American Civil Liberties Union

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ACLU Criticizes Obama Torture-Prosecution Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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On the same day that President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, the nation's foremost civil liberties group criticized his administration's refus...

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Pittsburgh Man Gives Cop Middle Finger, Gets $50,000

Associated Press | Posted 11.25.2009 | Home

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PITTSBURGH (Associated Press) -- Pittsburgh City Council has tentatively approved paying $50,000 to settle a free speech lawsuit filed by a man cited...

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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, William Kunstler, Aclu, Civil Rights Law, American Civil Liberties Union, Civil Rights, Naacp, Sundance Film Festival, Bill Kunstler, Fbi, Entertainment News

At home, Dad spoke of the racism he saw every day in the courtroom. Civil rights leaders, he told us, where only honored when they were safely dead.

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Stop And Frisk: Police Stop More Than 1 Million People On Street

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — A teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different rou...

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The Red Bottoms of Red-Staters: How Corporal Punishment Contributes to Right Wing Paranoia

Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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No paranoid fantasy seems too bizarre, too implausible, or too disconnected from consensual reality to find a credulous audience among right wing true believers.

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White House To Announce Plans For "Truly Civil" Immigrant Detention System

The New York Times | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violator...

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Justice Dept. Abandons Torture-Based Evidence In Gitmo Case

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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The Justice Department informed a federal district court Wednesday that it was no longer seeking to rely on coerced and tortured evidence in the habea...

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Florida Law Leads To Shantytown For Banished Sex Offenders

The New York Times | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, American Civil Liberties Union, Probation, Homelessness, Sex-Offenders-Laws, Homeless Shelters, Sex Offenders, Florida, Charlie Crist, Miami, Politics News

They used to be invisible, the four or five convicted sex offenders camping out on the Julia Tuttle Causeway connecting Miami to Miami Beach. But for ...

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Montana City Asks Job Applicants For Facebook Passwords

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media

Read More: American Civil Liberties Union, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Myspace, Privacy, Bozeman Montana, Job Application, Media News

HELENA, Mont. — A flood of criticism has prompted a Montana city to drop its request that government job applicants turn over their user names a...

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The Audacity of Souter's Successor

Dave Astor | Posted 06.03.2009 | Comedy

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There are many American women qualified to succeed Souter on the way-too-male court, but Barack Obama has his eye on a guy -- namely, Barack Obama!

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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US Immigration Law Used To Censor Foreign Scholars: ACLU

Inter Press Service | William Fisher | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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A leading legal rights group charged Tuesday that the Barack Obama Justice Department is using immigration law to censor debate by selectively barri...

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ACLU Lays Off A Tenth Of Workforce

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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The American Civil Liberties Union, impacted by the unfolding economic crisis, laid off ten percent of its national workforce this week. Thirty-six st...

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Millions of Ex-Offenders Did Their Time, But Still Can't Vote

Tara Graham | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Florida, Convicted Felon, Voter Disenfranchisement, Disenfranchised Voters, Voting, Ex Felon Voting Ban, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, Florida Ex-Offenders, Black Men Disenfranchisement, Disenfranchisement 2008, Right to Vote, The Sentencing Project, Home News

America has a long history of depriving entire groups of people the right to vote. Before the Civil Rights Act, black citizens were ridiculed, threate...

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United States Now Filled With Terrorists, Apparently

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Because everyone in America forgot about 9/11, and failed to buy a sufficient amount of non-circulating Liberian legal tender currency commemorative t...

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