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Judge: Florida high school must allow Gay-Straight Alliance
A federal judge signed an order on Tuesday requiring a Florida school board to allow a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) student organization to form, meet, and be recognized at Vanguard High School in Ocala. Facing a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the school district agreed to reverse the…
Louisiana charter school kicks pregnant students out of class
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana on Monday warned a public K-12 charter school in Louisiana that its policy violated federal laws and the U.S. Constitution. Delhi Charter School’s policy manual states that the school has the right to require any female student to take a…
ACLU lawyer: GOP wants companies to decide privacy rights
Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that Senate Republicans killed the Cybersecurity Act because it provided too many online privacy protections. The ACLU had originally opposed the bill, warning that it would give federal agencies easy access to private online communications and other personal Internet data.…
Appeals court blocks Arizona’s ‘dangerous’ 20-week abortion ban
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday blocked Arizona’s controversial new abortion law. The ruling comes just two days after the U.S. District Court of Arizona rejected the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenge to the state’s 20-week abortion ban,…
Court upholds Arizona’s extreme 20-week abortion ban
The U.S. District Court of Arizona rejected a Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenge to the state’s 20-week abortion ban, one of the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the nation, on Monday. “The court upheld a law that prevents doctors from providing safe, legal…
ACLU: Senator’s emails reveal prejudice behind Arizona immigration law
The Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has released thousands of emails sent by the author of the state’s controversial immigration law, saying they prove it was racially motivated, The Arizona Republic reports. Obtained via a public records request to the Arizona legislature, the e-mails were sent from…
Virginia delegate seeks to ‘strictly’ regulate drone flights
Virginia Delegate C. Todd Gilbert (R), along with the American Civil Liberties Union, on Tuesday announced legislation to regulate the use of unmanned aerial drones in the state. “Both the ACLU and I believe, as do many Virginians across the political spectrum, that the use of drones by police and…
Iowa Republicans seek to halt Medicaid funded abortions for rape victims
The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and other groups have condemned a petition requesting the state deny Medicaid reimbursements for abortions resulting from rape, incest, or a devastating fetal health diagnosis. Forty-one Republican state lawmakers filed the petition last month with the Iowa Department of Human Services. The lawmakers…
ACLU backs Georgia KKK’s ‘Adopt-A-Highway’ effort
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has confirmed that they are representing a Georgia Ku Klux Klan (KKK) group who was not allowed to join the state’s Adopt-A-Highway program. The International Keystone Knights of the KKK in Union County recently applied to “adopt” one mile of Route 515, located in…
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…
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