Litigation

Guantanamo lawyers claim US government eavesdropped on client meetings
[JURIST] Lawyers for Guantanamo detainees claim that the US government of has eavesdropped on conversations with their clients [CCR press release], according to court papers filed Tuesday by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) [advocacy website]...

SCOTUS Grants Gitmo Detainees Right to Appeal in US Court
Justice Anthony Kennedy has flexed his muscle as the crucial swing vote on the Supreme Court, ruling with the 5-4 majority to allow foreign detainees at Guantanamo the constitutional right to challenge their detention in US court...

Military commissions undermined by 'evidence tainted by torture': rights group
[JURIST] The legitimacy of military commissions of Guantanamo Bay detainees will be undermined by "the admission of evidence tainted by torture," according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Monday by Human Rights First [advocacy website]...

Guantanamo Bay detainees given right to challenge imprisonment in court
Guantanamo Bay detainees given right to challenge imprisonment in court"The US Supreme Court has delivered a stinging rebuke to George W Bush by ruling that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay were entitled to challenge their incarceration in courts on the American mainland"...

Ensuring Access to Justice for Detainees in the War on Terror
Webcast from the 2008 ACS National Convention: "This panel focused on who should be detained and where, what should happen to the detainees currently being held at Guantanamo, and how detainees should be treated...

Guantanamo Bay Detainees Have Rights. Now What
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Have Rights. Now What?

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Immigrant Sedation
US Government awards two detainees $55,000 settlement after drugging them while in custody.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys

Windsor Healthcare Management
allegedly provided substandard care and neglected the rights of its senior residents.