Tag: American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU files suit against State of Alabama in transgender license case
"Mr. Doe experiences distress whenever he sees the gender listed on his own license" states the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit against the Alabama Law...
US Supreme Court weighs case on detention of immigrants
The Supreme Court wrestled for a second time Tuesday with whether the government can indefinitely detain certain immigrants it is considering deporting without providing...
Donald Trump replaces 90-day ban with new travel restrictions
President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing strict new restrictions on travelers from a handful of countries, including five that were covered by...
Donald Trump’s voter commission meets amid concerns about mission
A commission created by President Donald Trump to investigate his allegations of voter fraud is scheduled to meet in New Hampshire.
The Presidential Advisory Commission...
Politicians blocking people on social media ignites debate
An emerging debate about whether elected officials violate people's free speech rights by blocking them on social media is spreading across the U.S. as...
2 federal judges find new Donald Trump travel ban discriminatory
Rejecting arguments from the government that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban was substantially different from the first one, judges in Hawaii and Maryland...
ACLU files ethics complaint against Jeff Sessions over Senate testimony
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed an ethics complaint against Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his false testimony to the the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
The...
Supreme Court could decide transgender case. Or not.
Both the transgender teen who sued to use a boys' bathroom and the Virginia school board that won't let him still want the Supreme...
U.S. Supreme Court will weigh dispute over racial bias in jury...
There was nothing subtle about the ethnic slurs a juror in Colorado is reported to have made during deliberations over a Hispanic defendant charged...
Federal judge blocks Alabama’s new anti-abortion laws
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of two new Alabama abortion laws banning abortion clinics near schools and outlawing a commonly used second-trimester dismemberment...
