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Migrants Targeted For Deportation Sue Trump Over Being Sent To Gitmo
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Migrants Targeted For Deportation Sue Trump Over Being Sent To Gitmo

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Ten migrants slated to be moved to a prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have sued the Trump administration, arguing that a transfer to the faraway detention center rife with allegations of abuse is unnecessary and illegal. “Plaintiffs do not challenge the government’s authority to detain them on U.S. soil or to directly remove them to their home …

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ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on Trump’s transgender attacks and the limits of the law.
3 weeks, 3 days ago

ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on Trump’s transgender attacks and the limits of the law.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In this excerpt, Strangio shares his thoughts about what’s to be done if Trump ultimately ignores legal rulings, the problem with the “trans debate,” the limits of what we should hope for from the law, and how queer and …

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ACLU moves to take up gender identity lawsuit that EEOC is abandoning following Trump’s order
3 weeks, 6 days ago

ACLU moves to take up gender identity lawsuit that EEOC is abandoning following Trump’s order

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to represent two restaurant workers in a gender identity discrimination lawsuit after a U.S. agency that enforces civil rights laws filed to drop the case in response to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order targeting transgender people. The lawsuit against a Culver’s restaurant in Clarkston, Michigan, is one of seven …

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More than 170 migrants held at Guantánamo flown back to Venezuela
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1 month, 1 week ago

More than 170 migrants held at Guantánamo flown back to Venezuela

NPR  

More than 170 migrants held at Guantánamo flown back to Venezuela Nearly all the migrants held at Guantánamo — 177 Venezuelans — have been flown back to Venezuela. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a clearer picture this morning of how the Trump administration is using the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And I should say, Steve, NPR didn't …

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La ACLU demanda para tener acceso a migrantes trasladados a Guantánamo este mes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

La ACLU demanda para tener acceso a migrantes trasladados a Guantánamo este mes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Abogados de derechos civiles demandaron el miércoles al gobierno del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump para obtener acceso a migrantes detenidos que, según dicen, han sido trasladados a la base naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo y mantenidos allí sin poder consultar a abogados ni comunicarse con familiares. El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, que se encuentra entre las agencias …

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ACLU sues for access to migrants flown to Guantanamo this month
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ACLU sues for access to migrants flown to Guantanamo this month

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to gain access to detained migrants who they say have been flown to Guantanamo Bay and held there without being able to consult lawyers or speak to relatives. Guantanamo is home to one of the most notorious prisons in the world, used when the U.S. government has attempted to …

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ACLU Warns DOGE's 'Unchecked' Access Could Violate Federal Law
55 years, 2 months ago

ACLU Warns DOGE's 'Unchecked' Access Could Violate Federal Law

Wired  

The American Civil Liberties Union told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have seized control over a number of federal computer systems that house data tightly restricted under federal statutes. Citing WIRED reporting from Tuesday, the attorneys note that, in addition to choking off funding to specific agencies or individuals, this grants DOGE …

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ACLU Sues Over Trump Shutting Down Asylum Access At The Southern Border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

ACLU Sues Over Trump Shutting Down Asylum Access At The Southern Border

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Immigration advocacy groups on Monday sued the Trump administration over its ban on asylum access at the southern border, saying the sweeping restrictions illegally put people who are fleeing war and persecution in harm’s way. In an executive order, Trump declared that the situation at the southern border constitutes an invasion of America and that …

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ACLU sues over Trump shutting down asylum access at the southern border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

ACLU sues over Trump shutting down asylum access at the southern border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Immigration advocacy groups on Monday sued the Trump administration over its ban on asylum access at the southern border, saying the sweeping restrictions illegally put people who are fleeing war and persecution in harm’s way. In the executive order, Trump argued that the Immigration and Nationality Act gives presidents the authority to suspend entry of any group that …

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ACLU sues Trump administration for shutting down asylum process at southern border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

ACLU sues Trump administration for shutting down asylum process at southern border

LA Times  

Migrants walk into Tijuana after being deported from the U.S. at El Chaparral pedestrian border bridge on Jan. 21. Lawyers representing three nonprofits that provide services for asylum seekers at the southern border filed the suit at the District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, arguing that President Trump unconstitutionally overrode congressional statutes and violated federal laws and …

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A lawsuit alleging excessive force against 2020 protesters in Oregon has been settled, ACLU says
2 months ago

A lawsuit alleging excessive force against 2020 protesters in Oregon has been settled, ACLU says

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — A lawsuit alleging that law enforcement agents sent by President Donald Trump to protect a federal courthouse in 2020 used excessive force against racial justice protesters has been settled, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon said Tuesday. The plaintiffs included three military veterans, a college professor, several Black Lives Matter activists and a man who alleges …

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Less process than ‘a traffic ticket’: ACLU sues to stop Trump’s fast-track deportation policy
2 months ago

Less process than ‘a traffic ticket’: ACLU sues to stop Trump’s fast-track deportation policy

LA Times  

Migrants enter Mexico along the El Chaparral pedestrian border bridge in Tijuana on Tuesday after being deported from the U.S. A day after the Trump administration moved to vastly expand its powers to carry out fast-track deportations as part of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants, the American Civil Liberties Union has sued to try to stop it. The new policy, …

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'Troubling and illegal': ACLU sues DeSantis for failing to hold special elections
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Troubling and illegal': ACLU sues DeSantis for failing to hold special elections

Raw Story  

Florida's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for failing to call special elections for two empty state legislature seats. The vacancies arose when state Rep. Joel Rudman and state Sen. Randy Fine announced their upcoming resignations on Nov. 25 and Nov. 26, respectively, to run in special congressional elections after Republicans Matt Gaetz …

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Will Congress let Trump kill organizations like Planned Parenthood and ACLU?
4 months, 1 week ago

Will Congress let Trump kill organizations like Planned Parenthood and ACLU?

LA Times  

Students march across the UCLA campus in October 2023 to support Palestinians caught in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The House is expected to vote on a bill this week that would give Trump’s treasury secretary virtually unfettered discretion to declare that a nonprofit group is a “terrorist-supporting organization” and revoke its tax-exempt status. “The Department of Treasury would …

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No thanks to these 52 Dems, House defeats bill enabling Trump assault on nonprofits
4 months, 2 weeks ago

No thanks to these 52 Dems, House defeats bill enabling Trump assault on nonprofits

Raw Story  

Legislation that would have handed President-elect Donald Trump sweeping power to investigate and shutter news outlets, government watchdogs, humanitarian organizations, and other nonprofits was defeated in the House of Representatives on Tuesday after a coalition of progressive advocacy groups and lawmakers mobilized against it, warning of the bill's dire implications for the right to dissent. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who vocally …

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Last minute lawsuits fly as early voting starts in Ohio
5 months ago

Last minute lawsuits fly as early voting starts in Ohio

Raw Story  

As of Friday morning, almost 1.4 million Ohioans had already cast their ballot in this November’s election. Back in July, Sean Morales-Doyle from the Brennan Center argued “that way, if the elections don’t play out the way that these folks want them to, they can use that belief to overturn the result, they can turn immigrants into a scapegoat.” The …

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ACLU rejects staff petition to divest from Israel and condemn war in Gaza
5 months ago

ACLU rejects staff petition to divest from Israel and condemn war in Gaza

The Independent  

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Chase Strangio: ACLU attorney will be the first openly transgender advocate to argue before Supreme Court
5 months, 1 week ago

Chase Strangio: ACLU attorney will be the first openly transgender advocate to argue before Supreme Court

CNN  

Washington CNN — An attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union is set to be the first openly transgender person to argue before the Supreme Court this December when the justices hear a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. “Chase Strangio is our nation’s leading legal expert on the rights of transgender people, bar none,” said Cecillia …

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ACLU lawsuit details DWI scheme rocking Albuquerque police
5 months, 3 weeks ago

ACLU lawsuit details DWI scheme rocking Albuquerque police

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The DWI scandal already has mired the police department …

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The ACLU commits $2 million to Michigan’s Supreme Court race for reproductive rights ads
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The ACLU commits $2 million to Michigan’s Supreme Court race for reproductive rights ads

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has announced a multimillion-dollar investment into two races for the state Supreme Court, signaling the importance of the competition in the battleground state where control of the court is at stake. Michigan’s state Supreme Court elections are technically nonpartisan, meaning candidates appear on the ballot without a party designation and …

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ACLU questionnaire from 2019 highlights Harris’s past support for progressive causes
6 months, 2 weeks ago

ACLU questionnaire from 2019 highlights Harris’s past support for progressive causes

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The now-vice president also backed federally decriminalizing drug possession for personal use, and she …

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A federal judge tosses a lawsuit over the ban on recorded inmate interviews in South Carolina
6 months, 2 weeks ago

A federal judge tosses a lawsuit over the ban on recorded inmate interviews in South Carolina

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit trying to overturn the South Carolina prison system’s banning on-camera, in-person interviews with inmates or recording their phone calls for broadcast. But in a ruling last week, federal Judge Jacquelyn Austin said the government can restrict free speech rights in areas it controls that aren’t public and the media …

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A federal judge tosses a lawsuit over the ban on recorded inmate interviews in South Carolina
6 months, 2 weeks ago

A federal judge tosses a lawsuit over the ban on recorded inmate interviews in South Carolina

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A federal judge has thrown …

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ACLU plans to spend $1.3M in educate Montana voters about state Supreme Court candidates
6 months, 3 weeks ago

ACLU plans to spend $1.3M in educate Montana voters about state Supreme Court candidates

Associated Press  

— The American Civil Liberties Union plans to spend $1.3 million on campaign advertising to educate Montana voters about where state Supreme Court candidates stand on abortion and other civil rights issues with a measure constitutionally protecting protect abortion access also on the ballot. The ACLU wants to make sure voters know where Supreme Court candidates stand on those issues …

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