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Two Good Websites for Civil Liberties Topics

From the e-newsletter: 

*American Civil Liberties Union* 

http://www.aclu.org/ 

"Love it or hate it, the ACLU provides a wealth of information on important 

civil rights, issues, from Criminal Justice to Women's Rights, and over a dozen other topics in between. There are over 25 (wow!) RSS news feeds, and they have podcasts as well - although it looks like they are a bit behind in posting them. The Supreme Court page covers civil rights cases of interest during the current term as well as an archive of past terms, and the Legislative Update page provides information on what Congress is doing - although interestingly, that page is outdated as well. Odd for such an active organization."

*Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse* 

http://clearinghouse.wustl.edu/ 

"We spoke about civil rights issues above, let's talk about litigation now. 

Maintained by Washington University School of Law, the Clearinghouse is a 

collection of documents about civil rights cases in 23 categories, from 

Child Welfare to Religious Freedom. The site is dedicated to cases that 

seek policy and operational change, and not damages. For most cases, you 

find the docket sheets, complaint, and any decrees or published opinions. 

You'll also get a pretty good summary of the individual Case Details, as 

well as all of the people involved in the case, including judges and 

attorneys."  

Source: Internet Legal Research Weekly by Tom Mighell. Volume 10, Issue 18. 6 September 2009.  Subscribe <http://lists.inter-alia.net/mailman/listinfo/inter-alia>.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on September 09, 2009 (boomark / email).