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Sep 15, 2017
Justice Department Significantly Alters Community Policing Program
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it is changing the scope of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ (COPS) Collaborative Reform Initiati...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Sep 15, 2017
ACLU of Missouri Statement on Acquittal of Jason Stockley
The following statement can be attributed to Jeffrey A. Mittman, executive director, ACLU of Missouri: "Police officer Jason Stockley’s acquittal today does not change the facts:...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Sep 15, 2017
ACLU to Grant Awards to Standing Rock Tribe Chairman and Lakota Water Protector for Protest Against Pipeline, and Constitutional Law Professor
NEW YORK — This month the American Civil Liberties Union will award its highest honors, the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty, to Dave Archambault II and Regina Brave, and the Do...
Sep 14, 2017
ACLU Seeks Immediate Halt to Trump’s Transgender Service Member Ban
BALTIMORE — The American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm Covington & Burling LLP today asked a judge to immediately halt to the Trump administration’s ban on transge...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Sep 14, 2017
ACLU: Congress Should Vote No on Latest Anti-Immigrant Bill
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter in opposition to a proposed bill that would create a new, sweeping basis for deporting and detaining immigrants. The...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Sep 14, 2017
ACLU Comment on House Vote Against Equal Pay
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted 223-192 against an amendment that would have preserved federal funding to implement the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’...
Issue Areas: Women's Rights
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