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Historic Support for the Student Non-Discrimination Act
August 2, 2012 12:34 pm | By Ian Thompson, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
En Español On Tuesday, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) signed on as a co-sponsor to the Student Non-Discrimination Act. What’s the big deal you might be asking, particularly on a bill... Continue reading
What We Know About License Plate Tracking, What We Don’t, And Our Plan to Find Out More
August 2, 2012 12:34 pm | By Kade Crockford, ACLU of Massachusetts
En Español Today the ACLU is launching a nationwide effort to find out more about automatic license plate readers (ALPR). By snapping photographs of each license plate they encounter—up to... Continue reading
Happy Anniversary, New York! A Look Back on an Important Year for the Freedom to Marry
August 2, 2012 12:33 pm | By Amanda Feinman, Intern, ACLU LGBT Project
En Español On July 24th, 2011, Phyllis Siegal, 77, and Connie Kopelov, 85, became the first same-sex couple to be married in New York City, 23 years into their relationship.... Continue reading
Sheriff Arpaio on the Stand
July 26, 2012 10:38 am | By Cecilla Wang, ACLU Immigrants' rights
En Español Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on trial in Arizona for his illegal law enforcement practices. U.S. citizens are entitled to “equal protection under the law” – that is, unless... Continue reading
Interrupting the Violence
July 25, 2012 3:25 pm | By Dan Zeidman, Washington Legislative Office
En Español Across the country, states are working to reform their juvenile justice systems in order to emphasize youth rehabilitation and violence prevention. Just this past Thursday, the Special Council... Continue reading
Photographing Police: What Happens When the Police Think Your Phone Holds Evidence of a Crime?
July 24, 2012 12:35 pm | By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project
En Español The Washington, DC chief of police on Friday issued a new “General Order” to members of the police department on “Video Recording, Photographing, and Audio Recording of Metropolitan... Continue reading
New Senate Cyber Bill No Better Than Last Version
July 3, 2012 3:47 pm | By Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
En Español Yesterday, Republican Senators introduced a rewrite of their cybersecurity bill, known as SECURE IT. Advocates registered their opposition to the bill last month and its CISPA-like expansion of... Continue reading
Forty Years after Furman: Still “Fastened to the Obsolete”
July 3, 2012 3:46 pm | By Denny LeBoeuf, Captial Punishment Project
En Español We celebrate this day 40 years ago, when the Supreme Court, in Furman v. Georgia, declared the death penalty unconstitutional. The Court divided in 1972 as it had... Continue reading
Bloomington Sign Reminds Residents of their Freedoms this Fourth of July
July 3, 2012 12:19 pm | By Jessica Baum, Intern
En Español Just north of the Bloomington City Hall, the passersby can find a sign sitting on the grassy knoll. Bloomington residents have grown accustomed to seeing for the past... Continue reading
Ending Solitary Confinement – The Dangers of Isolation for LGBTI Prisoners and Detainees
June 28, 2012 2:44 pm | By Patrick DePoy, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
En Español Recently, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Constitution Subcommittee held a landmark hearing on solitary confinement. The goal of the hearing was to comprehensively examine and reassess the overuse of... Continue reading