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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
ACLU Says Supreme Court Was “Right to Reject” Stolen Valor Act as Unconstitutional
June 28, 2012 12:03 pm | Posted by Jessica Baum
En Español New York — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a law that makes it a federal crime to lie about receiving medals for military service is unconstitutional.... Continue reading
ACLU Says Health Care Decision “Especially Welcome” for Women, Minorities
June 28, 2012 12:00 pm | Posted by Jessica Baum
En Español New York – The U.S. Supreme Court decision today upheld the linchpin of the Affordable Care Act by ruling 5-4 that the government can tax individuals who choose... Continue reading
Title IX: Means More than Sports For My Daughter and All of Our Children
June 26, 2012 4:12 pm | By Lenora Lapidus, Women's Rights Project
En Español Today, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, a civil rights law that despite, or maybe because of, its brevity (the law’s main provision is only 36... Continue reading
ACLU updates supporters on marriage equality fight
June 21, 2012 2:27 pm | By Jessica Baum, Intern
En Español “This is a human story,” said Ed Yohnka, Director of Communications and Public Policy for the ACLU of Illinois, at a luncheon held on June 20 to discuss... Continue reading
Supreme Court Rules Fairer Sentences Apply to More Drug Cases
June 21, 2012 2:23 pm | Posted by Jessica Baum
En Español FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2012 CONTACT: ACLU Media, (212)549-2666 or media@aclu.org WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court ruled today that the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA),... Continue reading
