was seeking to stop several states from "separating boys and girls in public schools," a practice that it ...  

Re: Decision in ACLU v. Alvarez -- Illinois Eavesdropping Law Reversed CHICAGO, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois in a case involving Illinois' controversial...  

ATLANTA — Suspected illegal immigrants in Georgia are suffering from a “systemic violation ... of civil and human rights” during their confinement in “substandard” federal immigration detention facilities, including North Georgia Detention Center in Gainesville, according to a new report by the state’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. The 182-page report released Wednesday immediately added fuel to the hot-burning debate over...  

Judge overturns Utah Internet law after ACLU suit By Cimaron Neugebauer The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 18, 2012 12:35PM MDT A federal judge has ruled a Utah law can’t be used to prosecute generally accessible websites that do not label their adult content as “harmful to minors.” U.S. District Judge Dee Benson issued his ruling on Thursday in a lawsuit brought forward by the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, local artist...  

Both organizations filed separate simultaneous lawsuit against Cook County Clerk David Orr, May 30, claiming that denying same-sex couples marriage rights violates that state's constitution. "I'm confident that we will achieve marriage soon, whether it's ...  

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado says the Garfield County Sheriff's Department is violating state law by immediately forwarding the names of immigrants arrested in domestic violence cases to federal immigration authorities.  

The ACLU said today it has sued Dinuba Unified School District, claiming the district denies first- and second-grade English learners an equal education by using a flawed teaching method. English learners in Dinuba are falling behind their ...  

Worried about drones and your civil liberties? Well, you probably should be, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Not only do they do things like sue the U.S. government for documents about the now-officially real program of ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union has invited the leader of the nation's largest private prison enterprise, Corrections Corporation of America, to a public debate on the merits of prison privatization. The organization's May 8 letter to CEO Damon T. Hininger notes that CCA "has repeatedly criticized the views of the ACLU regarding for-profit incarceration. If you truly believe that private prisons are right for our country, we see no reason...  

Good things can take a lot of time to manifest, but this is getting ridiculous with the Louisiana Legislature’s continuing inaction, if not actual sabotage, of the ability of a significant proportion of its citizenry to exercise a simple civil liberty.That liberty being the ability to travel around and patronize commercial establishments without going into respiratory distress. As medical advances improve quality of life for those with a...  

The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue captain who was demoted for his Facebook rant involving the death of Trayvon Martin is getting a show of support from the American Civil Liberties Union.  "I think to punish him for that is to say nobody who works for the county has free speech off the job, and I think that's wrong," said Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida.  Beckmann was demoted to firefighter, in part, because his personal...  

The American Civil Liberties Union has accused the U.S. State Department of potentially violating the constitutional rights of one of its employees should it proceed with plans to fire him for publicly criticizing the government's reconstruction projects in Iraq, according to a letter the group sent the government on Tuesday.  

Chicago, IL — The irony was not lost on Chicagoan Claudia Mercado. Mercado had just finished the long steps needed to finalize the adoption of her son Indigo, who she was raising with her partner, Anjelica Lopez. The day that the adoption was finalized ...  

Peter Van Buren, a foreign service officer who wrote an unflattering book about his year leading reconstruction teams in Iraq, has received the support of the American Civil Liberties Union in his effort to keep his job. In a letter last week ...  

About half of Florida’s school districts -- including Broward County's -- mislead parents into thinking that providing a social security number for their children is mandatory, according to a study from the American Civil Liberties Union of ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked for a federal investigation into what it calls "rampant abuse of individuals" by Customs and Border Protection agents manning ports of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border — highlighting 11 instances, two of...  

Chicago, IL — Later today, the ACLU and Lambda Legal will file lawsuits in Illinois to demand legal marriage rights for same-sex couples. The lawsuits, representing 25 gay and lesbian couples from across Illinois, will be announced during simultaneous ...  

SANFORD — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Maine are threatening the Sanford School District with a lawsuit and complaints with state and federal agencies if same-gender classrooms at the Willard School are not halted.  

The American Civil Liberties Union sued Escondido Wednesday, arguing that two men who were protesting near police driver’s license/DUI checkpoints in the city had their First Amendment rights of free speech quashed by officers three times.  

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit in U.S. District Court, challenging Virginia's statewide ballot access rules for minor-party presidential candidates....  

The FY 13 NDAA Keeps Terrorists Off U.S. Soil without Compromising Civil Liberties    Louie Gohmert, Redstate.com - May 17, 2012   This week, the House will fulfill our most important constitutional duty by debating the FY 13 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In accordance with the framer’s intent, this act is the primary check that Congress can apply to the Executive Branch on defense and national security policy.Last year...  

Illinois on Wednesday became the newest battleground in the nation's fight over gay marriage, with the filing of lawsuits seeking to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. The suits, brought on behalf of more than two dozen gay and lesbian ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU) has given the Orange and Osceola county school districts an "F" grade for not indicating that providing social security numbers on enrollment forms is optional, a requirement based on federal ...  

STUART — Martin County Schools got an A from the American Civil Liberties Union when it comes to letting parents know they don't need their child's Social Security number to enroll him in school. Other Treasure Coast districts didn't score as ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Florida Department of Education to look into some single-gender classes in Palm Beach County and other districts, saying some of these single-sex classrooms might violate federal and state laws. The request ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against as many as a dozen school districts from Maine to Mississippi unless they stop programs the group says illegally segregate boys and girls into single-sex classes and promote ...  

Both challenge a state law that defines marriage as between a man and woman, arguing that the Illinois Constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry under due process and equality clauses. Legislation to eliminate the law's ...  

Sarah MirkACLU lawyers speak with reporters following last January's arguments Taking the FBI to court is no piece of cake. Since June 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been fighting behind a major lawsuit filed against the FBI, claiming that the federal government's "No Fly List" is unconstitutional. What does this have to do with Portland? One of the 15 plaintiffs who have been placed on the list, Mohamed Sheikh...  

Both challenge a state law that defines marriage as between a man and woman, arguing that the Illinois Constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry under due process and equality clauses. Legislation to eliminate the law’s ...  

WASHINGTON - The public should be allowed to hear the five alleged 9/11 conspirators describe what the CIA did to them in secret overseas prisons, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a motion filed at the Guantanamo war court late Wednesday.  

To the editor:For the past couple of weeks I have been hearing news about the American Civil Liberties Union trying to prevent prayer in Jesus name in council meetings, etc.Who made the ACLU America’s watchdog on who we pray to, what we pray for,...  

The American Civil Liberties Union has had enough of the U.S. Border Patrol's antics in Washington's Olympic Peninsula. The ACLU has sued the agency for unjustifiably stopping people based on race . The ACLU is seeking class-action status for their lawsuit, Reuters reports. They claim the "Border Patrol's actions have...... Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.  

ANNAPOLIS -- The ACLU of Maryland, wanting specifics regarding disciplinary measures against a trooper who used the N-word during a police investigation in Princess Anne, is asking a higher court to overturn a decision by the Circuit Court of Baltimore County to not force Maryland State Police to disclose measures to reprimand the trooper, if any.  

A former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and four other nominees for the federal Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board fielded questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Former Judge Patricia...  

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against as many as a dozen school districts from Maine to Mississippi unless they stop programs the group says illegally segregate boys and girls into ...  

BARRINGTON — Steven Brown, the executive director for the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, believes that charging different fees for different students could pose a problem for the local school district’s tuition-in program.  

CHICAGO -- More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples in Illinois plan to file lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it's unconstitutional for the state to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage ...  

Attorney Gary Nissenbaum will present information about past and current cases on the legal docket of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey at 1 p.m. May 12 at the Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza. Learn how the cases impact civil liberties both in New Jersey and nationally.read more  

SEATTLE (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol seeking to bar agents from making traffic stops, saying people are being pulled over and questioned for the way they look and without reasonable suspicion. The lawsuit stems from tensions between immigrants and the expanded presence of Border Patrol agents on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, which shares no land border with Canada...  

SEATTLE — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol seeking to bar agents from making traffic stops, saying people are being pulled over and questioned "without reasonable suspicion." The lawsuit stems from tensions between immigrants and the expanded presence of Border Patrol agents ...  

SAN DIEGO The American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that border inspectors have used excessive force and performed humiliating body searches on travelers entering the United States from Mexico.The group offered 11 examples of alleged...  

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a First Amendment lawsuit over the expulsion of three eighth grade girls who posted Facebook comments about which classmates they would like to kill. The suit against Griffith Public Schools in Northern Indiana says the posts were just “teenage banter” and should not have been taken seriously, report the Chicago Tribune, the Northwest Indiana Times, the Post-Tribune and a press release. The ACLU...  

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Border Patrol is unjustifiably stopping people based on their skin color in Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, just across the water from Canada, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.  

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.—The Colorado American Civil Liberties Union says policies within the Garfield County sheriff's office have resulted in domestic violence victims inadvertently being reported to immigration officials. ACLU attorney ...  

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the ACLU plan to announce two separate lawsuits on Wednesday seeking equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Illinois. The state passed a civil union law in 2011, but both Gov. Pat Quinn (D-Ill.) and ...  

The public should be allowed to hear the five alleged 9/11 conspirators describe what the CIA did to them in secret overseas prisons, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a motion filed at the Guantanamo war court late Wednesday.  

DENVER -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is accusing the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department of reporting domestic violence victims to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The ACLU said that has resulted in the domestic ...  

It appears a Franklin County official will get the fight he’s been looking for. Making good on an earlier threat, the American Civil Liberties Union sued Franklin County in federal court on Friday to prevent sectarian prayers from being said ...  

The Colorado American Civil Liberties Union says policies within the Garfield County sheriff's office have resulted in domestic violence victims inadvertently being reported to immigration officials.  

With terrorism fears heightened following the discovery of another plot to blow up a plane using an underwear bomb, the American Civil Liberties Union is trying to have one of the government’s tools against terrorism ruled unconstitutional.  

Bruce Afran, a civil liberties attorney, will offer a presentation titled “Slow Creep: How the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Laws Erode Liberty” at the next meeting of the Coalition for Peace Action of Monroe Township planned for 10 a.m. May 16 in the Monroe Township Municipal Building, off Perrineville Road. The public is invited to attend.read more  

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the town of Narragansett for selectively issuing parking tickets against University of Rhode Island students. Caitlin Dowd, Grace Rignanese and Jenessa Redfern study at URI's college of pharmacy graduate program nine months out of the year. In September, they moved into a rented home on Narragansett Avenue where they parked their cars on the street overnight. This set up...  

On May 1, the American Civil Liberties Union and many other public interest groups filed a lawsuit on behalf of some Pennsylvania voters who do not possess government-photo ID cards. See this press release, which has links to the complaint and details about the individual voter plaintiffs. Most of the recently passed state photo-ID laws [...]  

More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples in Illinois plan to file lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it's unconstitutional for the state to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage in Illinois.  

COMMENTARY | The president's top counter-terrorism adviser defended drone attacks against potentially dangerous terrorist groups as legal. Of course it is, but that's not how the American Civil Liberties Union sees it. The ACLU must feel war needs to be clean and sanitized to pass the muster of public legal acceptance. Well, I've got news for the ACLU: War is dirty and rarely sanitized.  

Updated 4:47 p.m. In a move intended to bolster the organization's influence with congressional Republicans, the American Civil Liberties Union has hired LeClairRyan partner and former federal prosecutor Michael Volkov to lobby on a range of issues. Laura W. Murphy,...  

With just a few days left before the Idaho Primary Elections, the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho spent a busy weekend in Nampa. ACLU Members said as non-partisans, they do not want to influence voters, but inspire them to use their rights.  

PORTLAND - The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is demanding that the Sanford school district stop offering single-gender classes, arguing that the program appears to be based on gender stereotypes in violation of federal law. For the ...  

PORTLAND, Maine -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is demanding that the Sanford school district stop offering single-gender classes, arguing that the program appears to be based on gender stereotypes in violation of federal law.  

Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the City of Roswell, NM, alleging that police officers repeatedly violated the First Amendment free speech rights of two local street preachers, Joshua and Jeremy De...  

Indiana girls expelled after writing about which classmates they would most like to killThe American Civil Liberties Union is fighting the expulsion of three eighth-graders in northwest Indiana for what their school said were Facebook comments about which classmates they would most like to kill.  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union has asked three county school systems in West Virginia to stop placing students in single-gender classes. Media outlets report that the ACLU sent letters Monday to school officials in ...  

CHICAGO -- More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples filed lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it's unconstitutional for Illinois to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage. The two lawsuits - backed by ...  

Do you ever feel like you are being watched when you drive? The ACLU believes that feeling of being watched is justified and not only while you're driving. The DEA is tracking Americans' movements by scanning license plates which go in a database. The ACLU believes there are plans to data mine those plate records to better track and build files on us for alleged 'suspicious' activity. If nothing is done about logging and data mining our every...  

The American Civil Liberties Union said Monday it believes some Florida school districts are violating students ... some learn more not distracted by the opposite sex and that boys typically learn differently than girls. The ACLU contends ...  

StaffApril 13, 2012University of Texas at AustinThe papers of lawyer Morris Leopold Ernst (1888–1976) are now cataloged and open for research at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Ernst practiced law in New York for more than 60 years and was one of the leading advocates of civil liberties in 20th-century America. As counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and...  

The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol, alleging agents routinely and illegally violate the rights of Latinos and other people of color through unjustifiable traffic stops.  

Less than a week after Gov. Bill Haslam announced his plans to backhand the Anti-All Comers bill, the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee wants… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is targeting schools in Orange, Polk and Palm Beach counties ... they are using sex stereotypes," said Mie Lewis, a senior staff attorney with the national ACLU, which sent similar letters to ...  

Silence from the police chief and county executive has not stopped the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from pushing for critical information in the case. They now represent more political figures whose information may have been illegally accessed.  

Previous story: ACLU wants ban on type of strip search in Michigan The American Civil Liberties Union says it has confirmed the Michigan Department of Corrections has halted routine body cavity searches for female prisoners. The Women's Huron Valley...  

Robert King, one of the “Angola 3,” spent three decades in prison—most of them in solitary confinement—for activities involving the Black Panthers. He was released in 2001, but the others remain. One week before the 40th anniversary of their incarceration, he told the ACLU what doing time did to him. —ARK American Civil Liberties Union: ACLU: What about the emotional side? RK: Being in solitary confinement is nothing enjoyable, I can tell...  

POWAY, Calif.—The American Civil Liberties Union is taking issue with a San Diego County school's project to equip fourth and fifth-graders with iPads—at their own expense. The newspaper U-T San Diego ( http://bit.ly/KKUFFT) reports Monday ...  

The politics behind the lawsuit are interesting: Cook County Clerk David Orr is actually in complete support of same sex marriage, as is Gov. Pat Quinn. However, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act prevents the state from ...  

Deborah Jacobs, the head of New Jersey's chapter of the ACLU is stepping down after 13 years to become Vice President for Advocacy and Policy at the Brooklyn-based Ms. Foundation for Women, according to a statement released by the ACLU today.  

The American Civil Liberties Union wants the Michigan Department of Corrections to ban a type of strip search that the group says humiliates female prisoners. The Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Pittsfield Township.MLive photoThe Detroit Free Press reports...  

The ACLU seems to think that jails should be run like the Hilton. Fancy handing out secondhand underwear! What a horror! Suspected illegal immigrants in Georgia are suffering from a “systemic violation … of civil and human rights” during their confinement in “substandard” federal immigration detention facilities, including Stewart Detention Center, the largest of [...]  

The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law, saying it discriminates against the elderly, poor, disabled, and urban voters. The law was just signed in March by Gov. Tom Corbett, but the ACLU plans to file a lawsuit by the end of this month seeking to have it declared unconstitutional, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Inquirer also reported that a Democrat bill was introduced Tuesday...  

HARRISBURG - Critics of the month-old voter-identification law are poised to challenge it in the courts and General Assembly. The American Civil Liberties Union says it will file suit over the law's constitutionality by the end of April, and two Philadelphia Democrats are set to introduce a bill Tuesday that would repeal the controversial measure.  

The Obama administration’s use of executive power has gone further than the Bush administration’s toward diminishing Americans’ civil liberties, author John Yoo told The Daily Caller. “Somehow the Obama administration has increased the protections for terrorists, while at the same time reducing them for the rest of us law-abiding citizens in the United States,” Yoo said after a panel discussion on his new book “Taming Globalization” at the...  

Members of the Salisbury Believers Fellowship protested against the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday on the Square in downtown Salisbury. Holding homemade signs and large placards, they stood on each corner of the intersection. The ACLU of Nor ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing two jail guards for the beating of a prisoner. The suit claims two Cumberland County Jail guards repeatedly punched illegal immigrant Wilmer Moreno Recinos in the chest and pepper-sprayed him in the face in 2010 unprovoked. Recinos has since been dep . . .  

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is seeking a mid to senior-level digital civil liberties litigator. Responsibilities will include litigation, advocacy, public speaking, blogging and other social media, media appearances and legislative and regulatory matters related to a variety of high technology public interest legal issues. Qualified candidates will have at least four years of experience working in civil liberties-related U.S. law...  

Civil liberties campaigners and technology experts join condemnation of 'opt-in' scheme favoured by children's charitiesProposals for a default block on internet pornography have been criticised as impractical and potentially counterproductive by technology experts and civil liberties campaigners, setting them at loggerheads with groups such as the NSPCC ahead of a potentially stormy government consultation.David Cameron announced last week...  

A bill in the U.S. Congress designed to encourage private companies and government agencies to share cyberthreat information with each other still allows the sharing of vast swaths of private communications, even after sponsors offered to make changes, critics said Tuesday.  

PORTLAND -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is demanding that the Sanford school district stop offering single-gender classes, arguing that the program appears to be based on gender stereotypes in violation of federal law.  

The Seattle Police Department's recent federal approval to use drones for aerial monitoring should spark a discussion among city leaders about privacy and law enforcement's use of technology, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington says.  

The civil liberties organisation Liberty has responded with dismay as plans for what it calls "a new Snooper’s Charter" and Secret Courts were included in today's Queen’s Speech. The civil liberties organisation Liberty has responded with dismay as plans for what it calls "a new Snooper’s Charter" and Secret Courts were included in today's...  

Bot Vid: Hug-A-BotRoboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, already famous for trying to broaden our emotional interactions with robots through innovations like the life-like Geminoid series, has another innovation in the spotlight now: Hugvie. It's the sort of robot you'd get if you crossed Jim Henson's Creature Workshop with Asimo and added a dab of Casper The Friendly Ghost...because it's a roughly body-shaped pillow that has a heartbeat-simulating...  

This letter is in regards to the letter from the communications manager for the ACLU. I would like to thank Mr. Meno for defending religious liberty. I would however like to take issue with several things he says are in the Constitution and his...  

A lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of a handful of Oklahoma voters against the personhood ballot initiative. The women's health providers and religious leaders involved in the suit are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma and the Center for Reproductive Rights.  

No one will collect the $1,000 bounty that the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota offered in February to anyone who could provide evidence of a voter impersonation conviction that would have been prevented by the "photo ID" bill that is moving through the Legislature.  

According to a recent survey conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), many US police departments use cell phones, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases. The ACLU survey indicates that "the overwhelming majority of law enforcement agencies that responded engage in at least some cell phone tracking." The results of this survey were posted on Yahoo! News site.  

Local police departments across the country are tracking cellphones without a warrant, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU surveyed about 200 state and local law enforcement agencies across the country and found that only a handful of them said they obtained “warrants based on probable cause” before tracking cellphones. Most other agencies had laxer standards for tracking cellphones. In Lincoln, Neb...  

On April 3, 1955, The American Civil Liberties Union announced it would defend Allen Ginsberg’s controversial poem “Howl.” The poem was brought under fire for references to homosexuality, drugs and the counterculture revolution broiling in the 1950s with the Beat generation. With ACLU support, the obscenity trail resulted in the poem’s favor, with literary experts testifying and the judge ultimately ruling that “Howl” contains enough...  

Many law enforcement agencies across the U.S. track mobile phones as part of investigations, but only a minority ask for court-ordered warrants, according to a new report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) via PCWorld. More than 90 law enforcement agencies said they track mobile phones during investigations, but only six of those agencies reported receiving court-approved warrants after demonstrating that there's...  

In U.S. v. Jones, decided in January, the Supreme Court ruled that police need a warrant to track a vehicle by attaching a GPS device to it. But because the decision hinged on the physical intrusion involved in attaching the device, it left unclear what limits the Fourth Amendment imposes on tracking that does not require police to touch the target's property. Now the American Civil Liberties Union, based on documents collected from about...  

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is challenging the state's marriage statute, which stipulates only religious groups can perform legally recognized ceremonies.  

Of course not. The Republican-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives recently passed a medical marijuana bill. It has already passed the Senate. The governor, a Democrat, has threatened to veto the legislation. And when was the last time Obama or Biden, two Democratic Democrats, called for the legalization of any drug? But, of course, if [...]  

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) files a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the recently passed amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA--see ). The EFF is particularly concerned with the portion of the legislation that grants retroactive immunity from prosecution to telecommunications firms that worked with government agencies to illegally conduct electronic surveillance against American citizens . The...  

TRENTON — The Jones County Board of Commissioners, in a unanimous effort — although without a motion or vote —determined Monday night it would ignore a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union and will continue to pray as it always has...  

TRENTON — The Jones County Board of Commissioners, in a unanimous effort — although without a motion or vote —determined Monday night it would ignore a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union and will continue to pray as it always has...  

by Malik Imtiaz Sarwar Though the Government has said much about the repeal of the infamous Internal Security Act, little has been said to explain how its so-called replacement, the Security Offences (Special Measures) Bill (SOA), will impact on our lives. Even less has been said about the bill tabled to amend the Penal Code [...]  

TRENTON — The Jones County Board of Commissioners, in a unanimous effort — although without a motion or vote —determined Monday night it would ignore a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union and will continue to pray as it always has...  

Other policies include the targeted killing of U.S. citizens without fair trial, which occurred in Yemen to US-born al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki last September ... Hajjar and Black Studies professor Cedric Robinson, the Program Committee ...  

MELANIE PHILLIPS: The industry claims that the call in the cross-party report for an automatic block on internet pornography is unworkable. Nonsense! It is not unworkable at all. What they actually mean is that it would hit the profits they are raking in from this tawdry trade.  

TWIN FALLS • The seventh annual Civil Liberties Symposium, on June 21-22 in Boise, will explore the effects of curtailed civil liberties on children, their families and communities, and their education. You can register for the symposium through the ...  

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) publishes a set of three non-classified documents secured from telecommunications giant AT by former AT technician and current whistleblower Mark Klein. Klein has used the documents to prove his assertions that AT colluded with the National Security Agency to illegally eavesdrop on Americans' telephone and Internet communications (see and ). The EFF has sued AT for violating its customers' privacy, and...  

A left-right alliance against military detention of terrorists. The tea party movement has generally been constructive, but every so often it runs off the road. A case in point is its emerging condominium with the anti-antiterror left to block terrorist detentions. This strange alliance has developed in response to one of Congress's rare bipartisan achievements—the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). That bill affirmed the long...  

As Chris Hedges reported Monday, American Muslims are being dragged into jail on dubious and unclear connections to terrorism. Meanwhile, the president retains the authority to kill U.S. citizens without trial. But most Americans aren’t speaking up. Salon blogger and constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald discusses why.  

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday pledged to review the country's tough sedition law that critics say has been used to silence dissent as part of reforms to claw back votes. Related Stories3 Vietnamese bloggers charged over their writingAustralia to lift some Myanmar sanctions after reformsDad and son bury hatchet at heavy cost of three livesAngry mum sets up 'rehab' centre for cyber addictsResidents up to...  

For a long time, the copyright industry has cried foul over technical progress, and demanded taxpayer compensation for how these new developments circumvent their existing privileges. It didn't start with the internet; they've done so for well over a century, starting with complaining about the gramophone and the self-playing piano. But as they are crying over lost sales, real or imagined, why is the rest of the world accepting that this field...  

by Evonne Lack posted in Mom Stories If I were to write a novel about a public high school school fighting to display the Ten Commandments, I'd name the school "Narrows High."   But who needs fiction? In a prime example of life imitating imaginary art, Narrows High School is displaying the Ten Commandments in... Read more » Want to get the full story? Click on the headline above. And thanks for reading the BabyCenter Blog.  

The world knows the basic biography of Chen Guangcheng, a blind dissident who slipped away from government thugs, holed up in the American Embassy in Beijing and, after negotiations, won a get-out-of-jail card to study in the United States.  

they’ve decided to violate the civil liberties and the rights of all U.S. citizens." The Senate is also set to vote soon on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, a bill opposed by many civil liberties and privacy groups.  

The ACLU Foundation of Florida filed suit against School Superintendent Jim Yancey and the School Board, alleging that Yancey unlawfully denied two students' application to form a Gay-Straight Alliance.  

The American Civil Liberties Union has won a legal round in its efforts to overturn a Kansas law restricting abortion insurance coverage. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson on Thursday sided with the American Civil Liberties Union in rejecting the state's ...  

SOUTHWEST ACLU alleges abuse at border crossings SAN DIEGO - The American Civil Liberties Union said border inspectors have used excessive force and performed humiliating body searches on travelers entering the U.S.  

Georgia ACLU criticizes Gainesville, other CCA-operated jailsAccess North Georgia"This report documents serious abuses in Georgia detention centers requiring immediate action," said Azadeh Shahshahani, National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project Director with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia.and more »  

A professor emeritus at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been named the interim executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. Terre Haute resident Frank Young is a longtime board member of the organization.  

TAMPA — John Dingfelder, one of the leading voices in the discussion of Tampa's plans for the Republican National Convention, is leaving his job as an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. Dingfelder, 55, is a former two-term Tampa ...  

In the original FOIA request, dated Feb. 15, 2012, the ACLU requested data on pen register and trap and trace devices. Pen registers record all numbers called from a particular phone, according to the suit, which was filed Wednesday in the ...  

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol seeking to bar agents from making traffic stops, saying people are being pulled over and questioned "without reasonable suspicion."  

This Fellowship is funded through the generosity of the Anthony Stewart Dunn Foundation, which supports civil liberties in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit, nonpartisan ...  

Pauley III granted summary judgment to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ... by the Times and the ACLU on the grounds that public release of... To view the full article, take a free trial now.  

The American Civil Liberties Union says many law enforcement agencies nationwide are failing to obtain warrants based on probable cause before tracking cell phone use, but Southern Nevada agencies are defending their practices.  

LAS VEGAS A top American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada official said a study putting the cost of defending death penalty cases at $170,000 higher than non-capital murder cases should help state legislators when they meet next year.