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ACLU, Others Go to Court Challenging Biden Administration’s Upholding Trump-Era Unlawful Immigrant Expulsions Under Title 42

Posted by Michele Chadwick
|Date: January 21, 2022
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ACLU, Others Go to Court Challenging Biden Administration’s Upholding Trump-Era Unlawful Immigrant Expulsions Under Title 42

By Michele Chadwick and Isabel Garbarino WASHINGTON, DC - After failed negotiations with the Biden Admini ...

By Michele Chadwick and Isabel Garbarino WASHINGTON, DC - After failed negotiations with the Biden Administration in July 2021, groups challenging Title 42 expulsions of asylum seekers returned to cou ...

January 21, 2022
| by Michele Chadwick

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8 Lawmakers Get ‘Perfect’ Score on ACLU 2021 California Action Legislative Scorecard

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 20, 2022
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8 Lawmakers Get ‘Perfect’ Score on ACLU 2021 California Action Legislative Scorecard

By Anna Olsen SACRAMENTO, CA -- Eight California legislators received a perfect score and were deemed “Ch ...

By Anna Olsen SACRAMENTO, CA -- Eight California legislators received a perfect score and were deemed “Champions” in the 2021 ACLU California Action Legislative Scorecard this week. These eight legisl ...

January 20, 2022
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Children in Adult Prisons – A Conduit of Egalitarian Justice or an Inhibitor of Rehabilitation?

Posted by joshuacenzano
|Date: January 19, 2022
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Children in Adult Prisons – A Conduit of Egalitarian Justice or an Inhibitor of Rehabilitation?

By Joshua Cenzano WASHINGTON, DC – According to a report by The Sentencing Project, the number of youths ...

By Joshua Cenzano WASHINGTON, DC – According to a report by The Sentencing Project, the number of youths charged, tried and imprisoned as adults in the U.S. has dropped significantly in recent years, ...

January 19, 2022
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Two Thirds of ACLU-Polled Voters Agree Expansion of For-Profit Immigration Detention Must Stop; ACLU Urges Biden Administration to Follow Through

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: January 17, 2022
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Two Thirds of ACLU-Polled Voters Agree Expansion of For-Profit Immigration Detention Must Stop; ACLU Urges Biden Administration to Follow Through

By Alex Jimenez NEW YORK, NY- The American Civil Liberties Union and YouGov recently conducted a poll tha ...

By Alex Jimenez NEW YORK, NY- The American Civil Liberties Union and YouGov recently conducted a poll that revealed 68 percent of voters want the federal government to stop contracting with for-profit ...

January 17, 2022
| by Alexander Jimenez

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ACLU, NYCLU, and NCAC Work Together against Attempted Censorship of New York Times Reveal of Project Veritas Info

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 12, 2022
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ACLU, NYCLU, and NCAC Work Together against Attempted Censorship of New York Times Reveal of Project Veritas Info

By Natalia Ruvalcaba NEW YORK, NY – The New York Times’ right, in relation to Project Veritas, to report ...

By Natalia Ruvalcaba NEW YORK, NY – The New York Times’ right, in relation to Project Veritas, to report and produce knowledge received big support this past Monday as the American Civil Liberties Uni ...

January 12, 2022
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Guest Commentary: The Biden Administration Is on the Wrong Side in This Crucial Supreme Court Immigration Case

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 11, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Biden Administration Is on the Wrong Side in This Crucial Supreme Court Immigration Case

A case before the court will determine whether immigrants have access to a bond hearing to justify detent ...

A case before the court will determine whether immigrants have access to a bond hearing to justify detention, and whether advocates can use a critical tool to bring them relief. By Michael Tan On Janu ...

January 11, 2022
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ACLU Demands Better Protection of Pregnant, Postpartum and Nursing Women in CBP Custody

Posted by joshuacenzano
|Date: January 08, 2022
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ACLU Demands Better Protection of Pregnant, Postpartum and Nursing Women in CBP Custody

By Joshua Cenzano SAN DIEGO, CA – Detention in so-called “hieleras,” or ice cold/overcrowded holding cell ...

By Joshua Cenzano SAN DIEGO, CA – Detention in so-called “hieleras,” or ice cold/overcrowded holding cells, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s recent guidance on accommodating pregnant women in ...

January 08, 2022
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Federal Court Win Requires Mississippi City to Approve Building of a Mosque after Previous Denial

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: January 05, 2022
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Federal Court Win Requires Mississippi City to Approve Building of a Mosque after Previous Denial

By Sophia Barberini HORN LAKE, MS – After Horn Lake, Mississippi, city officials denied zoning approval f ...

By Sophia Barberini HORN LAKE, MS – After Horn Lake, Mississippi, city officials denied zoning approval for the Abraham House of God mosque, a federal lawsuit, Abraham House of God v. City of Horn Lak ...

January 05, 2022
| by Sophia Barberini

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Guest Commentary: Georgia’s New Electoral Maps Dilute the Power of Black Voters

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Georgia’s New Electoral Maps Dilute the Power of Black Voters

Black Georgians deserve fair representation — so we’re challenging these discriminatory maps in court. By ...

Black Georgians deserve fair representation — so we’re challenging these discriminatory maps in court. By Ari Savitzky and Sophia Lin Lakin Georgia has enacted new state House and state Senate distric ...

January 04, 2022
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ACLU Announces Lawsuit Challenging New Redistricting Plan in Arkansas

Posted by alexanderramirez
|Date: January 01, 2022
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ACLU Announces Lawsuit Challenging New Redistricting Plan in Arkansas

By Alexander Ramirez LITTLE ROCK, AR - The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, and the Law Office ...

By Alexander Ramirez LITTLE ROCK, AR - The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, and the Law Office of Bryan L. Sells, LLC, and Dechert, LLP, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new redis ...

January 01, 2022
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Brief Filed Attempting to Protect People with Disabilities from the Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 29, 2021
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Brief Filed Attempting to Protect People with Disabilities from the Death Penalty

By the Vanguard Staff Washington, DC - Some of the nation’s most prominent former prosecutors, judges, an ...

By the Vanguard Staff Washington, DC - Some of the nation’s most prominent former prosecutors, judges, and solicitor generals from across the ideological spectrum have asked the Supreme Court to revie ...

December 29, 2021
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ACLU Report Condemns Local Governments’ Discrimination against Unhouse People

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: December 28, 2021
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ACLU Report Condemns Local Governments’ Discrimination against Unhouse People

By Amy Berberyan CALIFORNIA - The ACLU foundations of Northern California, Southern California, and San D ...

By Amy Berberyan CALIFORNIA - The ACLU foundations of Northern California, Southern California, and San Diego & Imperial Counties released a report this month spotlighting the tactics that cities ...

December 28, 2021
| by Amy Berberyan

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Biden Administration Pre-Christmas Surprise: Overturns Trump-Era Prison Home Confinement Memo, Draws Big Praise from Once Critical ACLU

Posted by Darling Gonzalez
|Date: December 27, 2021
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Biden Administration Pre-Christmas Surprise: Overturns Trump-Era Prison Home Confinement Memo, Draws Big Praise from Once Critical ACLU

By Darling Gonzalez WASHINGTON DC - ACLU released a statement late last week praising the Biden administr ...

By Darling Gonzalez WASHINGTON DC - ACLU released a statement late last week praising the Biden administration’s decision to overturn a Trump administration memo that would have forced thousands of pe ...

December 27, 2021
| by Darling Gonzalez

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ACLU Polls Shows Broad, Bipartisan Support for Biden to Grant Clemency to COVID-19 Incarcerated Transferred Home from Prison

Posted by Ava Schwartzapfel
|Date: December 26, 2021
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ACLU Polls Shows Broad, Bipartisan Support for Biden to Grant Clemency to COVID-19 Incarcerated Transferred Home from Prison

By Ava Schwartzapfel WASHINGTON, DC— In the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the CARES (Cor ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel WASHINGTON, DC— In the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, which included a release of immunocompromised ...

December 26, 2021
| by Ava Schwartzapfel

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Guest Commentary: As Omicron Surges, People in Jail and Detention are More Vulnerable Than Ever

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: As Omicron Surges, People in Jail and Detention are More Vulnerable Than Ever

The situation is dire, but you can take action in your own community to help protect incarcerated people. ...

The situation is dire, but you can take action in your own community to help protect incarcerated people. By Nancy Rosenbloom and Kyle Virgien Twenty-one months into the pandemic, many people outside ...

December 26, 2021
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SF Leaders Pushed Back on Mayor’s Emergency Decree Arguing That Incarceration and Policing Are Not the Solution to Drugs and Mental Health Disorders

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2021
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SF Leaders Pushed Back on Mayor’s Emergency Decree Arguing That Incarceration and Policing Are Not the Solution to Drugs and Mental Health Disorders

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – In a press conference on Monday, leaders pushe ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – In a press conference on Monday, leaders pushed back on the San Francisco Mayor, London Breed’s declaration of a state of emergency. DA Chesa ...

December 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: After 35 years, Congress Should Finally End the Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2021
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Guest Commentary: After 35 years, Congress Should Finally End the Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine

Over the years, this sentencing disparity has become emblematic of both the ineffectiveness of reactionar ...

Over the years, this sentencing disparity has become emblematic of both the ineffectiveness of reactionary criminal justice policy and the racial disparities existing in our criminal justice system. B ...

December 21, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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ACLU Files FOIA Request for ICE Records Related to Detained Immigrants’ Ability to Access Legal Counsel

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: December 20, 2021
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ACLU Files FOIA Request for ICE Records Related to Detained Immigrants’ Ability to Access Legal Counsel

By Amy Berberyan WASHINGTON D.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Freedom of Informati ...

By Amy Berberyan WASHINGTON D.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to detained immigrants’ ability to access counsel Fri ...

December 20, 2021
| by Amy Berberyan

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ACLU Demands Action from ICE – Condemns Detention Center Failure to Provide COVID Boosters

Posted by Luke Kyaw
|Date: December 16, 2021
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ACLU Demands Action from ICE – Condemns Detention Center Failure to Provide COVID Boosters

By Luke Kyaw WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday sent a letter to Depa ...

By Luke Kyaw WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

December 16, 2021
| by Luke Kyaw

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ACLU Charges Denver Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Upholding Warrantless Surveillance of Legal, Permanent Resident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2021
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ACLU Charges Denver Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Upholding Warrantless Surveillance of Legal, Permanent Resident

By Casey Rawlings DENVER, CO – Jamshid Muhtorov had his email searched without warrant by the US governme ...

By Casey Rawlings DENVER, CO – Jamshid Muhtorov had his email searched without warrant by the US government under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and last week, Denver ...

December 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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