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President Obama Poised To Sign Bill Reducing Cocaine Sentencing Disparity After House Passage

ACLU: 12 hours ago
  Fair Sentencing Act An Important First Step But Sizeable Sentencing Gap Remains   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:  675-2312; media@dcaclu.org   WASHINGTON - The House today passed a bill that would make much needed changes to current cocaine ... ...read article

Court Blocks Implementation Of Key Sections Of Arizona's Racial Profiling Law

ACLU: 12 hours ago
UPDATED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 549-2666; media@aclu.org PHOENIX – Ensuring that Arizona law enforcement will not be required to demand "papers" from people they stop who they suspect are "unlawfully present" in the U.S., a federal ... ...read article

Senate Rejects DISCLOSE Act

ACLU: 1 day ago
Bill Raises Serious First Amendment Concerns FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 675-2312 or media@dcaclu.org WASHINGTON – A campaign finance bill that includes disclosure requirements that raise significant civil liberties concerns failed by a ... ...read article

ACLU Seeks Records About FBI Collection Of Racial And Ethnic Data In 29 States And D.C.

ACLU: 1 day ago
FBI's Claimed Authority To Track And Map "Behaviors" And "Lifestyle Characteristics" Of American Communities Invites Racial Profiling FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 549-2666; media@aclu.org NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today ... ...read article

State Department Ends Ban On Colombian Journalist

ACLU: 1 day ago
U.S. Should End Practice Of Banning People On Ideological Grounds, Says ACLU FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 549-2666; media@aclu.org NEW YORK – A prominent Colombian journalist who was once barred from the United States today received a visa ... ...read article

City Council In Fremont, Nebraska Suspends Discriminatory Law Pending Resolution Of ACLU Lawsuit

ACLU: 1 day ago
Like Arizona Law, Ordinance Invites Racial Profiling FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 549-2666; media@aclu.org FREMONT, NE – The Fremont, Nebraska City Council voted late this evening to suspend a city law that seeks to banish persons alleged ... ...read article

House Passes Legislation Creating Criminal Justice Commission

ACLU: 1 day ago
Companion Bill Awaits Vote In The Senate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 202-675-2312; media@dcaclu.org WASHINGTON – A bill creating a bipartisan commission tasked with examining the nation's criminal justice system was passed today in the ... ...read article

ACLU Urges No Vote On DISCLOSE ACT

ACLU: 2 days ago
Bill Will Compromise Free Speech FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 675-2312 or media@dcaclu.org WASHINGTON – The Senate today and tomorrow will debate a campaign finance bill that includes disclosure requirements that raise significant civil ... ...read article

On 20th Anniversary Of ADA, ACLU And HRW Release Report On Treatment Of People With Mental Disabilities By ICE

ACLU: 2 days ago
People With Disabilities Face Greater Risk Of Unlawful Detention And Deportation, Says Report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@aclu.org NEW YORK – People with mental disabilities, including U.S. citizens, face a greater risk of erroneous ... ...read article

ACLU And Civil Rights Groups Ask Court To Block Implementation Of Arizona's Racial Profiling Law

ACLU: 6 days ago
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 549-2666; media@aclu.org PHOENIX – At a hearing today in a federal court in Phoenix, the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of civil rights groups argued that Arizona's discriminatory new law, known ... ...read article

Montana Same-Sex Couples Sue State For Legal Protections For Their Families

ACLU: 6 days ago
Seven Couples Seek Equal Protection Mandated Under Montana's Constitution FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 549-2666; media@aclu.org HELENA, MT — Seven committed same-sex couples today filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana for failing to ... ...read article