Articles tagged with: ACLU
By Alexander Bolton
A plan by Senate Democratic leaders to reform the nation’s immigration laws ran into strong opposition from civil liberties defenders before lawmakers even unveiled it Thursday.
Democratic leaders have proposed requiring …
From The Globe and Mail
After clerking for the Chief Justice of Canada, Jameel Jaffer moved to Manhattan from Ottawa to start a career in corporate law. The Harvard-educated lawyer was poised to reap a small …
During the process of jury selection for her trial for attempted murder in New York, Dr Aafia Siddiqui alleged that she could not get a fair trial because she felt “everyone here is” a Jew. …
WASHINGTON – Federal agents handcuffed, detained and “abusively” interrogated a US student at Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying Arabic flashcards, a lawsuit claimed Wednesday.
The American Civil Liberties Union …
PRESS RELEASE
London, January 20 2010
After more than five years of waiting, the American State Department has decided, in a document signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to lift the ban that prohibited …
By SPENCER ACKERMAN
Too close to racial profiling, says Michael German, a former FBI counterterrorism agent who’s now the civil liberties organization’s national-security legal counsel.
From a new statement:
“We should be focusing on evidence-based, targeted …
From The New York Times
It has been nearly 20 years since Congress repealed the provisions used during the cold war to deny visas to prominent foreign intellectuals, artists and activists because of their left-leaning politics, …
Order Would Authorize Unconstitutional And Unjust System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2009
CONTACT: Rachel Myers, (646) 206-8643; media@aclu.org
NEW YORK – According to news reports, the Obama administration is considering issuing an executive order that would reassert executive …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2009 CONTACT: Rachel Myers, (212) 549-2689 or 2666; media@aclu.org NEW YORK – In an important ruling affecting the public’s access to records regarding the cases of …
Obama Administration To Revive Fatally Flawed Military Commissions
Move Would Strike A Blow To Due Process, Says ACLU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2009
CONTACT: Rachel Myers, (646) 206-8643; media@aclu.org
NEW YORK – News …
Federal Court Permits Landmark ACLU Rendition Case To Go Forward Government Cannot Claim State Secrets To Deny Torture Victims Day In Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 28, 2009 CONTACT: Rachel Myers, (212) 549-2689 …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union is in court today arguing that its lawsuit should go forward against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen DataPlan, Inc. for the company’s …
WASHINGTON – Two-thirds of Americans favor investigating whether the George W. Bush administration overstepped legal boundaries in its “war on terror,” according to a poll released Thursday by USA Today and Gallup.
A majority of respondents …
