FAMU HAZING: ACLU Questions School's Ban On Student Groups

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is criticizing Florida A&M University's decision to cancel a summer band camp and block students from joining clubs during a hazing investigation.

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ACLU Sued Library for Not Allowing Online Porn

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That's censorship, according to the ACLU, who is suing a Washington state library district: If you log on to a computer at the Wenatchee public library and type "porn" into the search engine, the list of results will appear as if

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U.S. News – Libraries struggle with issue of Internet access and porn

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Editor's note: An earlier version of this post said the American Civil Liberties Union had sued the North Central Regional Library district, based in Wenatchee, Wash., for not offering access to online pornography.

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ACLU Wants Obama To Release Targeted Killing Records | Mother

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The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Wednesday seeking not only the legal justification for America's targeted killing program, but the process by which US citizens suspected of terrorism are placed on its

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Gary Johnson Braves the ACLU – Reason Magazine

Filed Under (ACLU Blog Posts) by webmaster on 02-01-2012

The Libertarian presidential candidate charms a gathering of civil libertarians.

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ACLU warns bill would gut video privacy law | The Raw Story

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The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday expressed its concern with proposed changes to the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), which would allow companies to gain perpetual consent to sharing their customers'

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ACLU Wants Fees Related to Cranston Prayer Banner Fight | WPRI

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The Cranston School Committee held a scheduled budget meeting Wednesday night, but talk soon turned to the ongoing prayer banner controversy.

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ACLU criticizes Facebook 'election sentiment' tool | M

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The ACLU is not pleased with Facebook's "sentiment analysis tool" that provides data exclusive to Politico. Citing three concerns, Christopher Calabrese of the ACLU's Legislative Office, argues that Facebook should justify the

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Whither the ACLU? Or are we worse than NAMBLA? | CatholicVote

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ACLU: Illegal Meetings Being Held in CF | WPRI.com

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Rhode Island's chapter of the ACLU is accusing Central Falls Receiver Robert Flanders, Jr. of holding illegal meetings in the city.

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