Constitutional Law

ACLU files lawsuit re: Ely Prison medical care
The ACLU's National Prison Project has filed a lawsuit against the Ely State Prison based upon the callous disregard of prison officials concerning medical care of inmates. A description of the lawsuits, a podcast of an interview of the mother of a deceased inmate, a podcast with the Associate Director of the National Prison Project, and a podcast with a Staff Attorneys from the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project are available at the ACLU's website...

Shelby Knox Blogs About House Hearing on Abstinence-Only
Via the ACLU's Take Issue, Take Charge blog: Shelby Knox blogs the House Hearings Assessing Abstinence-Only Programs (4/24): Shelby Knox grew up as a conservative Southern Baptist in Texas turned progressive activist and documentary film subject...

ACLU speaks up for FLDS' rights
Snip from the ACLU's statement: State officials have an important obligation to protect children against abuse. However, such actions should not be indiscriminately targeted against a group as a whole ? particularly when the group is perceived as being different...

Hoping to boost book sales, perhaps
Naomi Klein, eh? Just happened to see her name the other day. She's one of the plaintiffs in the ACLU's suit challenging the just-signed FISA Amendments Act (Public Law No: 110-261)...

Court: 2010 Jamboree can go forward
Message by BSALegal.org on 4/4/2007 EST Irving, TX / April 4, 2007 ? Boy Scouts of America is pleased that the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dismissed the ACLU's lawsuit against the Department of Defense for supporting the ...

"ACLU's tactics are backfiring"
Message by BSALegal.org on 8/16/2006 EST "The American Civil Liberties Union is running scared. Its strong-arm tactics to extort cities and other organizations to strip religious symbols from the public square are finally backfiring...