Home » Topics » ACLU (Page 4)
![[Boy in handcuffs via Shutterstock]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Boy-in-handcuffs-via-Shutterstock-230x105.jpg "Boy in handcuffs via Shutterstock")
![Abortion protestors [Image via UTSFL via Flickr, Creative Commons licensed]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/abortion_kills-230x105.jpg "abortion_kills")
ACLU tells U.N.: Targeted drone strikes ‘setting very dangerous precedent’
A representative from the American Civil Liberties Union told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday that the use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists set a “very dangerous precedent.” Drones operated by the U.S. have been used to kill suspected terrorists in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. While…
ACLU sues over North Carolina’s same sex adoption ban
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday announced that it had filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s second parent adoption ban, which effective prevents same sex partner’s from adopting children. The lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of six same sex couples claims that the law violates the…
ACLU: U.S. is paying dearly for elderly inmates
Harsh sentencing laws of the 1980s and ’90s have resulted in a U.S. prison population that is increasingly aged. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), care of elderly prisoners is placing a heavy burden on state and federal institutions. Elderly prisoners cost nearly twice as much to provide…
Documentary on U.S. torture seeks to begin process of truth-telling
Since the close of the Bush administration, there has been little official attention paid to the policy during those years of using torture on accused terrorists in order to extract administration. As a result, the American Civil Liberties Union and the writers’ and human rights group PEN have conducted their…
ACLU: Many local police tracking cell phones without warrants
Local police departments across the country are tracking cell phones without warrants, according to documents released by the American Cvil Liberties Union (ACLU) Monday. Information from almost 200 state and local law departments revealed that only ten agencies do not track cell phones. Just six other departments require police to…
ACLU blasts Baltimore police for handcuffing schoolchildren
The ACLU of Maryland on Friday said it was “appalling” that Baltimore police officers arrested and handcuffed three 9-year-old girls and an 8-year-old boy at an elementary school. The officers arrested the children Thursday afternoon inside Morrell Park Elementary School on aggravated-assault charges. The charges were based on a schoolyard…
ACLU files lawsuit over Oklahoma ‘fetal personhood’ ballot measure
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights on Thursday filed a lawsuit against an anti-abortion “personhood” ballot measure on behalf of six Oklahoma voters. “By their own admission, the proponents of this initiative aim to strip women and families of their established right to decide whether…
Recording of Boston police nets man $170,000 settlement
The City of Boston settled a lawsuit recently filed by Simon Glik, an attorney who was arrested in 2007 as he recorded police using force to subdue another man. The settlement total came to $170,000, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts, which represented Glik in the case.…
Bill would create partnership between NSA and U.S. corporations
Speaking at a policy debate Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) warned that a bill currently being considered by the House Select Committee on Intelligence would intertwine the National Security Agency (NSA) with corporate America, exposing vast amounts of private civilian data…
ACLU: Obama’s extra-judicial killings raise ‘profound legal and moral questions’
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is strongly objecting to a speech given Monday by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at Northwestern University’s law school, during which he offered a public acknowledgement that the Obama Administration believes it has the right to kill U.S. citizens anywhere in the world without…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ project still hasn’t met original goal 30 years later
- McDonald’s pairs with Barilla pasta to develop ‘Mediterranean diet’ menu items
- Ron Fournier: ‘Obama… raising a jihad against the press’
- Stewart asks O’Reilly: Do you get ‘sexual’ thrill from bashing Obama?
- Maddow: Will ‘weather weapon’ talk finally drive GOP away from Alex Jones?
- The Real Problem With “Check Your Privilege”: It’s Too Generous
- Philly man shoots up strip club with AK-47 after DJ plays wrong song
- Conan promotes ‘ConservoTax’ software to help Republicans dodge the IRS
- The reality is Americans aren’t that concerned about drones
- Celebrity pastor under fire after worshippers die in rush for ‘holy water’
Commentary
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
