Civil Rights | Civil Liberties

2010-03-15: Headlines

FOX2now.com: Mentally ill living in large institutions win settlement in Ill. lawsu ... 2010-03-15
The lawsuit was filed in 2005 by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups. It claimed Illinois violates the civil rights of 4500 mentally ill ...
The Guardian: Savage sentences on Muslim demonstrators will be counterproductive 2010-03-15
While the government's huge assault on our basic civil liberties has affected a wide range of citizens (prayers for the fallen at the Cenotaph ...
Veterans Today Network: GORDON DUFF: RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, AN UNAMERICAN CITY OF NOTE 2010-03-15
Nobody believes this, especially not the American Civil Liberties Union which filed suit against the department this week. It seems officers looking for Air ...
Boston Globe: Polluters: Smile and say cheese 2010-03-15
... surveillance is unlikely to raise privacy concerns, according to Christopher Ott, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
Daily Mail: PETER OBORNE: So can Nick Clegg pull of his high wire act? 2010-03-15
He also has a fine and consistent record for speaking up for traditional civil liberties and the freedoms which have been shamefully eroded by successive ...
USA Today: Whistle-blowers' rights get second look 2010-03-15
... "we squander the opportunity to protect taxpayer dollars, public health and safety, civil liberties, national security, and other important interests.
Seattle Post Intelligencer: Sex, drugs and child porn at McNeil Island 2010-03-15
"People probably don't care about this," he continued, "but this is a civil liberties issue." Four years into the effort, offenders housed at the facility ...
Houston Chronicle: CEP and other options HISD should consider new options for educating student ... 2010-03-15
In Atlanta, the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the city's school district and CEP, charging that its alternative schools were functioning ...
MiamiHerald.com: Cuba: No more 2010-03-15
... they have tended to make excuses for the repression, systematic denial of civil liberties and coercive measures used by the Castro brothers to ensure ...
Mexidata.info: The Angst and Ordeals of Immigration Law in the US By Kent Paterson 2010-03-15
"Families of mixed status along the US-Mexico border are living under siege," contended Vicky Gaubeca, director of the American Civil Liberties Union' ...
Scoop.co.nz: Anthony Ravlich: Freedom from our social prisons 2010-03-15
... Freedom House released its findings from the latest edition of Freedom in the World, the annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties.
Fall River Herald News: OUR VIEW: Putting up an umbrella 2010-03-15
The American Civil Liberties Union is backing McMillen in her quest to attend prom with her significant other, just like every other student.
Chicago Sun-Times: "Jesus was a Nazi. So's your preacher" 2010-03-15
I think it involves civil rights and liberties. It involves a trial in a fair legal system. It involves freedom of speech and the practice, or non-practice ...
Asheville Citizen-Times: Schools need to pay heed to an elementary lesson 2010-03-15
... Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union reported that students with disabilities were hit twice as often students in the general population.
Ghana News: BNI -Bureau Of National Intimidations? 2010-03-15
... abuse its powers to infringe civil liberties, harass the government's opponents, favour or prejudice political parties and leaders and thereby subvert ...
eNews Park Forest: Glenn Beck Attacks Churches That Promote Social Justice And Urges Listeners ... 2010-03-15
... world peace, civil liberties, religious freedom, famine, poverty, intergroup relations, as well as other major societal concerns"; its website cites ...
Tampa Tribune: Several abortion bills await in Tallahassee 2010-03-15
That's one of several reasons the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida opposes the bill, said lobbyist Courtenay Strickland.
New York Times: British Put Teeth in Anti-Piracy Proposal 2010-03-15
In Britain, where Mr. Murdoch is based, lawmakers have taken up the challenge — to the consternation of Internet companies and civil liberties group ...
The News International: I'm good, you're not good ! 2010-03-15
Everyone is concerned these days about the missing persons because it endangers the inviolable civil liberties.
WIBW: Mississippi School Sued for Canceling Prom Over Lesbian Student 2010-03-15
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleges that officials at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi, are violating ...
The Malaysian Insider: The discomfort of getting off the fence — Goh Keat Peng 2010-03-15
... the country has put up with so much abuse of power and violation of fundamental civil liberties that the time has come when fence-sitters must ...
ReadMedia: Youth Leadership Conference Attracts 200+ Teens to Family Planning Advocate ... 2010-03-15
Teens will represent Planned Parenthoods and other family planning centers, the New York Civil Liberties Union, high school civics classe ...
Chicago Tribune: New hope for Illinois' mentally ill nursing-home residents 2010-03-15
Thousands of psychiatric patients are likely to move out of nursing homes and into community-based ...

2010-03-14: Headlines

fox4kc.com: String noose at Kansas City-area high school brings federal investigation 2010-03-14
(AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union says a suburban Kansas City superintendent missed the point with the remarks he made after two white students gave ...
Independent: Leading article: Clegg the credible 2010-03-14
David Cameron has shifted the Conservative Party on green policy and civil liberties, while Europe and the Iraq war have become less pressing.
Independent: The feral beast: Wake worries pass 2010-03-14
It would be a wonderful opportunity for a discussion in a court of law of New Labour's attacks on civil liberties and the legality of New Labour's wars.
ChattahBox: Lesbian Air Force Sergeant Dischared After Being Outed by Police 2010-03-14
With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, Newsome is suing the police department, claiming they violated her privacy and outed her in retaliati ...
VHeadline.com: The foundation of a republican government must be the people's sovereignty 2010-03-14
... for civil liberties and the ratification of A complete abolition of slavery (which he had already put into practice during his military campaigns).
Lebanon: BeirutÃ¢€™s Ã¢€˜secularism marchÃ¢€™ will uphold constitutional rights - Daily Star 2010-03-14
The preamble to the Lebanese Constitution states: “Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic based on respect for public liberties, especially ...
The Guardian: Any Lib-Con team can't last. But it would be fun to watch 2010-03-14
They agree on the civil liberties agenda, and the abolition of identity cards. Clegg backs Michael Gove's plans for Swedish-style market-driven school ...
The Guardian: Sri Lankan Tamils drop demand for separate independent homeland 2010-03-14
Critics fear the changes will cement an autocratic rule that threatens basic civil liberties. The court martial of the defeated presidential candidate ...
Pakistan Observer: America, Lahore bloodbath & NRO 2010-03-14
... miscarriage of constitutional civil liberties of average Pakistanis and bring an end to violations of international human rights laws and conventions.
Sify: Chinese artist fights concrete with erotic art 2010-03-14
'I developed the narrative from a human rights report put together by the People's Union for Civil Liberties in Karnataka,' Shah, who is showing her work ...
Boston Globe: School panel head in Dedham won't let blogger speak 2010-03-14
Christopher Ott, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, said that he couldn't comment on Dedham specifically ...
Sunday Leader: Same Law, Same Crimes With Rajapaksas Hung On An Indo-China Rope 2010-03-14
The Indian “People's Union for Civil Liberties” (PUCL) argued this position in its appeal (http://www.pucl.org/Topics/International/2009/lanka_crisis.html ...
The Nation, Pakistan: Defending our national honour! 2010-03-14
The American Civil Liberties Union has denounced the scanners as Ã¢€œvirtual strip tease.Ã¢€ The US Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) in a Freedom ...
Pacific Free Press: Past Orwell: Cryptohippies and Police States 2010-03-14
In a capitalist "democracy" such as ours where the business of government is always business and individual liberties be damned, grifting North American ...
KMPH Fox 26: AP Top News at 9:02 pm EST -Saturday, March 13, 2010 2010-03-14
Newsome and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint against the western South Dakota police department, claiming the officers violated her ...
89.3 KPCC: LAX to receive additional full body scanners 2010-03-14
... by many religious groups,” Peter Bibring, staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California told the Contra Costa Times.
Bellingham Herald: Vivian Monroe, constitutional rights advocate, dies at 85 2010-03-14
After a first marriage ended, she married Eason Monroe, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, in 1959. They divorced after a decade ...
MLive.com: Rep. John Conyers helps introduce bill that would ban housing discriminati ... 2010-03-14
... said in opening remarks at the hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, which he chairs.
MyWabashValley: Valedictorian Suing His High School 2010-03-14
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Eric Workman, the class valedictorian. The ICLU intends this violates a student ...
MPNnow.com: Legislation jeopardizes area farms 2010-03-14
They include Caroline Kennedy and groups such as the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Justice for Farmworkers campaign, a coalition of faith ...
Columbia Daily Tribune: Prom is off after lesbian date request 2010-03-14
... prom because of what it called recent distractions but without mentioning the girl's request, which was backed by the American Civili Liberties Union.
WISH: Ind. student sues to stop prayer 2010-03-14
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed suit Thursday on Workman's behalf in federal court in Indianapolis. The suit seeks an injunction halting ...
KMPH Fox 26: AP Top News at 6:33 pm EST -Saturday, March 13, 2010 2010-03-14
Newsome and theAmerican Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint against the western South Dakota police department, claiming the officers violated her ...
Daily News & Analysis: Caesar's wife must be above suspicion 2010-03-14
“Being the protector of civil liberties, this court and HCs have not only the power and jurisdiction but also an obligation to protect the fundamental ...
Newton Kansan: School prom off after lesbian's date request 2010-03-14
... of what it called recent distractions but without specifically mentioning the girl's request, which was backed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Crikey: Some insights from the health impact assessment of the NT Intervention 2010-03-14
“I think it's an infringement on people's civil liberties that government has to manage and be involved in all those minute aspects of people's day-to-day ...
MiamiHerald.com: Jihad Jane's adventures in colorblind evil 2010-03-14
It's an abridgement of civil liberties. But the most compelling of them is embodied by Jihad Jane. Put aside squishy appeals to conscience and principle ...
Las Vegas Sun: Anti-abortion group says amendment push similar to slavery issue 2010-03-14
Those opposing the petition, Peters said, include Planned Parenthood of America and the American Civil Liberties Union. He said he found it ironic that ...
Advocate.com: Gay Soldier Discharged Under DADT Files Suit 2010-03-14
Newsome and the American Civil Liberties Union have since filed suit against the western South Dakota police department, claiming the disclosure was ...
Chronicle of Higher Education: See Jane Bite 2010-03-14
She might well have bristled, however, at the historical anachronisms in these sanguisage seductions and winced at the liberties taken with her character ...
Daily Monitor: Museveni hits back in row with donors 2010-03-14
... his latest comments come amidst growing local and international pressure on his government to improve governance and protect civil liberties.
Art Daily: GMG Gallery Presents Nine Artists Participating in "FQ-Test" 2010-03-14
Their "Freedom in Freedom" work studies civil liberties in 11 American states that have towns called "Freedom" on their territories.
Daily Aztec: A GUEST'S PERSPECTIVE: Migrant border deaths a humanitarian crisis 2010-03-14
Since the implementation of Operation Gatekeeper in 1994, estimates from the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego claim as many as 5600 people ...
IndyPosted: Top 10 Movies Based on Real Life Stories 2010-03-14
While the film-makers may have taken some liberties, Blow really is about George Jung, an American cocaine smuggler who experienced his fair share of up ...
Vanguard: N-Delta residents want JTF humiliation stopped 2010-03-14
Lamenting the dilemma of commuters on the route, Secretary of Bayelsa State chapter of the Civil Liberties Organisation, Comrade Alagoa Morris, said “nobody ...
Anderson Herald Bulletin: Back in the News for March 14 2010-03-14
However, the Indiana Civil Liberties Union indicated it would challenge the legislation. The majority of local school boards have not discussed the posting ...
WTOL.com: Lesbian sergeant discharged after police tell military 2010-03-14
Newsome and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a complaint against the police department, saying officers violated her privacy.
Queerty: How Come Straight Girls Get to Go To Prom With Other Ladies, But Not Lesbi ... 2010-03-14
With the ACLU planning to file suit against Itawamba Agricultural High School for canceling its senior prom instead of letting 18-year-old senior Constance ...

2010-03-13: Headlines

American Muslim: Muslim-bashing and the Seattle Museum of History And Industry 2010-03-13
... MUST ALL be treated as guilty…and maybe we should not be so concerned about having all our civil liberties because we do have to think about security.
Lez Get Real: The World Joins Constance McMillen To Say, Oh, Hell No, As Prom Offers Flood ... 2010-03-13
Last week Constance McMillen, a student at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi, and her attorneys at the American Civil Liberties Uni ...
Lez Get Real: Canada's 2002 Gay Prom Case: Marc Hall v Durham Catholic District School Board 2010-03-13
The idea of equality speaks to the conscience of all humanity—the dignity and worth that is due each human being. Mark Hall is a Roman Catholic Canadi ...
Veterans Today Network: 20 March Peace Demonstrations still on Despite Pre-Protest Suppression of Dissent 2010-03-13
It would be more fiscally responsible for the District of Columbia, and LAPD to just let the signs go up rather than tread on people's civil liberties ...
OregonLive.com: Open carry gun advocates not visible in Oregon 2010-03-13
Peterson said he is a gay man and a political progressive, and that by being an open-carry supporter he can start people thinking about civil libertie ...
AlterNet: Why Are We Afraid to Tax the Super-Rich? 2010-03-13
Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Civil Liberties headlines via email. Our nation is already deeply in debt. How can we possibly afford to invest ...
Spencer Daily Reporter: One Man's Perspective: ACLU's sword of 'justice' 2010-03-13
This after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Fulton accusing the district of violating ...
MyNews.in: Groups Urge End to Military Commissions Case Against Child Soldier 2010-03-13
Three leading civil liberties, human rights, and juvenile justice organizations today issued a letter urging Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary ...
WWL First News: A great weekend for the Irish 2010-03-13
Read More The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is suing to force a school district to host a prom it canceled after a lesbian student asked ...
New York Times: Big Brother in Blue 2010-03-13
Groups like the Center for Constitutional Rights and the New York Civil Liberties Union are fighting this wholesale mistreatment of innocent New Yorkers ...
Pocono Record: Obama's 'toughness'? Not possible to generalize 2010-03-13
Or with the full-page newspaper ad taken out over the weekend by the American Civil Liberties Union, portraying Obama morphing into George W. Bush ...
RT: Illegal US immigrant detention practices questioned. Part 2 2010-03-13
Ahilan Arulanantham of the American Civil Liberties Union says they filed a lawsuit against “B-18". Five months later, ICE settled with ACLU to change ...
BusinessWeek: Federal court says Nevada can limit brothel ads 2010-03-13
... by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel in San Francisco, while a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada promised to appeal.
Pioneer Press: Four parents file motion in charter-school lawsuit, asserting religious rights 2010-03-13
... parents want to intervene in a federal lawsuit involving their Inver Grove Heights charter school and the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.
Press TV: US rights groups demand release of young Gitmo inmate 2010-03-13
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Human Rights Watch, and Juvenile Law Center organizations have issued a joint letter to US Attorney General Eric ...
vtdigger.org: Education Challenges Design Team meetings now open to the public 2010-03-13
Allen Gilbert, executive director of the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, hailed the decision. “It's great to see the government ...
KGAN: Lesbian sgt. discharged after police tell military 2010-03-13
Newsome and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a complaint against the police department, saying officers violated her privacy.
Las Vegas Sun: Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees 2010-03-13
... according to a list submitted in January in response to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union _ should not be allowed to challenge their ...
The Morning Sun: GREG NELSON: Times have changed 2010-03-13
2010 - Middle school counselor calls Planned Parenthood who notifies the American Civil Liberties Union. Mary is driven to another state to get an aborti ...
GMA news.tv: RP scored for killings, state abuses in US gov't report 2010-03-13
... which looked into conditions and government actions pertaining to individual freedoms and a person's integrity; civil liberties; political rights;
Indian Express: 'Anti-Maoist action adding to malnutrition woes' 2010-03-13
National vice-president of People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Dr Binayak Sen has said the action against Maoists is only accentuating the problem ...
The South African Star: School cancels prom because lesbian wanted to take girlfriend 2010-03-13
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Mississippi filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Oxford on behalf of 18-year-old Constance McMillen ...
Thaindian.com: School Bans Lesbian Partner From Prom, Taken To Court 2010-03-13
She has got the support of the American Civil Liberties Union and it as moved court on her behalf. The event was slated to be organized on April 2.
Times and Transcript: Federal government to study random breath tests 2010-03-13
Both Foran and Miller acknowledged that a move towards random testing would also raise questions about civil liberties or privacy concerns, which could lead ...
National Ledger: Prom in Mississippi Canceled (Video) Lesbian Date Blamed, Lawsuit Filed 2010-03-13
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi on Thursday filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Oxford on behalf of the student.
Inter Press Service: RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: 'Our Lives Are Cut Short at a Stroke' 2010-03-13
... were among four human rights workers murdered so far this year in this country, where even today, defending civil liberties is a life-and-death matter.
The Moderate Voice: What's Missing In The Abortion Red Herring 2010-03-13
The American Civil Liberties Web site says four of those states use state money to fund abortions. They are Hawaii, Maryland, New York and Washington.
Kashmir Media Service: Plight of disappeared Kashmiris' relatives highlighted 2010-03-13
... that Peoples Tribunal of Civil Liberties and the Association of Parents of Disappeared Person had discovered nearly 2700 mass graves in three districts.
Salon: Even the most radical policies are hailed as "sensible centrism" as long ... 2010-03-13
... them imprisoned (this idea was unveiled in Barack Obama's "civil liberties" speech last May when he described the so-called "fifth category" of people ...
Baltimore Sun: Free speech is paramount 2010-03-13
... to many of his fellow Jews, Mr. Goldberger - then an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union - felt that a larger principle was at stake.
New Bern Sun Journal: Jones defends military chaplains at gathering 2010-03-13
Jones said this bill would give a chaplain of any faith the same right and was spurred by an American Civil Liberties Union suit against actions of ...
The Virginian-Pilot: Specialty plates touting right to abortion will face vote today 2010-03-13
Planned Parenthood sought a plate with an abortion-rights slogan, and the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union promised it would sue ...
Haveeru Online: "No laws against domestic violence in Maldives" 2010-03-13
The US Government's report read that the Maldives' government generally respected the human rights of its citizens and upheld civil libertie ...
DigitalJournal.com: Australia on 'Internet Enemies' list because of internet filter 2010-03-13
The objection to the filter by Reporters Without Borders is that it may go further and block access to materials which may relate to civil liberties.
Carlisle Sentinel: Dickinson Township revises public comment policy 2010-03-13
... to concerns several residents had over the policy language and to a letter the township received in early March from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Wikinews: US appeals court rejects bid from expelled New York Senator convicted of assault 2010-03-13
The New York Civil Liberties Union supported Monserrate in the case. The former Senator argued that the act of being expelled from the Senate was ...
Tips-Q GLBT News: Gay Air Force Sgt. Dismissed After Police Tell Military Of Marriage License 2010-03-13
Newsome and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a complaint against the department claiming police invaded her privacy.
Worcester Telegram: Free speech butts heads with venom 2010-03-13
The case brings to mind the efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union in supporting the right of the Ku Klux Klan to hold a protest march in Skokie ...
Salon: The warped platitude of DC "centrism" 2010-03-13
... them imprisoned (this idea was unveiled in Barack Obama's "civil liberties" speech last May when he described the so-called "fifth category" of people ...
BusinessWeek: China fires back at US human rights criticisms 2010-03-13
... reviews of domestic rights issued by the administration and Congress, as well as the work of organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union.
New Zealand Herald: Hunger striker to be force-fed, rules US court 2010-03-13
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Connecticut condemned the ruling as "flawed at its core because it disregards the choice of a competent ...
Worcester Telegram: Judge OKs force-feeding of inmate 2010-03-13
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut estimates that state Department of Correction staff force-fed Coleman at least a dozen times.
Fremont News Messenger: Local officials don't fight records requests 2010-03-13
The American Civil Liberties Union and Ohio Citizen Action offer legal aid to citizens who are running into a wall with records requests, he said.
Oneindia: Australia on watchlist with Iran for imposing censorship on the Internet 2010-03-13
Critics say the plan is a misguided measure that will harm civil liberties by blocking a broader range of content than just nasty material.
Rampage: FCC Sides with Students, Finds Prof. Lopez Created 'Hostile Learning Environment' 2010-03-13
Elizabeth Gill, staff attorney of the American Civil Liberties Union, who had challenged the college to act on the complaints filed by the student ...
Senegambia News: Taxes: Jawara lowers them; Jammeh increases them with extravagance 2010-03-13
Far too many of our citizens live in mortal fear of their government depriving them of their liberties and increasingly their livelihoods through an onerou ...
NewsOK.com: Proposed DNA bill goes too far 2010-03-13
Only after a conviction should one's liberties be reduced or taken away. It's also worth remembering that not everyone who is arrested winds up being ...
Edmonton Journal: Spanish novelist depicted hard realities of rural life 2010-03-13
Throughout his life Delibes defended nature and the simple values of rural life as well as individual liberties during Franco's 1939-75 dictatorship.
NewsTalk 1010 WCSI: Greenwood Senior Sues Over Prayer 2010-03-13
The top-ranked Senior at Greenwood High School is asking a federal judge to stop a graduation prayer that the class voted to approve.
KCCI Des Moines: New Orleans Hotel Offers To Host Canceled Prom 2010-03-13
A hotel owner in New Orleans is offering to host prom for a rural Mississippi high school whose dance was canceled after a lesbian student wanted to take ...
Texarkana Gazette: Canceled Prom 2010-03-13
As winter starts to give way to spring, high school students across the country start to look forward to that rite of passage—the prom.

2010-03-12: Headlines

Bay Area Indymedia: Court of Appeals panel Overturns Nazi Salute Ban Ruling--City Council May Face ... 2010-03-12
I am a advocate seeking to restore basic civil liberties for homeless people and much of City Council's repressive behavior was part of its policy ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: How far to redo forfeiture law? 2010-03-12
Other backers included the liberal American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, the Institute for Justice -- a libertarian group -- and the Minnesot ...
The American Lawyer: Third Circuit is Free Speech Central 2010-03-12
Lawyers backing the students--including Drinker, Biddle & Reath, which is representing (along with lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union) ...
Rapid City Journal: ACLU says Rapid City police got lesbian airman tossed out of military 2010-03-12
AP Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:50 pm | (14) Comments RAPID CITY -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint against the Rapid City ...
Solomon Star: A fresh start for the better... People's Federation Party sets to be launched 2010-03-12
“Instead, the gap between the rich and the poor has got bigger and wider, our politics has got even dirtier, our civil liberties have been eroded ...
Bay Windows: Miss. school cancels prom rather than have lesbian bring date 2010-03-12
18-year-old Constance McMillen -- along with the Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) -- challenged Fulton's Itawamb ...
Media Matters for America: Thiessen: Everyone else in the world is wrong on John Adams analogy 2010-03-12
J. Lee Rankin, by special leave of Court, argued the cause for the American Civil Liberties Union et al., as amici curiae, urging reversal.
Progressive.org: $15 Billion Jobs Bill Is Short by a Factor of 30! 2010-03-12
... and reckless US interventionism and has championed peace, women's rights, civil rights, civil liberties, a preserved environment, an independent medi ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau: Commentary: Representing Gitmo inmates serves America 2010-03-12
As head of the American Civil Liberties Union, he insisted on defending the Nazis' right to free speech, and the ACLU won the case. Neier's decision got him ...
Asian Tribune: Maldives' human rights continued to improve despite concerns: US State Dept. 2010-03-12
“The government generally respected the human rights of its citizens and upheld civil liberties. Its human rights record continued to improve from ...
The Guardian: How liberal are our MPs? 2010-03-12
Commitment to the civil liberties of the British people is enormously important to the Lib Dems, that is true: but freedom is only half of the liberal ...
Truthdig: ACLU Sues Miss. School for Nixing Prom over Dispute with Lesbian Student 2010-03-12
By Ellen Goodman By Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Thursday against Itawamba Agricultural High School ...
AlterNet: If the NFL Were More Lenient About Pot, Would the Players Get Involved in Le ... 2010-03-12
Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Civil Liberties headlines via email. A week ago, I blogged about MTV's Real World program and how it is almost ...
AlterNet: Deportations & Mosque Closings: The War on Terror's Domestic Toll 2010-03-12
Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Civil Liberties headlines via email. The Abco Body Shop was not really an Abco Body Shop and hadn't been one ...
AlterNet: Redefining "Racist" in the Rather Complicated Age of Obama 2010-03-12
Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Civil Liberties headlines via email. If I had a nickel for every time someone has asked me "Is X a racist?
AlterNet: Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Reduce Crack/Powder Cocaine ... 2010-03-12
Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Civil Liberties headlines via email. The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday unanimously approved a bill th ...
Lez Get Real: Ellen DeGeneres Comments On Mississippi Lesbian Prom Story 2010-03-12
Constance hey just wait a cotton pickin' minute here and then enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, who said the schools district policy ...
Scoop.co.nz: Restoring Trust Vital To Nepal's Peace Process 2010-03-12
... the “fundamental understanding of the peace process,” such as the commitment to competitive multi-party democracy and civil liberties on the one h ...
Pioneer Press: Minnesota House panel tightens civil asset forfeiture rules 2010-03-12
Numbers compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota show statewide proceeds from forfeitures have risen steadily since 2003, when the state ...
DAWN.com: No justice for farmers 2010-03-12
He is president of Chhattisgarh's PUCL (People's Union for Civil Liberties). He is a doctor who has spent two years in jail. I did not see anything violent ...
Telegraphnepal.com: Do Not Blame UN for your failures: Pascoe to Nepal's Political Parties 2010-03-12
... multiparty democracy, civil liberties and human rights on the one hand, and to Nepal's political, economic and social transformation on the other.
Belfast Telegraph: Does Northern Ireland need a Bill of Rights? 2010-03-12
And if so, how far should its provisions go beyond ensuring our fundamental civil and political liberties? Human rights activists believe the more right ...
Los Angeles Times: Rights complaints persist as US military frees Afghan detainees from Bagram ... 2010-03-12
... according to a list submitted in January in response to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union — should not be allowed to challenge their ...
Boing Boing: London Olympics: police powers to force spectators to remove 2010-03-12
The Olympics are coming to London, so our civil liberties are going out the window: because nothing epitomises the spirit of global competition ...
Philadelphia Citypaper: What We've Found: Dolphins, proms, Jihad Joe 2010-03-12
Itawamba Agricultural High School of Fulton, Miss. is facing a lawsuit for canceling their prom instead of allowing a lesbian student, Constance McMillen ...
News from Indian Country: State opposes class-action motion in voting suit 2010-03-12
The lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union alleges that two women from Pine Ridge where improperly removed from the voting list when they ...
Delmarva Daily Times: Dept. Juvenile Services halts high-security placements at Md. center 2010-03-12
Also Thursday, several girls who have lived at Waxter reported through the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland on conditions at the state-run Laurel ...
WWL First News: Guilty plea in Northshore KKK killing case 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union had issued a demand letter to the Itawamba County school district on behalf of 18-year-old Constance McMillen .
Financial Times: Fragile business decimated by piracy 2010-03-12
... while taking great care to respect the civil liberties of British citizens, including the rights of the internet service providers and website owner ...
Just Out: ACLU Files Complaint over DADT Dismissal 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota filed a complaint questioning the conduct of the officers today. The complaint stems from an incident ...
The Associated Press: Conn. judge rules state can force-feed inmate 2010-03-12
David McGuire, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney representing Coleman, said Friday the group is reviewing Wednesday's decision by Superior Court ...
WMTW Portland: State Senate To Vote On Traffic Surveillance Cameras 2010-03-12
State legislators and members of the Maine Civil Liberties Union and the South Portland Police Department took part in the effort.
Ars Technica: New Zealand relies on BGP router protocol to filter the 'Net 2010-03-12
But Tech Liberty NZ, a civil liberties group, is less pleased. The filter handles HTTP traffic—useful but quite limited. As Tech Liberty's Thomas Beagle ...
KWTX: Lesbian Teen Sues To Force High School To Hold Prom 2010-03-12
McMillen has enlisted the support of the American Civil Liberties Union in her fight to force the school to reinstate the prom.
2TheAdvocate: ACLU files brief on 'giraffe attack' 2010-03-12
HAMMOND — The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed a “friend of the court” brief Thursday on behalf of a Web site that posted ...
California Independent Voter Network: Domestic terrorism and its consequences for civil liberties 2010-03-12
... and seem to be meant to scare civilians or affect policy,” noting that “civil rights groups have expressed concern that this definition is overly broad.
Breaking News and Sport: School Cancels Prom 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has got involved and is pursuing further action against the school. The school has instead issued a plea for ...
Spicezee: US high school cancels prom to avoid lesbian date 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union, Mississippi, told the school board of Itawamba Agricultural High School that denying the request would be violating ...
Passport Magazine: Lesbian Student Sues to Force School to Hold Prom 2010-03-12
Now, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississipi has filed a lawsuit on McMillen's behalf, ordering Itawamba Agricultural High School to hold the prom.
NBC Connecticut: Judge Says State Can Force-Feed Inmate 2010-03-12
David McGuire, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney representing Coleman, said on Friday that the ACLU is still reviewing Wednesday's decision ...
Southern Maryland Online: DJS Halts High-Security Placements at Waxter; Center Called Dangerous by Residents 2010-03-12
Also Thursday, several girls who have lived at Waxter reported through the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland on conditions at the state-run Laurel ...
CNN: Mississippi school sued for canceling prom over lesbian student 2010-03-12
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleges that officials at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi, are violating ...
MSN NZ News: Lesbian teenager tormented by peers over cancelled dance 2010-03-12
Her comments come as the American Civil Liberties Union said it would sue the school for cancelling the event. The Associated Press reported that the school ...
BusinessWeek: ACLU sues over violence at private prison in Idaho 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union sued state prison officials and a private company Thursday, claiming violence is so rampant at the Idaho ...
Lehighvalleylive.com: Lehigh Valley Latinos gain civil rights hotline 2010-03-12
BETHLEHEM | The American Civil Liberties Union is partnering with the Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations of the Lehigh Valley ...
WISH: Greenwood HS valedictorian sues over ceremony prayer 2010-03-12
So the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed suit Thursday in federal court on behalf of the high school senior asking for an injunction to stop ...
WWL First News: Geller: Vote for (or against) Drew Brees 2010-03-12
Read More The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is suing to force a school district to host a prom it canceled after a lesbian student asked ...
GulfNews: Indian tribals trapped in a Catch-22 situation 2010-03-12
He is president of the Chattisgarh's PUCL (People's Union for Civil Liberties). He is a doctor who has spent two years in jail.
BusinessWeek: APNewsBreak: ACLU sues private prison company 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing state prison officials and a private company, claiming violence is so rampant at the Idaho ...
LSU The Reveille: Nation and World - March 12, 2010 2010-03-12
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union sued state prison officials and a private company Thursday, claiming violence is so rampant at ...
Tips-Q GLBT News: School Prom Canceled after ACLU Insists on Cross Dressing and Gay Dates 2010-03-12
... 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A small town Mississippi High School has decided to cancel its school prom after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Prison Planet.com: Afghans ask US court: “Why are we in prison?” 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union took on their cases, and Jonathan Manes from the ACLU explains why a Washington court should intervene in the situation.
Republica: Democratic policing 2010-03-12
This approach will create opportunities for policing institutions to provide service effectively, uphold rule of law, ensure civil liberties and hum ...
Courthouse News Service: Lesbian Student Sues Over Canceled Prom 2010-03-12
Through her attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, McMillen argued that these policies violate her right to "peacefully express" that she's ...
WLBT-TV: ACLU files lawsuit against North Mississippi school 2010-03-12
ITTAWAMBA COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Ittawamba County Agricultural High School after a prom ...
The West Australian: Stop search oversight 'not always possible' 2010-03-12
He said such powers would impinge on civil liberties. "The police do not have to declare a reason for the body search. In my view this goes too far," Mr ...
Milford Daily News: After vandalism, Brandeis Imam asks for return of Quran 2010-03-12
Ibrahim Hooper, communications director for the Council of American-Islamic Relations, said CAIR, the country's largest Islamic civil liberties group ...
The Record-Courier: Ninth Circuit upholds limits on brothel ads 2010-03-12
The laws were challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Shady Lady Ranch, which is a brothel in Nye County, and the High Desert Advocate and L ...
Gay NZ: School cancels prom after lesbian controversy 2010-03-12
The student contacted the American Civil Liberties Union, who wrote to the school urging them to reconsider. In response, the school cancelled the prom.
Orlando Sentinel: Auto mechanic wins court injunction 2010-03-12
"This is a clear victory for Mr. Weatherbee and for free speech in Florida," said Maria Kayanan, associate legal director for the American Civil Libertie ...
CBS 11: Constance McMillen's School Says Her School Nixed The Event Because She Wanted ... 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is seeking a court order to force a Mississippi high school to hold its senior prom.
Lew Rockwell: Jefferson and Nullification 2010-03-12
They were merely anticipating the great tradition of the American Civil Liberties Union in opposing the Alien and Sedition Acts. Their concern was to defend ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: TiZA families seek to join in legal fight over religion at school 2010-03-12
Seeking to protect their rights, a group of TiZA students and parents want to join the lawsuit between the American Civil Liberties Union and the school ...
Ghana News: Oil and War: Using Security to manage Ghana's Oil Find (II) 2010-03-12
Pa Jim Beeson Saro-Wiwa, father of Ken Saro-Wiwa [Source: “Blood Trail, Repression and Resistance in the Niger Delta”, a publication of the Civil Libertie ...
WTIC: ACLU May Appeal Order that Hunger Striker May be Force-Fed 2010-03-12
(AP) _ The American Civil Liberties Union says it's weighing whether to appeal a judge's ruling that allows the Connecticut prisons department to continue ...
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia on internet watchlist with Iran, North Korea 2010-03-12
Critics say the plan is a misguided measure that will harm civil liberties by blocking a broader range of content than just nasty material.
The Associated Press: Conn. judge rules that state can force-feed inmate 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut estimates that state Department of Correction staff force-fed Coleman at least a dozen times.
Lake Wylie Pilot: Federal court says Nevada can limit brothel ads 2010-03-12
... by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel in San Francisco, while a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada promised to appeal.
LehighValleyLive.com: ACLU, Spanish-speaking organizations council establish hotline for immigrants - The Express Times 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union has established a helpline that allows people to report civil liberty abuses and ask questions about their immigrati ...
KMPH Fox 26: AP Top News at 2:00 pm EST -Friday, March 12, 2010 2010-03-12
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi on Thursday filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Oxford on behalf of 18-year-old Constance McMillen ...
San Francisco Chronicle: Just released 2010-03-12
... has strong erotic overtones, and Albou is deeply concerned with women's restricted role in Tunisian society and the few liberties afforded them.
Opposing Views: Mississippi School: No Prom if Lesbians Want to Attend 2010-03-12
A school district in Mississippi has cancelled a high school prom after a lesbian student asked to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
Philadelphia Daily News: Lesbian tuxedo request leads to canceled prom 2010-03-12
Constance McMillen isn't a celebrity yet, but she's bound to be on "Ellen" or "Oprah" soon, so we figure we'll get ahead of the curve.
Tonic: Let's Throw Constance McMillen the Prom She Deserves 2010-03-12
An anonymous donor steps up to help throw one outspoken Mississippi teen a prom — and you can help, too!
On Top Magazine: ACLU Sues After Miss. School Nixes Dance Over Gay Student 2010-03-12
By On Top Magazine Staff The ACLU has sued a northern Mississippi school board after officials decided to cancel an annual high school prom dance rather ...
KSFY: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Case Brings ACLU to SD 2010-03-12
By KSFY Staff The Rapid City Police Department is being sued after a woman claims she was kicked out of the Air Force because they outed her as a lesbian.
Zimbio: Contance McMillen's Mississippi Prom Canceled Due to Lesbian Date 2010-03-12
Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old Mississippi high school student, had a simple dream for prom. She wanted to bring her girlfriend and wear a tux.
Minneapolis City Pages: TiZA families join lawsuit against ACLU in battle over religious designation 2010-03-12
?Families of children attending Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy want to join the legal fight raging between the school and the ACLU.
Autostraddle: Lesbian Prom Panic: Classmates Blame Constance for Cancellation 2010-03-12
Lesbian senior Constance returns to school, where her classmates are openly hostile and blame her for 'ruining' their senior year of high school after ...