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Pittsburgh OKs $50K 'middle finger' settlement...at a driver in April 2006, then did it again when someone yelled at him - realizing only later the second person was a police officer. The American Civil Liberties Union sued saying Hackbart's gesture was constitutionally protected speech. In this article: American Civil Liberties Union |
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USATODAY.com | 22 hours ago
ACLU sues for students to wear anti-Islam shirts in Florida schools
ACLU sues for students to wear anti-Islam shirts in Florida schools @FAITH_REASON ON TWITTER GAINESVILLE, Fla. (USATODAY.com) The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a north Florida school district, claiming that the Alachua...
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Religion News in Brief
...the Eugene School District won a 1986 Oregon Supreme Court case that upheld its firing of a Sikh teacher for wearing a turban. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, which has long supported the ban, said the Legislature should...
In this article: Oregon, Dave Hunt, Idaho, Nobel Prize, and Oregon Education Association
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Honolulu police posting DUI mug shots on Internet
...24 hours under the headline, "Oahu's Drunk Drivers." After six months, the department will evaluate the results of the program. The American Civil Liberties Union said the effort could violate constitutionally guaranteed due process...
In this article: Honolulu, Maricopa County, Due process, Honolulu Police Department, Virtual Wall, and Lost
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Key official in Guantanamo closure plan resigns
...of the administration's decision to employ a reformed system of military commissions. Even so, groups such as Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union spurned an invitation to visit the military facility at Guantanamo Bay,...
In this article: Detainee, Guantanamo Bay, Supreme Court, Human Rights Watch, Pentagon, United States, and Justice Department
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Tight budgets mean some prisoners go light on meals
...said. "By eliminating one meal, we are able to operate our programs more efficiently." Elizabeth Alexander, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project, said cutting lunch creates "a tremendous gap between...
In this article: Ramen and Indianapolis
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Second lawsuit attacks Florida school funding
...asks only that the court order legislative leaders and education officials to come up with a plan to meet the high quality requirement. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a similar complaint Nov. 5 that the state violated the...
In this article: Florida, Charlie Crist, Jeff Atwater, Eric Smith, Palm Beach County, Plaintiff, and Defendant
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Judge: TSA violated Rastafarian screener's rights
...an interim ruling in favor Josue Brissot (JOE'-sway BREE'-soh) and scheduled a February hearing on potential compensation. The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday that Brissot was assured when the Transportation Security...
In this article: Boston, Transportation Security Administration, and Logan International Airport
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) consists of two separate non-profit organizations: the ACLU Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization which focuses on litigation and communication efforts, and the American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)(4) organization which focuses on legislative lobbying. The ACLU's stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States."
It works through litigation, legislation, and community education. Founded in 1920 by Crystal Eastman, Roger Baldwin and Walter Nelles, the ACLU was the successor organization to the earlier National Civil Liberties Bureau founded during World War I. The ACLU reported over 500,000 members at the end of 2005.
Lawsuits brought by the ACLU have been influential in the evolution of Constitutional law. The ACLU provides legal assistance in cases in which it considers civil liberties to be at risk. Even when the ACLU does not provide direct legal representation, it often submits amicus curiae briefs.
Outside of its legal work, the organization has also engaged in lobbying of elected officials and political activism. The ACLU has been critical of elected officials and policies of both Democrats and Republicans.
- Name:
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Headquarters:
- New York, NY
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1920
- Website:
- http://www.aclu.org/
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