American Civil Liberties Union

How Broward Gets A 'D'

Posted 05.24.2012

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About half of Florida’s school districts -- including Broward County's -- mislead parents into thinking that providing a social security number for ...

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High Court Will Take Up Wiretaps Lawsuit

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court says it will consider shutting down a legal challenge to a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas commu...

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Silicon Valley Nonprofit Launches Full-Scale Assault On Teacher Protection Laws

| John Fensterwald | Posted 05.18.2012

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This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. A nonprofit founded by a Sil...

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Homeless Camping Ban Passed By City Council

Posted 05.15.2012

A controversial ordinance to ban "unauthorized" camping in the city of Denver--a measure that specifically targets homeless people sleeping on the str...

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Preliminary Homeless 'Camping' Ban Approved By Denver City Council

Posted 05.01.2012

A proposal to ban "unauthorized" camping in the city of Denver--a measure that specifically targets homeless people sleeping on the streets--has gotte...

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Killing Democracy One Vote at a Time

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Voter ID, American Civil Liberties Union, Kill-at-Will Laws, U.S. Department of Justice, Suffrage, American Legislative Exchange Council, Voter Identification, Alec, Brennan Center for Justice, Trayvon Martin, 1965 Voting Rights Act, Aclu, U.S. Supreme Court, Video, Voter ID Laws, Politics News

Voter ID restrictions work for the rich. They've got birth certificates and photo driver's licenses and passports. Or they can send a servant or secretary to apply for the documents. And the more rabble removed from the polls, the more weighty the votes of the wealthy.

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Middle School Girls Expelled Over Facebook Jokes 'To Kill' Peers

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 04.26.2012

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Three eighth-graders from northwest Indiana who say they were expelled after joking on Facebook about which of their classmates they w...

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Denver Camping Ban Gets Delayed

Posted 04.20.2012

On Thursday, the Denver Commission On Homelessness called for a delay on any further action on the city's proposed "unauthorized camping ban" for at l...

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Courtroom Tweet Ban? Judges, Journalists Clash Over Social Media

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 04.17.2012

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CHICAGO -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut t...

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Camping Ban Battle Heats Up: ACLU Writes Letter To City Council

Posted 04.17.2012

A controversial proposal to "ban unauthorized camping" in the city of Denver has gotten the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorad...

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American Muslim Alleges FBI Had A Hand In His Torture Overseas

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 04.17.2012

Last June, while Yonas Fikre was visiting the United Arab Emirates, the Muslim American from Portland, Oregon was suddenly arrested and detained by E...

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Board Recommends Dismissal For Marine Who Criticized Obama On Facebook

AP | By JULIE WATSON | Posted 04.08.2012

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Marine Corps officials are seeking additional guidance from the Pentagon regarding service members' use of social media amid...

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Middle School Girl Sues Pennsylvania District Over School Drug Tests

AP | Posted 03.21.2012

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LANCASTER, Pa. -- A central Pennsylvania middle school student is suing her district over a drug testing policy that's required if she wants to partic...

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Democratic Senators Warn About Use Of The Patriot Act

The New York Times | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 03.16.2012

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For more than two years, a handful of Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee have warned that the government is secretly interpreting its surv...

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12-Year-Old Girl Detained, Forced To Give Up Facebook Password: Suit

Posted 03.11.2012

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Children's Facebook privacy is at the center of a new lawsuit filed against Minnewaska, Minn. schools. WDAY and CNN report that the American Civil ...

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Rhode Island School Will Not Appeal Prayer Banner Ruling

AP | LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 02.17.2012

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CRANSTON, R.I. -- A Rhode Island public school committee on Thursday voted not to appeal a federal court decision ordering the removal of a prayer ban...

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With States Facing Shortfalls, Private Corporation Offers Cash For Prisons

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 02.14.2012

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As state governments wrestle with massive budget shortfalls, a Wall Street giant is offering a solution: cash in exchange for state property. Prisons,...

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No-Fly List More Than Doubled In Past Year

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has more than doubled, to about 21,000 names, its secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from ...

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Documents For $100 Million Facebook Pledge Ordered Public

AP | By DAVID PORTER | Posted 01.30.2012

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NEWARK, N.J. -- The state's largest city must produce a list of documents related to a $100 million pledge to its public schools from Facebook founder...

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Bishop Slams Public Schools: Hitler And Mussolini 'Would Love Our System'

Posted 01.24.2012

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Religious leaders in Philadelphia are frustrated with the battle over school choice, to the extent that Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden says fascist...

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Presidential Ungratefulness

Wilfredo Amr Ruiz | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Council on American Islamic Relations, Malcom X, American Civil Liberties Union, Arab Spring, Legal Muslim Fund, National Defense Authorization Act, Muslim Advocates, Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, Politics News

While America honors the legacy of civil rights color-bearer Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., it is ironic that President Obama betrays his memory. In...

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Despite Being Called 'An Evil Little Thing,' Teen Says Fight Over Mural 'Worth It'

Patch.com | By Mark Schieldrop | Posted 01.14.2012

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Jessica Ahlquist, the plaintiff in the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union case against the Cranston School District over a prayer mural hangi...

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Federal Judge Orders Removal Of Prayer Mural In Rhode Island School

AP | Posted 01.12.2012

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge has ordered the immediate removal of a prayer mural displayed in the auditorium of a Rhode Island public high scho...

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Are Michigan Gay Men Being Unfairly Targeted In Police Stings?

Posted 12.14.2011

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Michigan's approach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues has been the subject of national headlines as of late -- from a controvers...

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New Lawsuit Against Wisconsin Voter ID Law Broadens The Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Civil rights groups filed a third lawsuit against Wisconsin's controversial voter ID law on Tuesday, launching the first federal challen...

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