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Military Commission Judge Rules Against Transparency in 9/11 Case

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 02.11.2013 | World
Read More: Aclu, Military Commissions, First Amendment, Cia, Zero Dark Thirty, Terrorism, 9/11, Guantanamo, Media, Ksm, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, September 11 Anniversary, Gitmo, Torture, World News
Daphne Eviatar

Last week, Col. James Pohl, the military judge presiding over the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the five other men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, quietly issued a ruling ensuring the public won't learn any information about the men's torture at the hands of the U.S.

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New Allegations Of Torture, Rights Violations In Terror Case

AP | PETER JAMES SPIELMANN | Posted 02.10.2013 | Politics
Read More: Aclu, Jose Padilla Case, Video, Aclu Jose Padilla, Jose Padilla Trial, Terrorism, Jose Padilla, Jose Padilla Aclu, Terror Trials, Politics News

NEW YORK — A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States' human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the U.S. government...

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Arizona's Denial of Licenses for Immigrant Youths Won't Stop the DREAMers

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 01.29.2013 | Latino Voices
Read More: Aclu, Governor Jan Brewer, Dulce Matus, Arizona Immigration, DREAM Act, Latino Voices News
Anthony D. Romero

The ACLU and its partners today filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of young immigrants who came to the United States as children -- known as "Dreamers" -- to challenge Arizona's latest attempt to makes the lives of immigrants in the state unlivable.

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Why Banning Offensive Speech on Campus Fails (VIDEO)

Will Creeley | Posted 01.29.2013 | College
Read More: Aclu, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, First Amendment, Jonathan Rauch, College, Civil Rights, Free Speech, Video, College News
Will Creeley

Censoring offensive speech is the wrong answer, particularly on our nation's college campuses. After all, the college campus has traditionally been an arena for debate and dialogue, and has been deemed by the Supreme Court to be "peculiarly the 'marketplace of ideas.'"

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Matt Sledge

Senate Judiciary Votes To Require Warrant For Email Snooping

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: Aclu, Civil Liberties, Warrantless Wiretapping, Steven Warshak, David Petraeus Emails, Charles Grassley, Ecpa, Patrick Leahy, Warrantless Surveillance, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Email Privacy, Online Privacy, Patrick Leahy Ecpa, Fisa, Ecpa Amendment, Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to force cops to get a warrant to spy on your email. It was a first step toward beating...

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SCOTUS Inaction A Win For Cop Watchers

The Huffington Post | Radley Balko | Posted 11.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: Aclu, Recording Police, Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Video, Police, Chicago, Criminal Justice, Recording Cop, Police Abuse, Civil Rights, Politics News

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocking the enforcement of an Illinois eaves...

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Molly O'Toole

Defense Department Sued Over Rules Restricting Women In Combat

HuffingtonPost.com | Molly O'Toole | Posted 11.27.2012 | World
Read More: Aclu, Pentagon, Swan, Department of Defense, Anu Bhagwati, Women in the Military, Women in Combat, Servicewomen, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Leon Panetta, Tammy Duckworth, Defense Department, Combat Exclusion, Military Sexual Assault, World News

A first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, a captain in the Marine Corps Reserves, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves and a major in the U.S...

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Katherine Bindley

Why A Father-Daughter Dance Is Causing Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 11.16.2012 | Parents
Read More: Father-Daughter Relationships, Aclu, Cranston Schools, Video, Cranston School Committee, Father Daughter Dance, Father Daughter, Cranston, Parents News

In one Rhode Island town, father-daughter dances are either considered a favorite tradition or a passe event that discriminates and reinforces gender ...

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Oklahoma Erects 10 Commandments Monument With Spelling Errors

The Huffington Post | Sarah Bufkin | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics
Read More: Aclu, Ten Commandments Oklahoma, Video, Conservatives, Ten Commandments Lawsuit, Christianity, Gop, Oklahoma, Roy Moore Ten Commandments, Mike Ritze Ten Commandments, Roy Moore, Separation of Church and State, Mike Ritze Oklahoma, Mike Ritze, Politics News

An Oklahoma state lawmaker oversaw the installation of a 2,000-lb. granite block depicting the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol Fr...

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Prison Guards Use Gang Violence 'To Gain Control Over' Inmates: Lawsuit

AP | REBECCA BOONE | Posted 11.14.2012 | Crime
Read More: Corrections Corporation of America, Aclu, American Civil Liberties Union, Aclu Idaho, Gladiator-School, Crime News

BOISE, Idaho -- The ACLU of Idaho says Corrections Corporation of America appears to be violating a settlement reached with inmates in a so-called "Gl...

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Utah School District Sued For Restricting Access To Book About Lesbian Family

Posted 11.13.2012 | Home
Read More: Education News, Aclu, Education, American Civil Liberties Union, Book Restrictions, Video, Gay Rights, School Restricts Access to Book, Patricia Polacco, School Books, Lesbian Book, Salt Lake Utah, Reuters, Davis School District, In Our Mothers' House, Lesbian Families, Equality Utah, Gay Rights Advocates, Book Restricted, Utah Schools, Home News

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit Tuessday against the Davis School District after officials told elementary sch...

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Citizens United, President Obama, and His Liberal Naysayers

Doug Kendall | Posted 01.02.2013 | Politics
Read More: Aclu, Supreme Court, Campaign Finance Reform, Mitt Romney, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Citizens United, American Crossroads, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Scotus, Politics News
Doug Kendall

The future of the Supreme Court is the 800-pound gorilla in the room this election season that neither candidate seems to want to talk about much. That's what made President Obama's Rock Center remarks last week on Citizens United so important.

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Saki Knafo

Obama, Romney Still Silent On Civil Liberties In Last Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 10.24.2012 | Politics
Read More: Aclu, Civil Liberties, Video, Interrogation, Ndaa, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Indefinite Detention, Barack Obama, Politics News

Civil liberties groups reacted to Monday night's debate with a mixture of disappointment and apathy: Disappointment because both candidates hardly sai...

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Georgia Asks Judge To Toss KKK Suit Over Highway Cleanup Program

AP | By KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 10.22.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Aclu, Video, Controversy, Ku Klux Klan, Kkk, Kkk Litter Suit, Kkk Cleanup Program, Georgia, Black Voices News

ATLANTA (AP) -- The state of Georgia is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Ku Klux Klan challenging the group's application being denied...

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Battles Over Government Secrecy Dominate 9/11 Hearings

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 12.17.2012 | World
Read More: Aclu, Military Commissions, Government Secrecy, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Executive Order, Terrorism, 9/11, Classified Evidence, Federal Court, Ksm, September 11th, Torture, 9/11 Hearings, World News
Daphne Eviatar

The definition and use of classified information, and the public's right to hear it, is proving to be one of the most important issues arising in pre-trial hearings in this historic September 11th terrorism prosecution.

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Another Big Bank Accused Of Predatory Lending

Reuters | Posted 10.15.2012 | Business
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NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union is filing what it says is the first lawsuit against an investment bank, Morgan Stanley...

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9/11 Trial Censorship Could Hide Torture, Classified Info

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 12.14.2012 | World
Read More: KSM Trial, Aclu, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Torture, 911 Trials, Ksm, Guantanamo Trials, World News

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A U.S. military judge is considering broad security rules for the war crimes tribunal of five Guantanamo priso...

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Solitary Confinement Makes Youths 'Go Crazy'

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 12.10.2012 | Crime
Read More: Solitary Confinement Ban, Aclu, Video, Youth, Juvenile Crime, Human Rights Watch, Youth Solitary Confinement, Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Solitary Confinement, Crime News

NEW YORK — State governments should abolish the use of solitary confinement for offenders under 18, whether as a punitive or protective measure,...

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Ashley Woods

Godbee Sex Scandal: Police Chief's Mistress Sued The City, DPD For Discrimination In 2008

HuffingtonPost.com | Ashley Woods | Posted 10.04.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Angelica Robinson Affair, Omgodbee, Aclu, Detroit Crime, Video, Ralph Godbee Affair, Angelica Robinson Ralph Godbee, Angelica Robinson, Detroit Impact, Poll, Ralph Godbee Angelica Robinson, ACLU Detroit, Ralph Godbee, Angelica Robinson Sues, ACLU of Michigan, Angelica Robinson Lawsuit, Angelica Robinson Police Lawsuit, Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee, Angelica-Robinson-Detroit-Police, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

In 2008, Angelica Robinson, who says she she began an affair with Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee this year, sued the City of Detroit and Detroit Po...

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Huge Settlement For UC Davis Pepper Spray Victims

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.26.2012 | College
Read More: Aclu, Linda Katehi, Video, Occupy Cal, University of California, John Pike, Aclu-Nc, Studetn Activism, UC Davis, Lt. Pike, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, College News

The University of California system announced Wednesday they will pay $30,000 in damages to each of the 21 students and alumni who were sprayed at a p...

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Cop Had 'Long History Of Excessive Force' Before Killing Man Holding Baby

Reuters | Posted 11.24.2012 | Crime
Read More: Aclu, James Peters Officer, American Civil Liberties Union, Alexandria Loxas, Reuters, Police Brutality, James-Peters, Scottsdale, James-Peters-Shoots-Man, John Loxas, Crime News

By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The family of an Arizona man who was shot dead while holding his 7-month-old grandson b...

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Dan Froomkin

New ID Laws May Shoot Down College-Student Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.22.2012 | Politics
Read More: College Students, Pennsylvania Voter Id, Video, Pennsylvania Voter ID Law, 2012 Election, College, Elections 2012, Voter ID, Voter ID Laws, Aclu, Politics News

In Tennessee, a new law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls explicitly excludes student IDs. In Wisconsin, college students ...

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Cancer Patient Fired By Walmart For Medical Marijuana Use Loses Appeal

Posted 09.20.2012 | Home
Read More: Aclu, Walmart, Video, Joseph Casias, Marijuana, Walmart Joseph Casias, Medical Marijuana, Walmart Medical Marijuana, Walmart Employee, Joseph Casias Video, Joseph Casias Aclu, Home News

A Michigan appeals court ruled this week that a Walmart employee with an inoperable brain tumor and cancer was not wrongfully fired over medical marij...

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ACLU Settles Breastfeeding Case

Posted 09.19.2012 | Denver
Read More: Aclu, Heather Burgbacher, Jefferson County Colorado, Denver News, American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen, Colorado Nursing Mothers Act, Breast Pumping, Rmae, Video, Denver News

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado announced on Tuesday that it had won an confidential settlement in a discrimination case on behalf of t...

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Simon McCormack

State Segregates Prisoners In 'HIV Ghetto': Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Simon McCormack | Posted 09.14.2012 | Crime
Read More: Aclu, Video, Prisons Hiv, Alabama Prisons, Alabama Prisons Hiv, Alabama Segregates Prisoners, Alabama State Prisons, Crime News

Alabama state prisons unnecessarily and cruelly keep inmates with HIV segregated from the rest of the population, according to a class-action lawsuit ...

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