GAB halts release of recall petitions – Wisconsin Radio Network

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Los Angeles Times
GAB halts release of recall petitions
Wisconsin Radio Network
The ACLU raises privacy concerns as the GAB posts pdf files on their public website of scanned recall petitions against elected officials, including the more than one million signatures against the Republican governor. The information is a matter of …
ACLU Fights Sunshine in Wisconsin RecallAmerican Thinker
Total Recall: Following privacy concerns, GAB holds off publishing Walker …Dane101
Editorial: Take a deep breath, WisconsinJournal Times
Green Bay Press Gazette -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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ACLU Tells Obama to Cough Up Drone Assassination Info – Courthouse News Service

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ACLU Tells Obama to Cough Up Drone Assassination Info
Courthouse News Service
"The request relates to a topic of vital importance: the power of the US government to kill US citizens without presentation of evidence and without disclosing legal standards that guide decision makers," the ACLU's complaint states.
ACLU sues US over extrajudicial killings of AmericansRT
ACLU sues to force release of drone attack recordsWashington Post
ACLU sues Obama administration over assassination secrecySalon
Military.com -Firedoglake
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Libraries fight ACLU over censorship issues – KING5.com

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Libraries fight ACLU over censorship issues
KING5.com
–The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing a Washington library district, for not offering online porn. If you log on to a computer at the Wenatchee public library, and type in "porn" into the search engine, the list of results will appear as …
ACLU wants Wenatchee libraries to stop filtering public computersQ13 FOX
Seattle libraries: No sleeping or eating allowed, but porn-watching OKSeattle Post Intelligencer
Great moments in public librariesSound Politics
KOMO News
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ACLU, Anti-Defamation League denounce state Senate’s school prayer vote – Florida Independent

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ACLU, Anti-Defamation League denounce state Senate's school prayer vote
Florida Independent
By Ashley Lopez | 02.02.12 | 7:59 am Civil rights groups are speaking out against a recent vote in the Florida Senate in favor of a bill that would allow students in public schools to pray during any school event. The final version of state Sen.
School prayer bill passes SenateWWSB ABC 7
State Senate Passes School Prayer BillWMFE

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ACLU responds to sheriff’s admission of slapping suspect – ABC NEWS 4

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ACLU responds to sheriff's admission of slapping suspect
ABC NEWS 4
More >> CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV)– The ACLU has released a statement regarding Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon's admission that he slapped a suspect in police custody. "The ACLU is concerned about the rights of all vulnerable people.
No brutality? Video disagreesCharleston Post Courier

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Carlton Fields’ Gail Podolsky Elected President of ACLU – Citybizlist (press release)

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Citybizlist (press release)
Carlton Fields' Gail Podolsky Elected President of ACLU
Citybizlist (press release)
Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that Gail Podolsky, an associate in the firm's Atlanta office, was elected president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU). Podolsky will serve a one year term. Podolsky has been a board member of …

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ACLU warns about prayers in legislature – News & Observer

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ACLU warns about prayers in legislature
News & Observer
The ACLU on Thursday sent a letter to Attorney General Roy Cooper asking him to come up with a policy that would prevent it. The civil rights organization said last month that it would be contacting local and state governments throughout North Carolina …
ACLU warns on prayers at NC legislature meetingsabc11.com
ACLU sends letter asking General Assembly to curtail sectarian prayers at …The Republic
ACLU opposes prayers in General Assembly that it says favor ChristianityNBC17.com
The Progressive Pulse
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ACLU Sues To Force Release Of Drone Attack Records – San Antonio Express

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ACLU Sues To Force Release Of Drone Attack Records
San Antonio Express
“The government's self-serving attitude toward transparency and disclosure is unacceptable,” the ACLU said. “Officials cannot be allowed to release bits of information about the targeted killing program when they think it will bolster their position, …
Rights group sues US for "targeted killing" memosReuters
ACLU Demands Information on Drone UsageBlogcritics.org (blog)
ACLU Sues for Records on Assassination of US CitizensAntiwar.com
American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog) -The Hill (blog)
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City council to support ACLU same-sex lawsuit – MSU State News

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MLive.com
City council to support ACLU same-sex lawsuit
MSU State News
Council voted to support the ACLU lawsuit at its meeting on Tuesday. East Lansing Assistant City Attorney Tom Yeadon said the city doesn't have set plans as to how it will assist with the ACLU lawsuit yet, but the attorney's office will work with ACLU…
East Lansing City Council votes to join legal fight against domestic partner …MLive.com

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Matt Reed: ACLU grades candidates on rights – Florida Today

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Matt Reed: ACLU grades candidates on rights
Florida Today
Founded in 1920 to defend anti-war speech during World War I, the ACLU has produced a 2012 “candidate report card” on nine major issues, including gay marriage, immigration policy and “ending a surveillance state.” Among the leading presidential …

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