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Business and Civil Rights Leaders Support ACLU Challenge to NSA Warrantless Wiretapping (04/20/2006)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the filing of two friend-of-the-court briefs supporting its lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency’s illegal domestic spying program. One brief was submitted on behalf of six prominent leaders of the nation’s business community and the other by five leading civil rights organizations.

As Senate Immigration Bill Stalls, ACLU Calls for Much-Needed Fixes, Says Lawmakers Must Act to Protect Due Process and Privacy (04/07/2006)
WASHINGTON - As legislation to reform the nation’s immigration laws stalled in the Senate today, the American Civil Liberties Union urged lawmakers to modify that legislation to better protect privacy, judicial review and due process rights.

TSA Search Policies Need to Provide Security, Protect Privacy, ACLU Says; Calls on Congress to Adopt Least Intrusive, Most Effective Measures (04/04/2006)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to adopt policies regarding the physical screening of cargo and passengers that both provide security and protect privacy. Lawmakers were also urged to eliminate support for ineffective airline passenger screening programs such as Secure Flight and Registered Traveler in favor of more effective security measures.

California Judge Confirms Police Officers' Rights Were Violated By Hidden Locker Room Camera (04/04/2006)
LOS ANGELES – In a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, a federal judge ruled late Tuesday that Ontario police officers' rights under both federal and state law were violated when a police detective installed a video camera in a men's locker room to spy on the officers.

NYCLU Urges Legislature to Let Families Make Medical Decisions for Incapacitated Patients (03/29/2006)
NEW YORK -- One year after Terri Schiavo's husband won his fight to honor his wife's wishes by removing her feeding tube, the New York Civil Liberties Union called upon legislative leaders to put health care decisions in families' hands by passing the Family Health Care Decisions Act.

MCLU Urges State Legislators to Safeguard Personal Information (03/16/2006)
PORTLAND, ME - The Maine Civil Liberties Union today urged Maine’s legislators to protect Mainers’ privacy when considering two bills in work sessions this week.

ACLU Urges Court to Reject Government's Bid for Google Records (03/14/2006)
SAN JOSE, CA – At a hearing today before a federal judge, the American Civil Liberties Union will urge the court to reject the government’s demand for millions of Google search records, saying that it has not justified the need for obtaining massive amounts of consumer information.

Senate Immigration Bill Lacks Privacy and Due Process Protections, ACLU Says; Lawmakers Must Fix Shortcomings in Proposed Legislation (03/02/2006)
WASHINGTON - As the Senate Judiciary Committee met today to begin consideration of legislation concerning immigration, the American Civil Liberties Union urged lawmakers to make changes to the underlying bill to better protect the privacy and civil liberties of all persons in the country, citizens and non-citizens alike. Last year, the House passed a border security and immigration reform bill that greatly undermines the freedoms of all Americans.

After ACLU of Colorado Intervention, High School Student Suspended for Off-Campus Internet Posting Is Back in School (02/21/2006)
LITTLETON, CO -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado announced today that an agreement has been reached between Littleton High School and school authorities and junior Bryan Lopez, who was suspended for posting satirical commentary about the school the Internet.

ACLU Urges Court to Reject Government's Bid For Google Records (02/17/2006)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today urged a California federal court to reject the government's demand for millions of Google search records, saying that it has not justified the need for obtaining massive amounts of consumer information.

ACLU Calls for End to Secure Flight and Registered Traveler Programs, Says TSA Passenger Screening Plans Fail to Identify Threats (02/09/2006)
WASHINGTON - Appearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged Congress to end two fatally flawed, airline passenger pre-screening systems operated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA): Secure Flight and the Registered Traveler program. Both programs make America less safe while violating travelers’ civil liberties.

Following ACLU of New Mexico Lawsuit, Surgical Center Agrees to Honor Patients’ End-of-Life Wishes (02/02/2006)
ALBUQUERQUE – The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today said it has secured an agreement from the New Mexico Orthopaedic Surgery Center to stop making patients sign away their right-to-die arrangements as a prerequisite for receiving care.

ACLU of Ohio Files Lawsuit Over School’s Strip Searches of Teenage Girls (02/02/2006)
COLUMBUS, OH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on behalf of eight students who were illegally searched by staff at the Vern Riffe Career Technology Center on January 20, 2006. The lawsuit names the school district, the superintendent and three staff members as defendants. In all, 20 students were searched.