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ACLU complains Detroit police dump homeless people outside city

Detroit - After a year-long investigation, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has accused Detroit police officers of "kidnapping" homeless people and stranding them in other areas, often outside the city limits.

Op-Ed: ACLU study shows Ohio bringing back debtor's prisons

Columbus - Debtor's prisons were abolished in the US in the 1830's but they are making a comeback even though jailing people who are unable to pay debts is against the US Constitution.

North Carolina lawmakers propose bill to declare state religion

North Carolina state legislators have proposed a bill that will allow the state declare an official religion in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and nullify any federal ruling against Christian prayer by state bodies

Arkansas residents protest legislature's war on women Special

Little Rock - Hundreds gathered at a grassroots "Protest at the Arkansas Capitol" to denounce "extreme reproductive laws in Arkansas," and raised their voices and signs in protest of the war on women being waged by the conservative majority in the state legislature.

Extreme, racialized discipline pervades Mississippi schools

A newly-released report by a group of civil rights organizations has revealed that severe, often racialized school disciplinary policies are common throughout Mississippi.

Op-Ed: ACLU seeks information on CIA drone strikes at appeals court

Washington - The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) is seeking information on drone strikes under the Freedom of Information Act. The ACLU presented arguments today (Sept. 20) to a federal appeals court

Facebook, ACLU appeal court, argue 'Like' button is free speech

This week both Facebook and the ACLU have filed a brief in an Eastern Virginia Court asserting the "Like" Button is covered as free speech under the First Amendment.

Emails prove Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law racially motivated

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has released thousands of e-mails proving that SB 1070, the state's anti-illegal immigration law, was racially motivated.

Delaware school district overturns suspension of pink-haired girl

Newark - The middle school student was allowed to return to school, pink hair and all, after she was suspended for breaching her school's uniform policy.

Is the NDAA illegal?

A group called StopNDAA.org has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to block the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which, they claim, gives the president power to arrest and indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without evidence.
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