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2 hrs ago | Medical Daily

Proposed Mandatory Drug Testing For Doctors Won't Work, ACLU Says

A state ballot proposal in California aimed toward making drug tests mandatory for all doctors has been branded "a publicity stunt" by one California Medical Association spokeswoman.

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Related Topix: Drug Testing, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Activism, Drugs

6 hrs ago | Advocate

Op-ed: Religion Shouldn't Be an Excuse for Discrimination

Following the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" in late 2010 and the successful transition to open service for gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members in 2011, many assumed that enshrined discrimination against LGBT people was on its way out.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US News, Transgender, Opinion

10 hrs ago | Wired

Feds Tracked Reporter's Movements, Personal E-Mail in Criminal Conspiracy Investigation

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been in the hot seat over the Justice Department's decision to sign off on a subpoena that helped the feds seize the phone records of AP Reporters.

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Related Topix: Social Software, US News, Journalism, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mon May 20, 2013

Virgin Islands Daily News

V.I. government reaches agreement with ACLU on St. Thomas jails

A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a proposed settlement agreement between the American Civil Liberties Union and the V.I. government that requires the territory to fix conditions at the St.

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Related Topix: Prison

Chattanoogan.com

NAACP 6th Annual Criminal Justice Seminar Is June 8

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County NAACP will host the 6th Annual Criminal Justice Seminar on Saturday June 8, at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo Imperial Ballroom.

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Related Topix: Prison, Chattanooga, TN, Hamilton County, TN

Sun May 19, 2013

Sea Coast Echo

ACLU vs. POA election covenants

The MIssissippi branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has asked the Diamondhead Property Owners Association to stop enforcing rules pertaining to political signs and door-to-door campaigning.

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Related Topix: Diamondhead, MS

The Tallahassee O

ACLU | What The Government Says When It Says Nothing

The This memo may show that the Criminal Division is doing nothing at all to avoid reading our text messages; it may show great procedures in place to safeguard the privacy our text messages; or, likely, it may have nothing to do with either of those predictions.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Queerty

ACLU Wants "Modern Family's" Cam And Mitch Hitched; How About These Couples, Too?

This week the ACLU jumped into the marriage equality debate with a call for ABC's Modern Family to tie their popular gay couple's knot.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Modern Family, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, Wedding

Sat May 18, 2013

Arkansas Times

Practicing law with Bro. Rapert

Sen. Jason Rapert, author of the patently unconstitutional bill to ban most abortions in Arkansas at the 12th week of pregnancy, took heart yesterday at Judge Susan Webber Wright's indication that she was inclined to uphold the part of the law that requires women seeking an abortion in the 12th week of pregnancy or later to have an ultrasound and ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Pryor, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Arkansas, Arkansas Government

Jerusalem Post

Judge blocks Arkansas law banning abortions after 12 weeks

A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted a new Arkansas law banning most abortions after 12 weeks pregnancy, which is considered one of the most restrictive in the nation.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East,

Fri May 17, 2013

FindLaw

Angelina Jolie's Cancer Gene, BRCA1, in Focus at Supreme Court

Earlier this week, Angelina Jolie wrote a heartfelt op-ed in The New York Times about her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, Biotech, Myriad Genetics, Healthcare Industry, Biology, Science, US News, US Supreme Court, Patent / Trademark Law, Law

The Guardian

Arizona bid to block young immigrant driver's licences denied by judge

A US federal judge has refused to block Arizona 's Republican governor from denying driver's licenses to young immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Governors, Jan Brewer, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Judge temporarily blocks Ark. abortion law

A federal judge on Friday ordered a preliminary injunction blocking an Arkansas law that would ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, a court official told CNN on Friday.

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Related Topix: Abortion

Common Dreams

ACLU: Federal Court Says Arizona Violates Constitution by Denying Drivers Licenses to DREAMers

May 17 - A federal district court today said that the state of Arizona has no rational basis under the law to deny drivers' licenses to young immigrants authorized to live and work in the United States under the federal government's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but it stopped short of granting a preliminary injunction against the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Governors, Jan Brewer, US News, Liberal Political News

Common Dreams

ACLU: Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Abortion Ban

May 17 - A federal judge today temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that would ban abortion care starting at 12 weeks of pregnancy from taking effect.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Activism, Mike Beebe, US Governors, US News, Liberal Political News

NBC San Diego

ACLU Urges School to Rescind Twerking Suspensions

The ACLU sent a letter to SRHS Principal Ann Menna expressing serious concerns about the suspension of 31 students for the making of a music video in which students dance suggestively on school property.

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Related Topix: Scripps Ranch (San Diego, CA), San Diego, CA

FiveThirtyEight

Opinionator: Driver's Seat

I got a letter the other day from Joe Arpaio - Sheriff Joe Arpaio, that is, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., scourge of undocumented immigrants and of anyone who might look like one.

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Related Topix: US News, Illegal Immigration, Immigration Reform, Opinion

The Papillion Times

ACLU: Time for 'Modern Family's' gay couple to wed

Sharon Penner, who has been feeding schoolchildren for 43 years, decided new federal school nutrition mandates were a sign from above to retire.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Modern Family, Omaha, NE

Advocate

Should Cameron and Mitchell Get Hitched?

The ACLU has started a petition drive calling on Modern Family to marry off its famous gay couple.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Television

Thu May 16, 2013

MySanAntonio.com

ACLU slams amendment as 'discriminatory'

An amendment tacked on to a higher education bill was criticized by progressive and gay rights groups Thursday as opening a path for college student groups to discriminate.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Texas