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American Civil Liberties Union

Type: Organization

Name: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.aclu.org/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for American Civil Liberties Union

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 7 reports

Federal judge: Arizona sheriff Arpaio racially profiled Latinos

Topics: Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio ♦ sheriff arpaio ♦ The Arizona RepublicLike Raw Story on FacebookA federal judge ordered Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department to stop racial profiling against Latinos, the Arizona Republic reported on Frida ... [Published Raw Story - 49 mins ago]

Entities: JOE ARPAIO, Immigration, American Civil Liberties Union, Ralph Taylor

First reported 23 mins ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 1 reports

Three Lighted Crosses Removed From Water Tower in Idaho

|7:53 pm(Photo: Newlifecross.com)The New Life Cross project, pictured here during Phase 1 of construction in May 2013. It was being built by the New Life Assembly of God of Janesville, Wisconsin. Officials in the southeast Idaho town of Roberts removed ... [Published Christian Post - 23 mins ago]

Entities: American Civil Liberties Union, Roberts, Religion, First Amendment

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

American Civil Liberties Union

ACLU: School Board May Have Violated Open Meetings Law

LAS VEGAS -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada says the Clark County school board may have opened itself up to legal problems in appointing a new superintendent late Tuesday.A private citizen has filed a complaint with the state attorney general's ... [Published KLAS-TV - 2 hours ago]

Entities: American Civil Liberties Union, State's Attorney, Appointed

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 reports

Gay Teen Charged With Felonies Over Relationship Refuses Plea Deal

Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old Florida girl who made international headlines after being charged with felonies for her same-sex relationship with a 15-year-old peer, has , according to CBS affiliate WPEC.Under the state attorney's deal, and placed on two ... [Published Huffington Post - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Gay, Felony, American Civil Liberties Union

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 6 reports

Springsboro, Ohio, District Considers Teaching Creationism In Schools

The Springboro, Ohio, school board is currently considering a proposal that would allow the district to teach creationism , despite objections from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and local parents.The issue, which was discussed at Thursday ... [Published Bayou Buzz - 4 hours ago]

Entities: American Civil Liberties Union, Creationism, Religion, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

National Constitution Center

Standing Up For the Rights of Students to Free Expression

In 1965, I was the 13 year old who, along with a group of students including my brother John and our friend Chris Eckhardt, was The ACLU came to our defense, winning a landmark Supreme Court decision in Tinker v Des Moines (1969). Justice Abe Fortas, ... [Published American Civil Liberties Union - 8 hours ago]

Entities: American Civil Liberties Union, First Amendment, Abe Fortas, Student Press Law Center, National Constitution Center

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

ACLU Calls Bullshit on Obama's Drone 'Due Process' Promises

Elizabeth CromwellAs Ed Krayewski noted yesterday, not everybody was impressed by President Obama's national security speech, in which he vowed to make himself be extra specially careful when raining death from the sky on suspected terrorists (and collaterally ... [Published REASON Online - 10 hours ago]

Entities: DUE PROCESS, American Civil Liberties Union, Drone

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

U.S. hardens drone stance

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday argued that evolving terrorism threats require changes to the nation's counterterrorism policies.“Neither I, nor any president, can promise the total defeat of terror,” Obama told an audience of students, national ... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, Barack Obama, Al-Qaeda, Counter-Terrorism, Detainee

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 3 reports

Lawsuits seek more than US acknowledgement of drone killings

Earlier this week, the Obama administration acknowledged four Americans have died in drone strikes since 2009.WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is facing demands in court to reveal more about the U.S. drone program, despite his speech addressing it ... [Published MSN News - May 24 2013]

Entities: Drone, Tornado, Lawsuit

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

ACLU takes on surveillance cameras in Charlotte

The American Civil Liberties Union has some questions about the data collected from the 600 surveillance cameras, and other public safety technology in the Charlotte area."This is a new issue for us in Charlotte and in the state of North Carolina" says ... [Published WBTV News - May 23 2013]

Entities: American Civil Liberties Union, Surveillance

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Ohio school board considers creationism curriculum

A civil rights group is asking a southwest Ohio school district to abandon proposed policies that teach creationism in the classroom. The Springboro School Board is considering whether to include creationism in its curriculum and is slated to discuss ... [Published WCHS-TV - May 23 2013]

Entities: Creationism, American Civil Liberties Union, Civil Rights

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Obama (Almost) Capitulates to ACLU on Drone Killing Standards

Actually, that headline overstates things. Obama will never capitulate to ACLU, the organization. As I’ve shown, his Administration has gone to absurd lengths to defeat ACLU in Court, even holding up legitimate congressional oversight to do so.But Eric ... [Published Common Dreams - May 23 2013]

Entities: American Civil Liberties Union, Drone, United States, Eric Holder

Quotes

"For too long the sheriff has been victimizing the people he's meant to serve with his discriminatory policy" said Cecillia D Wang, director of the ACLU Immigrants Right Project. "Today we're seeing justice for everyone in the county."

5:24 p.m.Judge: Arpaio's Office Profiles Latinos [Published ABC News - 14 mins ago]

"Let this be a warning to anyone who hides behind a badge to wage their own private campaign against Latinos or immigrants that there is no exception in the Constitution for violating people's rights in immigration enforcement."

Judge rules against 'America's toughest sheriff' in racial profiling lawsuit [Published Reuters - 16 mins ago]

"This brings a close to a sad chapter in the history of Whiteville that can best be described as terroristic, cowardly, and shameful" Bellar wrote in a letter to Nashville lawyer Alvin Harris

Three Lighted Crosses Removed From Water Tower in Idaho [Published Christian Post - 24 mins ago]

Snow added that "the evidence introduced at trial establishes that, in the past, the MCSO has aggressively protected its right to engage in immigration and immigration-related enforcement operations even when it had no accurate legal basis for doing so."

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos [Published Modesto Bee - 35 mins ago]

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5:24 p.m.Judge: Arpaio's Office Profiles Latinos [Published ABC News - 14 mins ago]
Judge rules against 'America's toughest sheriff... [Published Reuters - 16 mins ago]
Three Lighted Crosses Removed From Water Tower ... [Published Christian Post - 24 mins ago]
Joe Arpaio Loses Court Battle [Published The Guardian Express - 26 mins ago]
Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos [Published Modesto Bee - 35 mins ago]
Even Politicians Tire of Failure-Prone, Freedom... [Published REASON Online - 50 mins ago]
Federal judge: Arizona sheriff Arpaio racially ... [Published Raw Story - 50 mins ago]
Judge: Arpaio's agency engaged in racial profiling [Published USA Today - 58 mins ago]
Even Politicians Tire of Failure-Prone, Freedom... [Published Hit & Run - 1 hour ago]
Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos [Published Las Cruces Sun-News - 1 hour ago]
Judge finds Ariz. sheriff's office racially pro... [Published Washington Post - 1 hour ago]
Joe Arpaio's Doomsday: Arpaio Loses ACLU Civil ... [Published Phoenix New Times - 1 hour ago]
Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos [Published Lebanon Daily News - 1 hour ago]
Judge rules MCSO out of immigration business fo... [Published KPHO Phoenix - 2 hours ago]
ACLU: School Board May Have Violated Open Meeti... [Published KLAS-TV - 2 hours ago]
Arizona Sheriff Arpaio Violated Latinos’ Rights... [Published BusinessWeek - 2 hours ago]
Indiana cop sues for the right to bear '0INK' [Published USA Today - 2 hours ago]
Teen rejects plea deal in Fla. sex case [Published MSN News - 3 hours ago]
Oklahoma votes on defunding Planned Parenthood,... [Published LifeSite - 3 hours ago]
Sex education bill loses its momentum, dies in ... [Published Las Vegas Sun - 3 hours ago]
Florida gay teen rejects plea deal [Published KESQ - 3 hours ago]
Gay Teen Charged With Felonies Over Relationshi... [Published Huffington Post - 4 hours ago]
Springsboro, Ohio, District Considers Teaching ... [Published Bayou Buzz - 4 hours ago]
Cop sues DMV to try to keep his vanity license ... [Published Mail Online UK - 4 hours ago]
Richland florist countersues in same-sex weddin... [Published Daily World - 4 hours ago]
Springsboro, Ohio, District Considers Teaching ... [Published Huffington Post - 4 hours ago]
Press Freedom Groups Protest DOJ's Actions In L... [Published Huffington Post - 4 hours ago]
GLAAD thanks the many tireless advocates workin... [Published Glaad - 4 hours ago]
100-Mile March Across PA Seeks to Halt Prison E... [Published Common Dreams - 4 hours ago]
This Week In Civil Liberties (05/24/2013) [Published American Civil Liberties Union - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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Federal judge: Arizona sheriff Arpaio racially ... [Published Raw Story - 50 mins ago] Topics: Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio ♦ sheriff arpaio ♦ The Arizona RepublicLike Raw Story on FacebookA federal judge ordered Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department to stop racial profiling against Latinos, the Arizona Republic reported on Frida ...
Even Politicians Tire of Failure-Prone, Freedom... [Published Hit & Run - 1 hour ago] <p><a href="http://reason.com/24-7"><img alt="Reason 24/7" height="180" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/_external/2013_05/reason-247-13.jpg?h=180&w=240" title="You look suspicious\|\|\|Reason" width="240" style="float: right;"/> The Department ...
Florida Teen Rejects Plea Deal On Felony Charge... [Published Think Progress - 5 hours ago] Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt, who has been charged with a felony for having a sexual relationship with her younger girlfriend, has rejected a plea deal that would have included two years of house arrest and having to register as a sex offender. A statement ...
Obama’s War On Terror Speech: Reax II [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 8 hours ago] From Jane Mayer’s write-up of Obama’s speech: What kind of solution for indefinite detention can be arrived at, however, Obama left for later. It won’t be easy. As Joseph Margulies, clinical professor at Northwestern University Law School and ...
Analysis: NYPD Stop-And-Frisks Lead To More Mar... [Published Think Progress - 9 hours ago] In 2012, more people subject to the New York Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisks were arrested for marijuana than for anything else , according to a new analysis by the American Civil Liberties Union. While NYPD’s stated purpose for ...

Audio/Video

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Inside Story Americas: Is the US intimidating t... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 16 2013]
ACLU calls for laws limiting drone survelliance [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 16 2013]
A Massive and Unprecedented Intrusion [Published FOX Business - Video - May 14 2013]
Vicious Cycle: Thousands in Ohio too poor to pa... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - May 12 2013]
FTC Cracking Down on Data Brokers [Published FOX Business - Video - May 09 2013]

Press Releases

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ACLU Lawsuit Takes on FBI Surveillance of News ... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 21 2013]
Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for ACLU Coordination D... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 08 2013]
Lawsuit Against Jackson City School District Pr... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Feb 07 2013]
New Research Highlights Top Nonprofits Advancin... [Published CisionWire - English - Jan 14 2013]
Former Missouri DWI Judge and ACLU Lawyer Talk ... [Published PR Newswire: Financial Services - Jan 10 2013]