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San Francisco’s Plan to Limit Traffic Stops Revised, to Be Voted on at Later Date

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: December 03, 2022
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San Francisco’s Plan to Limit Traffic Stops Revised, to Be Voted on at Later Date

By: Robert J Hansen San Francisco, CA - A new policy would ban San Francisco police from making traffic s ...

By: Robert J Hansen San Francisco, CA - A new policy would ban San Francisco police from making traffic stops for several low-level infractions, according to a report on a new traffic enforcement poli ...

December 03, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Warrantless Pole-Camera Surveillance by Police Is Dangerous

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 29, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Warrantless Pole-Camera Surveillance by Police Is Dangerous

We’re calling on the court to clarify that long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a pe ...

We’re calling on the court to clarify that long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment violation. By Nathan Freed Wessler Every fan of old crime nov ...

November 29, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Election Denialism Lost in Key Midterm Races, but the Fight Is Far from Over

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Election Denialism Lost in Key Midterm Races, but the Fight Is Far from Over

Americans took firm stances against election denialism and voted to protect our democracy in the most vit ...

Americans took firm stances against election denialism and voted to protect our democracy in the most vital races. By Xavier Persad and Rotimi Adeoye In the days and weeks after the 2020 presidential ...

November 28, 2022
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Missouri Law Bars Daughter, 19, from Witnessing Father’s Execution

Posted by Paloma Sifuentes
|Date: November 25, 2022
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Missouri Law Bars Daughter, 19, from Witnessing Father’s Execution

By Paloma Sifuentes and Daniella Dueñas KANSAS CITY, MO - Corionsa “Khorry” Ramey is just 19, but is goin ...

By Paloma Sifuentes and Daniella Dueñas KANSAS CITY, MO - Corionsa “Khorry” Ramey is just 19, but is going to court to allow her to be present at her father’s (Kevin Johnson) execution. Johnson is sch ...

November 25, 2022
| by Paloma Sifuentes

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Guest Commentary: The Club Q Shooting Took Trans Lives and Destabilized a Community

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Club Q Shooting Took Trans Lives and Destabilized a Community

The shooting is a logical extension of politicians’ efforts to deny transgender people our safety, commun ...

The shooting is a logical extension of politicians’ efforts to deny transgender people our safety, community, and families. By Gillian Branstetter When you talk to transgender people who came of age b ...

November 23, 2022
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ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Settle Pole Surveillance Dispute with Concerns About Fourth Amendment Protections

Posted by Daniella Espinoza
|Date: November 23, 2022
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ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Settle Pole Surveillance Dispute with Concerns About Fourth Amendment Protections

By Daniella Espinoza WASHINGTON, DC – In the ongoing battle against fair usage of technology and how it ...

By Daniella Espinoza WASHINGTON, DC – In the ongoing battle against fair usage of technology and how it affects privacy, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Massachusetts have begun th ...

November 23, 2022
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Four States Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections to End Slavery

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 18, 2022
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Four States Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections to End Slavery

By Laurel Spear BATON ROUGE, LA — On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, T ...

By Laurel Spear BATON ROUGE, LA — On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont—voted on ballot measures that would amend their state constitutions to pr ...

November 18, 2022
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Lame Duck PA House GOP Votes to Impeach DA Krasner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2022
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Lame Duck PA House GOP Votes to Impeach DA Krasner

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – It is a move many are calling an abuse of power ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – It is a move many are calling an abuse of power. The lame duck Pennsylvania House Republican majority voted for an impeachment resolution, wh ...

November 17, 2022
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ACLU Letter to Michigan’s Public School Districts Urge Support for LGBTQ+ Students and the First Amendment, Not Censorship and Book Banning

Posted by Kevin Barragan
|Date: November 16, 2022
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ACLU Letter to Michigan’s Public School Districts Urge Support for LGBTQ+ Students and the First Amendment, Not Censorship and Book Banning

By Kevin Barragan and Alyssa Eng DETROIT– The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan this week sent a ...

By Kevin Barragan and Alyssa Eng DETROIT– The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan this week sent a letter encouraging Michigan public school districts to protect students’ constitutional rights ...

November 16, 2022
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Four States Vote to End Slavery as Criminal Punishment

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: November 10, 2022
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Four States Vote to End Slavery as Criminal Punishment

by Robert J. Hansen (Sacramento, CA) Four out of five states banned slavery as criminal punishment in yes ...

by Robert J. Hansen (Sacramento, CA) Four out of five states banned slavery as criminal punishment in yesterday’s midterm election, according to preliminary estimates from state officials. Louisiana w ...

November 10, 2022
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Court Orders CBP to Disclose Information about Secret Teams Targeting Travelers

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 07, 2022
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Court Orders CBP to Disclose Information about Secret Teams Targeting Travelers

By Alyssa Eng BROOKLYN, NY – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered Cus ...

By Alyssa Eng BROOKLYN, NY – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered Customs and Border Protection to disclose information about its secret “Tactical Terrorism Respons ...

November 07, 2022
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ACLU Speaks Out Against CBP After Video Shows Officers Shooting Migrants Surfaces

Posted by Talia Kruger
|Date: November 05, 2022
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ACLU Speaks Out Against CBP After Video Shows Officers Shooting Migrants Surfaces

By Talia Kruger and Nicole Mayer NEW YORK, NY - The ACLU released statements this week attacking U.S. Cus ...

By Talia Kruger and Nicole Mayer NEW YORK, NY - The ACLU released statements this week attacking U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after a video depicting officers shooting projectiles at migra ...

November 05, 2022
| by Talia Kruger

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Guest Commentary: Are Gun Detectors the Answer to Mass Shootings?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 03, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Are Gun Detectors the Answer to Mass Shootings?

Surveillance technologies that promise to prevent gun violence are unproven and threaten our privacy. By ...

Surveillance technologies that promise to prevent gun violence are unproven and threaten our privacy. By Jay Stanley A number of companies have responded to recent horrific mass shootings by touting t ...

November 03, 2022
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Two Capital Cases in Riverside County Challenged under CA Racial Justice Act

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 02, 2022
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Two Capital Cases in Riverside County Challenged under CA Racial Justice Act

By Alyssa Eng RIVERSIDE, CA – Two individuals in Riverside County are challenging prosecutors’ decisions ...

By Alyssa Eng RIVERSIDE, CA – Two individuals in Riverside County are challenging prosecutors’ decisions to seek the death penalty, using the California Racial Justice Act. As of 2020, the CRJA allows ...

November 02, 2022
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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SCOTUS Halloween Hearing: Anti-Affirmative Action Cases Heard before the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted by Naya Wiezel
|Date: October 30, 2022
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SCOTUS Halloween Hearing: Anti-Affirmative Action Cases Heard before the U.S. Supreme Court

By Naya Wiezel WASHINGTON - Two cases challenging race-conscious admissions policies, or “affirmative act ...

By Naya Wiezel WASHINGTON - Two cases challenging race-conscious admissions policies, or “affirmative action,” will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Halloween, Oct. 31. The two cases, Students fo ...

October 30, 2022
| by Naya Wiezel

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Guest Commentary: ACLU of SoCal Supports Housing Measure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: ACLU of SoCal Supports Housing Measure

By Kath Rogers The ACLU of Southern California is proud to support YES on Measure ULA. Here are six reaso ...

By Kath Rogers The ACLU of Southern California is proud to support YES on Measure ULA. Here are six reasons why: Measure ULA is our chance to end housing insecurity. This city ballot initiative is a o ...

October 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: LA County’s Failure to Invest in Alternatives to Incarceration Fuels Inhumane Jail Conditions

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 24, 2022
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Guest Commentary: LA County’s Failure to Invest in Alternatives to Incarceration Fuels Inhumane Jail Conditions

By Melissa Camacho-Cheung Celia Banos calls her son, Jhean, a born musician. Ever since he was a little b ...

By Melissa Camacho-Cheung Celia Banos calls her son, Jhean, a born musician. Ever since he was a little boy, Jhean loved music. He learned the guitar, and after high school, he played in a band called ...

October 24, 2022
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U.S. Court of Appeals Gets Case Involving Legality of Israel Boycotts

Posted by Hannah Adams
|Date: October 24, 2022
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U.S. Court of Appeals Gets Case Involving Legality of Israel Boycotts

By Hannah Adams ST. LOUIS, MO — Arkansas Times LP has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari of the U. ...

By Hannah Adams ST. LOUIS, MO — Arkansas Times LP has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit here, adding to an ongoing legal dispute regarding I ...

October 24, 2022
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ACLU and Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area Sue City of San Francisco for Its Encampment Sweeps

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 20, 2022
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ACLU and Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area Sue City of San Francisco for Its Encampment Sweeps

By Patty Yao SAN FRANCISCO, CA - On Sept. 27, 2022, The American Civil Liberties Union and the Law ...

By Patty Yao SAN FRANCISCO, CA - On Sept. 27, 2022, The American Civil Liberties Union and the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil rights of the SF Bay Area filed a lawsuit against the city of SF on b ...

October 20, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Guest Commentary: ACLU Has Taken Legal Action in Pennsylvania on Behalf of LGBQ&T Students

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Guest Commentary: ACLU Has Taken Legal Action in Pennsylvania on Behalf of LGBQ&T Students

By Witold "Vic" Walczak and Richard T. Ting School should be a safe place for all students. It should be ...

By Witold "Vic" Walczak and Richard T. Ting School should be a safe place for all students. It should be an environment that fosters creativity and the free exchange of ideas. It should be a place whe ...

October 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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