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Rhode Island Medical Society joins lawsuit challenging new medical marijuana policy
The Rhode Island Medical Society on Monday was added as a plaintiff to a lawsuit that seeks to reverse strict new rules for the state’s medical marijuana program. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island earlier this month, alleges new rules implemented by the state…
ACLU suit accuses Morgan Stanley of racist mortgage plans
The American Civil Liberties Union has accused Morgan Stanley of using racially-biased mortgage sales practices, Reuters reported Monday. The lawsuit accused the bank of targeting black customers for high-risk loan packages through a subprime lender, New Century Financial Corp. According to the suit, the bank made money selling the loans,…
Self-proclaimed 9/11 ‘mastermind’ Khalid Sheikh Mohammed back at Guantanamo court
The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks and his four co-defendants are due back in Guantanamo court Monday for hearings to pave the way to their trial. It will mark the second appearance for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged co-plotters before the special tribunal known as military…
Justice Department releases names of 55 Guantanamo detainees
In what human rights groups called a surprise decision, the U.S. Justice Department released the names of 55 Guantanamo Bay prison detainees Friday. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) posted the list of the 55 detainees on its website (PDF). The release of their names does not absolve them of…
ACLU takes CIA to court over drone strikes
The American Civil Liberties Union will go to court on Thursday in an attempt to get the CIA to hand over documents related to President Barack Obama‘s controversial “targeted killing” programme that uses unmanned drones to strike suspected Islamic militants. The programme has been repeatedly referenced in public by numerous senior officials, including by Obama…
KKK and ACLU sue Georgia over ‘Adopt-A-Highway’ ban
The American Civil Liberties Union this week filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia on behalf of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (IKKK), which was prohibited from participating in the state’s Adopt-A-Highway program. “The fundamental right to free speech is not limited to only those…
ACLU security expert: post-9/11 security measures show ‘we took a wrong turn’
A security expert with the American Civil Liberties Union told MSNBC’s Alex Morgan Tuesday that the U.S. “took a wrong turn” in handling civil liberties since the 9-11 attacks. “We have to acknowledge and grapple with the fact that, in the post-9/11 era, we took a wrong turn in this…
Judge bans West Virginia single sex classrooms
Judge stops W. Va. single-sex classes: Were they a success or psuedoscience? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Separate classes for girls and boys at Van Devender Middle School in Parkersburg, W. Va., have to be reorganized into coed classes by Monday, a federal judge ruled this week. The injunction comes…
Minn. Supreme Court rejects challenge to voter ID ballot measure
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday in a 4-2 decision rejected a lawsuit that alleged a voter ID ballot measure was misleading and unclear. Residents in Minnesota will decide this November whether voters must show government-issued photographic identification before casting a ballot. However, the ballot question only mentions a “valid…
ACLU sues West Virginia school over single-sex classrooms
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against a middle school for allegedly violating the Constitution and federal law by segregating classes by sex. Van Devender Middle School in West Virginia implemented a single-sex education program at the start of the 2010-2011 school year for all incoming sixth…
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