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A Amateur video captured Gwaltney's arrest in downtown Roanoke last May during a local group's "Must See TV" art demonstration.
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ACLU backs street performers in Las Vegas lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against police and public officials on behalf of two Las Vegas Strip street performers after one was arrested in March.
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Flag Dispute Erupts In Northern Wisconsin Village
A U.S. flag being flown upside down as a protest in a small northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade.
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Gay-Marriage Battles Continue Across Country
The week after Independence Day has seen a lot of action nationwide on the gay-marriage front.
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Sex offenders living under Miami bridge sue city over law
Two convicted sex offenders forced to live under a causeway bridge are challenging a Miami law that prohibits them from living within 2,500 feet of places where children gather.
Censored inmate letters anger ACLU, other groups
Prisoner and free-speech advocates are demanding a written guarantee that inmates at a Virginia jail can receive letters containing religious material after a prisoner said his mail was censored.
Ind. Courts - 'ACLU Lawsuit claims Indiana law examiners violate the ADA '
Thursday, July 09, 2009 Ind. Courts - "ACLU Lawsuit claims Indiana law examiners violate the ADA " Leigh Jones reports in today's National Law Journal in a story that begins: The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has launched a class action against that state's board of law examiners, asserting that inquiries into the mental health of those ...
ACLU closes its North Dakota office
The American Civil Liberties Union has closed its North Dakota office. The organization attributes the closure of the Fargo facility to the poor national economy and to losses major contributors suffered in the Bernard Madoff scandal.
How we will come to terms with the government abuses unleashed in the aftermath of 9/11 is a historic test of our highest principles.
ACLU claim makes teachers' jobs harder:
If good teachers are not frustrated with their jobs, they should be. Start with their fundamental goal, what brought them to the profession: to educate children.
Nev. Court Permits 'HOE' License Plate
A Las Vegas man won a courtroom battle Wednesday with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles over his "HOE" license plate, which the agency refused to renew on grounds that he was using a slang reference to prostitutes.
ACLU, Narragansett in federal court over 'scarlet letters'
The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union asking the federal court to declare Narragansett's controversial "orange sticker" policy, meant to clamp down on unruly off-campus parties, unconstitutional.
ACLU Wants Confessed Terrorist Freed
The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday accused the Obama administration of using statements elicited through torture to justify the confinement of a detainee it represents at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba .
Lawrence County Schools latest to end same-sex classes after ACLU inquires
Lawrence County Schools officials have agreed to stop offering single sex classes next year after the American Civil Liberties Union became involved.
ACLU sues state over food stamp delays
The Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice have sued the state Department of Human Services alleging that its failure to promptly process food stamp applications has left thousands of Rhode Islanders hungry and suffering in the midst of the worst economy in decades.
Death row inmate, ACLU win fight to have Catholic Masses shown in cells
Many convicted killers seek solace in the Lord in their final days, and Donald Lee Leger is among them.
ACLU Challenges Arizona Restriction on Inmates' Abortion Rights
The American Civil Liberties Union is again asking an Arizona court to stop Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio from preventing female inmates from accessing abortion services.
Court Battle: Should Harsh Interrogation Confessioa
That's the question Mohammad Jawad's defense attorneys are trying to answer with a motion filed Wednesday afternoon in the Guantanamo detainee's habeas petition, charting a course into some new legal territory and arguing that statements made to U.S. and Afghan interrogators should be rendered inadmissible in U.S. courts, given the conditions that ...
ACLU and allies take Proposition 8 back to court
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The American Civil Liberties Union has asked a Denver appeals court to deny a request by Haskell County commissioners to reconsider its decision last month against a Ten Commandments monument.