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February 2008 Archives Free Speech, Freedom from Discrimination must be Balanced in High School T-Shirt Case, According to ACLU February 19, 2008 Courts need to balance and reconcile two competing and equally important legal rights when determining whether public high schools can limit student speech that disparages other people on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation and similar protected statuses, according to a legal brief filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois in a case now on appeal in Chicago. The organization's position is presented in an amicus curiae brief filed in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in Nuxoll, et.al. v. Indian Prairie School District #204. The case grows from a challenge by a Naperville, Illinois high school student who was prevented from wearing a t-shirt with the message "Be happy, not gay" in her public school the day after other students were participating in the "Day of Silence," an event designed to promote tolerance of LGBT youth. read more » Chicago Area Resident Takes Complaint about Border Stops to UN Commission in Switzerland February 19, 2008 A suburban Chicago father and U.S. Citizen testified today about repeated, lengthy and abusive stops upon his return to the United States after business and family trips. The testimony offered by suburban businessman Akif Rahman was presented to the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The testimony is the latest step by Mr. Rahman to seek a change to U.S. border policies that subject individuals to these unnecessary stops. read more » Ask Congress to Oppose Warrantless Wiretapping February 12, 2008 Don't let Congress concede defeat to the Bush Administration without a fight! The Senate is close to passing a dangerous and unconstitutional FISA bill that allows government eavesdropping on American citizens and grants immunity to giant phone companies. Now the matter returns to the House. read more » |
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