JURIST – Paper Chase: ACLU criticizes Georgia immigration

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[JURIST] Illegal immigrants [JURIST backgrounder] face constitutional and human rights violations in Georgia detention centers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLUGA) [advocacy website] reported [text, PDF;

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ACLU Hawaii files lawsuit over right to marry | Hawaii 24/7

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MEDIA RELEASE Charging officials of the state Department of Public Safety with unlawful discrimination in deciding who has the right to marry, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundation …

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To Warrant or Not to Warrant? ACLU, Police Clash Over Cellphone

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To Warrant or Not to Warrant? ACLU, Police Clash Over Cellphone Location Data. To Warrant or Not to Warrant? ACLU, Police Clash Over Cellphone Location Data A bill requiring law enforcement agents to obtain a warrant

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Peter Van Buren: ACLU: State Department Violates Constitutional

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(For those joining our story already in progress, here's the Twitter-length summary: I've worked for the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer for some 24 years. I spent a year in Iraq, wrote a book critical of the State

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Daily Kos: ACLU: State Department Violating Whistleblower Peter

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On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a powerful letter supporting my client, whistleblower Peter Van Buren. Van Buren authored a book (We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and

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Atty. Mark Fancher of the ACLU addresses the rally outside the

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People rallied inside and outside the Michigan state office building on May 17 demanding the recognition of petitions that would nullify PA 4.

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Honolulu Civil Beat – ACLU: Hawaii Denied Prisoners Marriage

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State Department of Public Safety charged with discrimination against women with fiances in Arizona prison.

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ACLU Urges California Attorney General to Protect Free Speech and

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The three California ACLU affiliates wrote California Attorney General Bill Lockyer today urging him to reconsider his apparent decision not to address the lack of local law enforcement policy regulating surveillance of political

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ACLU releases study on the state of immigrant detention in Georgia

Filed Under (ACLU Blog Posts) by webmaster on 05-17-2012

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ACLU: State Department Violates Van Buren's Constitutional Rights

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The American Civil Liberties Union in a letter to the Department of State said today that the Department's actions against my book and this blog are unconstitutional, that State's actions constitute a violation of Van Buren's

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