Religion & Law

MT: ACLU says CCA discriminates against Native American Prisoners
ACLU says private Montana prison discriminates By LEN IWANSKI --AP April 23, 2009 A spokesman for the Montana Corrections Department says they're investigating allegations that Native American inmates were mistreated and discriminated against at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby...

Same-Sex Couples Fight for Their Rights in Big Sky Country
Mary Leslie knows firsthand how it feels to lose everything. On their eighth anniversary together, her partner was killed in a tragic accident at a Montana ski resort, where they both worked as instructors...

TN: ACLU Sues Tennessee's Felon Disenfranchisement Law As Modern Day Poll Tax
ACLU Sues Over Tennessee?s Felon Disenfranchisement Law 2/25/2008 Group Says Payment Provision Is A Modern Day ?Poll Tax? NASHVILLE ? The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit today in federal court challenging the state?s 2006...

ACLU Sues USAID to Obtain Information About Religion in Overseas Abstinence-Only Programs
ACLU Press Release: ACLU Sues To Obtain Information About Taxpayer-Funded Religion In Abstinence-Only Programs NEW YORK ? The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to obtain public documents detailing...

ACLU of Montana Defends Parents and Childrens Rights
MISSOULA, MT ? The Montana Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on a legal appeal that could set precedent for whether children have a right to maintain relationships with both their parents after a break-up.

MT: "a uniformity of quality from Ekalaka to Eureka"
From the Great Falls Tribune:State's public defender overhaul earns KudosTwo years after Montana overhauled its system for defending the poor in court ? partly in response to an ACLU lawsuit ? state officials and ACLU leaders say they've seen a major improvement...

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Domestic Violence
Emotional and verbal abuse qualify as domestic violence

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