Tag: American Civil Liberties Union

Woman Who Received 5-Year Sentence in Voter Fraud Case Is Acquitted

In a case that has prompted outrage from voting-rights activists for years, a Texas appeals court reversed itself on Thursday and acquitted a woman who had been sentenced to five years in prison for illegally casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. The decision came two years after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, […]

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The A.C.L.U. Said a Worker Used Racist Tropes and Fired Her. But Did She?

Kate Oh was no one’s idea of a get-along-to-go-along employee. During her five years as a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, she was an unsparing critic of her superiors, known for sending long, blistering emails to human resources complaining about what she described as a hostile workplace. She considered herself a whistle blower […]

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America First Legal, a Trump-Aligned Group, Is Spoiling for a Fight

The legal group has filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asserting that “woke corporations” like Disney, Nike, Mattel, Hershey, United Airlines and the National Football League discriminate against white males. It has filed lawsuits arguing that school districts in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Arizona promote “radical” pro-transgender and pro-gay attitudes. It has filed […]

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Supreme Court Seems Likely to Side With NRA in First Amendment Case

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared on Monday to embrace arguments by the National Rifle Association that a New York State official violated the First Amendment by trying to dissuade companies from doing business with it after a deadly school shooting. The dispute, which began after a gunman opened fire in 2018 at Marjory […]

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Black Grandma Whose House Was Wrongfully Invaded By SWAT… Just Got PAID

Photo: Denver Police Department via NBC The Black grandmother whose home was wrongfully targeted for stolen items by a Colorado SWAT team just got a phat check after filing a lawsuit. Small Town Horror Story: The Shopping Cart Killer Off English The ACLU of Colorado represented 78-year-old Ruby Johnson in a lawsuit claiming Denver PD […]

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Utah School Board Member Is Censured After Questioning Student’s Gender

A Utah State Board of Education member was stripped of her committee assignments and asked to resign this week after she questioned the gender of a high school basketball player in a Facebook post. Natalie Cline, the board member, posted a flyer for a high school basketball team in Salt Lake County on Feb. 6 […]

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ACLU to Represent NRA in Supreme Court Free-Speech Case

The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Rifle Association agree about very little. They are often on opposite sides in major cases, and they certainly have starkly different views about gun rights. But when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the N.R.A.’s free-speech challenge to what it said were a New York official’s efforts […]

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Arkansas Law Is Used to Suppress Pro-Palestinian Speakers

A spokeswoman for the Honors College said Dr. Coon was unavailable for an interview but pointed to a statement that said increased interest in the panel had led to a need to accommodate “a larger audience and panel” in the spring. At the university, the issue has taken a toll on some students, who say […]

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Federal Prosecutors Push to Reinstate Gag Order on Trump

For much of this week, after a federal judge temporarily froze the gag order she imposed on him, former President Donald J. Trump has acted like a mischievous latchkey kid, making the most of his unsupervised stint. At least three times in the past three days, he has attacked Jack Smith, the special counsel leading […]

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Migrant Families Separated at U.S. Border by Trump Reach Settlement

Lawyers representing thousands of families separated at the southern border during a Trump administration crackdown have reached a settlement with the federal government that enables the migrants to remain in the United States and apply for asylum, putting them on the path to permanent legal residency. The agreement, filed on Monday in federal court in […]

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For Black Mothers, Birthing Centers, Once a Refuge, Become a Battleground

Gabrielle Glaze felt scolded and shamed when she delivered her first son in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital, forced to observe strict rules about lying stationary through her contractions and enduring countless cervical checks from “total strangers” who seemed disappointed by her body’s progress. So when Ms. Glaze, 33, gave birth to a second son in […]

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‘My Vote Was Rejected’: Trial Underway in Texas Over New Voting Law

For years, Stella Guerrero Mata, a 73-year-old retired school bus driver who lives near Houston, has been able to cast her vote through the mail with little hassle. Ms. Mata, who uses a cane to walk and suffers from a long list of ailments, including diabetes, worsening eyesight and back pain, expected the 2022 midterm […]

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