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US government made precise GPS available to non-governmental users [this day at law]
May 2, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On May 2, 2000, the US discontinued the use of Selective Availability, a program that degraded the ability of non-governmental users to have access to precise Global Positioning Systems (GPS). President Bill Clinton made the announcement on May 1 that at midnight precisely, GPS would be made.... [more]
Indiana approved legislation banning abortion after 20 weeks [this day at law]
April 27, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On April 27, 2011, the Indiana House of Representatives approved a bill to ban abortions 20 weeks after conception on account of the possibility that the fetus might feel pain and essentially terminate state funding for Planned Parenthood of Indiana by denying funding to "any entity that performs.... [more]
ACLU reacts to failure to read Boston bombing suspect his Miranda rights
April 21, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Saturday released a statement reacting to statements by federal officials that the recently apprehended Boston bombing suspect will not be read his Miranda rights before being interrogated. A US Department of Justice official announced on Friday that.... [more]
ACLU urges Ohio Supreme Court to end 'debtors' prisons'
April 6, 2013 by Addison Morris
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) released a report on Thursday urging the Ohio Supreme Court to bring an end to the state's practice of jailing people who cannot pay their court fines. The ACLU alleges that this practice is used in seven of the 11 counties investigated. The report.... [more]
ACLU challenges Nevada law criminalizing same-sex intercourse for teens
April 4, 2013 by Laura Klein Mullen
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (ACLU-NV) on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging a state law criminalizing consensual sex between same-sex teenagers. The state law characterizes same-sex intercourse as a "crime against nature," and violation of the law carries a possible five-year.... [more]
ACLU agreed to defend Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" against obscenity charges [this day at law]
April 3, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On April 3, 1957, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) agreed to defend Allen Ginsberg's poetry collection Howl and Other Poems against any obscenity charges brought against it. Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti planned to publish in the US, but lacked the funds to challenge existing and future.... [more]
Federal court rules Missouri law unconstitutionally restricts prisoner right to marry
March 24, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
The US District Court for the Western District of Missouri on Thursday ruled that a law requiring a couple applying for a marriage license to sign it in the presence of the recorder of deeds is unconstitutional. The law was challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of five.... [more]
ACLU files suit seeking New Mexico same-sex marriage recognition
March 22, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico (ACLU-NM) on Thursday filed a lawsuit in a New Mexico state court on behalf of two same-sex couples seeking the legal right to marry. According to the complaint, the country clerk denied the plaintiffs' application for marriage licenses in March.... [more]
ACLU challenged Tennessee voting rights restoration law [this day at law]
February 25, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On February 25, 2008, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee objecting to a Tennessee state law that required convicted felons to pay outstanding financial obligations, including restitution and child.... [more]
ACLU appeals decision allowing Guantanamo testimony censorship
February 24, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed an appeal in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunal, the US Court of Military Commission Review, to an order granting the government's request to censor testimony. The ACLU is seeking access to testimony from 9/11 defendants relating to.... [more]
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