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ACLU-NC Legal Foundation Files Lawsuit Against Town of Cary for Violating Free Speech Rights of Cary Homeowner
Posted on November 20, 2009Alabama School Reverses Decision To Bar Lesbian Student From Attending Prom With Her Girlfriend
Posted on November 20, 2009Montana Mother Asks Court To Remedy Mistreatment Of Pregnant Inmates By Detention Facility
Posted on November 19, 2009NYPD on Track to Interrogate Record Number of Innocent New Yorkers in 2009, New Stop-and-Frisk Numbers Show
Posted on November 19, 2009Texas Appeals Court Rejects Appeal Of Innocent Man On Death Row For 28 Years
Posted on November 18, 2009ACLU And Americans United Demand Connecticut School District Stop Holding Graduation At Christian Church
Posted on November 18, 2009Senate Votes Down Amendment Obstructing Transfer Of Detainees To Federal Criminal Courts
Posted on November 17, 2009Reversing Two Restrictive Policies, Illinois Issues Accurate Birth Certificates To Three Transgender Persons
Posted on November 16, 2009U.S. Supreme Court Denies ACLU's Petition to Hear Vamos a Cuba Book Censorship Case
Posted on November 16, 2009ACLU Demands Information About Bureau of Prisons Attempts to Ban Religious Material
Posted on November 12, 2009Nevada Doctor, Pharmacist, And Pregnant Woman Ask Court To Halt Flawed Initiative
Posted on November 12, 2009Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Should Investigate U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Deaths
Posted on November 12, 2009Alabama School Bars Lesbian Student From Attending Prom With Her Girlfriend
Posted on November 10, 2009ACLU Condemns Efforts at Censorship at UMass, Calls upon Governor Patrick to Uphold Free Speech
Posted on November 10, 2009Orthodox Medics, ACLU Challenge Religious Discrimination at Pikesville Fire Company
Posted on November 10, 2009Hundreds of Immigrants Will Finally Become U.S. Citizens Under Terms of Lawsuit Settlement
Posted on November 09, 2009Citizens of Forsyth County Win in Lawsuit Challenging the Use of Sectarian Invocations to Open County Commissioners' Meetings
Posted on November 09, 2009Invoking Right of Free Expression, ACLU Demands that Manitou Springs Dismiss Criminal Charges Filed Against Texas Musician Under Unconstitutional Ordinance Forbidding 'Panhandling'
Posted on November 06, 2009Administration Will Testify Before Senate On Landmark Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Posted on November 05, 2009Senate Votes Against Barring Funding For Federal Court Prosecutions Of 9/11 Cases
Posted on November 05, 2009Senate Should Not Pass Amendment Barring Use of Funds for 9/11 Prosecutions
Posted on November 05, 2009ACLU Sues State Of Florida And State Officials Over Poor Graduation Rates
Posted on November 05, 2009Wisconsin Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Domestic Partnership Registry
Posted on November 04, 2009Court Upholds Right Of Scientists And Patients To Challenge Gene Patents
Posted on November 02, 2009ACLU Obtains More Documents Related to Bush Administration Torture Program
Posted on October 30, 2009President Signs Law Giving Defense Department Authority To Exempt Photos From Freedom Of Information Act
Posted on October 29, 2009ACLU of North Carolina Calls on Governor Beverly Perdue and Attorney General Roy Cooper to Respect the Rule of Law
Posted on October 29, 2009President Signs Law Giving DOD Authority To Exempt Photos From Torture FOIA
Posted on October 29, 2009Congress To Investigate CIA For Possible Violations Of National Security Act
Posted on October 28, 2009ACLU Honors Regina Kelly, Plaintiff In Landmark Civil Rights Case, With Baldwin Medal Of Liberty Award
Posted on October 24, 2009American Civil Liberties Union Mourns Passing Of Former Executive Director Jack Pemberton
Posted on October 23, 2009Senate-Approved Changes To Guantánamo Military Commissions Don't Fix Fatal Flaws
Posted on October 22, 2009On Anniversary Of Treaty Ratification, U.S. Should Ensure Prohibition Of Torture Meets International Standards
Posted on October 21, 2009Court Rules FBI Can Continue To Silence National Security Letter Recipient
Posted on October 20, 2009ACLU To Monitor Unconstitutional Guantánamo Military Commission Hearings Wednesday
Posted on October 20, 2009Patriot Act Legislation Introduced In House With Improved Civil Liberties Protections
Posted on October 20, 2009Court Rules that Sheriff Joe Arpaio Can No Longer Block Prisoners' Access To Abortion Care
Posted on October 20, 2009ACLU Argues Before Ninth Circuit That Right To Vote Be Restored To Former Felons In Arizona
Posted on October 19, 2009ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Retaliatory Expulsion Of Student Under Unconstitutional Disciplinary Policy
Posted on October 19, 2009Court Rules Government Can Continue To Suppress Detainee Statements Describing Torture And Abuse
Posted on October 16, 2009ICE Should End, Not Expand Agreements With Local And State Law Enforcement, Says ACLU
Posted on October 16, 2009Legislation To End Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Introduced In Senate Today
Posted on October 15, 2009ACLU Urges Department Of Justice To Object To Changes In County Board Elections In Georgia
Posted on October 13, 2009Comprehensive Immigration Reform Must Protect Privacy And Civil Liberties, Says ACLU
Posted on October 13, 2009Department Of Homeland Security Inspector General Report Underscores Flaws In System For Settling Watch List Disputes
Posted on October 09, 2009U.N. Human Rights Body Issues Decisive Observations On Racial Discrimination In U.S.
Posted on October 08, 2009Congressional Conferees Approve Changes To Guantánamo Detainee Policy And Military Commissions
Posted on October 07, 2009Proposed Appropriations Bill To Give Defense Department Authority To Suppress Torture Photos
Posted on October 07, 2009Supreme Court Hears ACLU Case Involving Latin Cross War Memorial In Mojave Desert
Posted on October 07, 2009LGBT Community Groups Seek to Intervene in Federal Challenge to Proposition 8
Posted on July 09, 2009Senate Overturns Obama Decision Wednesday To Rescind Flawed Bush ?No-Match? Immigration Rule
Posted on July 09, 2009Justice Department Official Tells Congress Due Process Applies To Guantánamo Military Commissions
Posted on July 08, 2009ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero Honored At Academy Of Achievement Summit
Posted on July 08, 2009House Subcommittee To Examine Role Of Federal Statute In Denying Prison Rape Victims Access To Courts
Posted on July 08, 2009Obama Administration Mandates Bush Administration E-Verify Rule For Federal Contractors
Posted on July 08, 2009ACLU Urges Federal Appeals Court To Require Louisiana To Issue Birth Certificate To Adopted Child Of Gay Couple
Posted on July 07, 2009"America's Toughest Sheriff" Agrees To Stop Requiring Court Orders For Abortions But Creates New Obstacle
Posted on July 02, 2009Defense Department Releases Documents Relating To Detainee Abuse In U.S. Custody Overseas
Posted on July 02, 2009Court Should Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Torture In Jawad Habeas Case, Says ACLU
Posted on July 01, 2009Justice Souter Ends A Distinguished Career As U.S. Supreme Court Concludes A Relatively Quiet Term
Posted on June 29, 2009Supreme Court Rules Connecticut Firefighters Unfairly Denied Promotions Because Of Race
Posted on June 29, 2009Obama Administration Indefinite Detention Order Would Undermine American Values Of Justice, Says ACLU
Posted on June 26, 2009U.S. Supreme Court Declares Strip Search Of 13-Year-Old Student Unconstitutional
Posted on June 25, 2009Italian "Extraordinary Rendition" Victim Still Held In Morocco Based On Tortured Confession
Posted on June 25, 2009New Evidence Of Abuse At Bagram Underscores Need For Full Disclosure About Prison, Says ACLU
Posted on June 24, 2009House Bill Announced Today To Ban Workplace Discrimination Based On Gender Or Sexual Orientation
Posted on June 24, 2009ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Secret Creation Of Isolated Housing Units In Federal Prisons
Posted on June 18, 2009Obama Administration Should Release CIA Inspector General Report Without Substantial Redactions, Says ACLU
Posted on June 17, 2009Attorney General To Testify Before Senate Committee Today On Torture, Surveillance And Civil Rights
Posted on June 17, 2009Terrorism Finance Laws Undermine American Muslims' Religious Freedom, Says ACLU
Posted on June 16, 2009Prison Litigation Reform Act Denies Access To Courts For Over 2 Million People
Posted on June 16, 2009Terrorism Finance Laws Undermine American Muslims' Religious Freedom, Says ACLU (Arabic)
Posted on June 16, 2009Newly Released Detainee Statements Provide More Evidence Of CIA Torture Program
Posted on June 15, 2009Fresno Hospital Bars Lesbian From Visiting Partner And Giving Advice About Her Treatment
Posted on June 15, 2009Transportation Security Administration Refused To Hire Qualified Baggage Screener Because He Has HIV
Posted on June 11, 2009ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As ?Low-Level Terrorism?
Posted on June 10, 2009Federal Court Says Religious Monument At Oklahoma Courthouse Is Unconstitutional
Posted on June 09, 2009ACLU Marks 46th Anniversary of Equal Pay Act With Call For Paycheck Fairness Act
Posted on June 09, 2009California School Apologizes For Illegally Banning Sixth Grader?s Presentation On Harvey Milk
Posted on June 09, 2009Rep. Harman Introduces Bill To Restrain Domestic Deployment Of Spy Satellites
Posted on June 05, 2009Tennessee Schools End Censorship Of Gay Educational Web Sites After ACLU Lawsuit
Posted on June 04, 2009Court Orders Alabama Property Manager And Landlord To Pay Damages For Sexual Harassment Of Tenant
Posted on June 02, 2009ACLU Mourns The Loss Of Dr. George Tiller, Murdered In An Apparent Act Of Anti-Abortion Violence
Posted on June 01, 2009ACLU Letter to Senate on The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Posted on June 01, 2009Wisconsin Trial Court Dismisses ACLU Lawsuit Seeking Domestic Partner Benefits For Lesbian and Gay State Employees
Posted on June 01, 2009ACLU Calls On Federal Judge To Levy Sanctions Against Virgin Islands Officials For Failing To Improve Jail Conditions
Posted on May 28, 2009Crack, Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Undermines Criminal Justice System
Posted on May 28, 2009LGBT Organizations Point Out that Lawsuits Could Set Back Progress on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
Posted on May 27, 2009House Considers Bills To Equalize Federal Crack And Powder Cocaine Sentencing
Posted on May 21, 2009Obama Administration Will Not Ask Supreme Court To Take Up National Security Letter "Gag Order" Decision
Posted on May 18, 2009U.S. Supreme Court Rejects California Counties' Challenge to State Medical Marijuana Laws
Posted on May 18, 2009Failure To Protect National Security Whistleblowers Threatens U.S. Security And Liberty, ACLU Testifies
Posted on May 14, 2009Federal Judge Approves Order Requiring Santa Rosa, FL Schools To Abide By First Amendment
Posted on May 08, 2009ACLU Urges Supreme Court To Hear Case Of 17 Uighurs Detained Indefinitely At Guantánamo
Posted on May 07, 2009Attorney General Says Ending Racial Profiling Is Priority For Obama Administration
Posted on May 07, 2009McDonald?s Agrees To Training and Settlement After Staff Called Gay Customers ?Faggots?
Posted on May 06, 2009Federal Court Awards Transgender Veteran Maximum Compensation In Sex Discrimination Case Against Library of Congress
Posted on April 29, 2009Over 75 Groups And Law Professors Push Congress To Eliminate 100-To-1 Crack Sentencing Disparity
Posted on April 29, 2009Supreme Court Rules FCC Ban On Fleeting Expletives Not "Arbitrary," Doesn't Rule On Constitutionality
Posted on April 28, 2009Civil Liberties, Civil Rights And Religious Advocates Lobby Congress To Fix Crack Law On April 28
Posted on April 28, 2009New Mexico Agrees To Provide Retirement Health Insurance To Domestic Partners Of State Employees
Posted on April 28, 2009Judge Rejects CIA Attempt To Withhold Records On Destroyed Interrogation Tapes
Posted on April 24, 2009ACLU Wins Judicial Order Requiring Proper Administration Of Medicine At Wisconsin Women's Prison
Posted on April 24, 2009Defense Department To Release Prisoner Abuse Photos By May 28 In Response To ACLU Lawsuit
Posted on April 23, 2009Attorney General Holder Says He Will "Follow The Law" And Investigate Torture
Posted on April 22, 2009Judge Upholds Guantánamo Prisoner's Right To Challenge Indefinite Detention
Posted on April 22, 2009Congressional Report Reaffirms Involvement Of High Level Bush Officials In Torture Policies
Posted on April 22, 2009Justice Department Must Appoint Prosecutor To Investigate Torture Crimes, Says ACLU
Posted on April 21, 2009ACLU Response To Former Vice-President Cheney's Call For Release Of Bush Torture Documentation
Posted on April 21, 2009Interrogation Memos Provide Further Reason To Give Torture Victims Day In Court, Says ACLU
Posted on April 21, 2009U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today On Unconstitutional Strip Search Of 13-Year-Old Student For Alleged Ibuprofen Possession
Posted on April 21, 2009Obama Administration Reportedly Considering Withholding Vital Information In Torture Memos
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