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Statement of Adam Schwartz, Senior Staff Counsel American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois re: U. S. District Court Decision Striking Down Illinois' Moment of Silence Law January 21, 2009:
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 fi
In a rare oral argument, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today asked a federal court judge in Chicago to block the government's effort to shield telephone giant AT&T from accountability for sharing the telephone records of subscribers with the National Security Agency without l