All posts tagged "american civil liberties union"
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Federal judge blocks UNC from enforcing anti-trans law HB 2
Order remains in effect while 3 transgender students challenge state's HB 2 law in court
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Kim Davis drops appeal over marriage licenses, retreats back into obscurity
Appeal made unnecessary by passage of new law removing all clerks' names from marriage licenses
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North Carolina and UNC: HB 2 should remain in effect even as it’s challenged in court
The state of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina (UNC) system have filed documents with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District...
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Kentucky prisons no longer permitted to ban “gay mail”
Inmates in Kentucky scored a victory after the state’s Commissioner of Corrections declared that the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex may not enforce a mail policy keeping...
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ACLU challenging North Carolina’s HB 2 that overturned LGBT ordinances
Here come the lawsuits, North Carolina. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with the ACLU of North Carolina, Lambda Legal and Equality North Carolina,...
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Laverne Cox: Protect students from anti-transgender bill
Cox is urging people to petition South Dakota's Republican governor to enact a veto
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South Dakota anti-transgender “bathroom bill” heads to governor’s desk
Gov. Daugaard has five days to veto measure before it goes into law
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4th Circuit to hear Virginia transgender student’s appeal
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday will hear the appeal of a Virginia transgender student who is challenging his school’s restroom policy requiring...
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Audio of 911 call leading to transgender woman’s arrest released
The ACLU of Iowa on Wednesday released audio from the 911 call that landed a transgender woman in jail after staff at the Drury Inn...
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ACLU responds to government’s motion to dismiss Chelsea Manning lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday evening filed a brief opposing a motion by the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit brought...
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Iowa hotel accused of profiling black transgender woman
Staff accused woman and her friend of engaging in prostitution based on her gender identity
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ACLU accuses Kim Davis of violating judge’s orders
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a motion in Kentucky District Court accusing Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis of flouting a judge’s order...
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Civil liberties groups address tension between religion and civil rights
A report issued on Monday by a coalition of civil liberties organizations outlines potential conflicts that can arise between religious freedom and a number of...
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Military won’t let Chelsea Manning grow out her hair
The U.S. military on Friday rejected a request by Chelsea Manning, currently serving a 35-year prison sentence at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth,...
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Illinois bed and breakfast discriminated against same-sex couple
An Illinois bed and breakfast discriminated against a same-sex couple when its owners rejected the pair’s request to hold their civil union ceremony in 2011,...
