(Babble) — The city of Opa-locka boasts a thoroughfare named Sesame Street, but there’s nothing G-rated about a new law on the books in the south Florida city. City leaders voted unanimously last week to make it legal to fine people up to $250 or sentence them to 10 hours of community service if they […]
(Washington Post) — The federal government has repeatedly violated legal limits governing the surveillance of U.S. citizens, according to previously secret internal documents obtained through a court battle by the American Civil Liberties Union. In releasing 900 pages of documents, U.S. government agencies refused to say how many Americans’ telephone, e-mail or other communications have […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Chicago seeks to stop Cook County prosecutors from charging citizens for making recordings of on-duty police officers without their permission. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois sued Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. The lawsuit seeks an injunction to prevent prosecutors from […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — A group of civil rights advocates, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, are seeking a permanent injunction blocking Georgia’s citizenship voter verification requirements, arguing in a federal court Monday that it targets and discriminates against minorities. Monday’s hearing before a three-judge federal panel comes days after Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue […]
(Washington Post) — The New York Civil Liberties Union says a database with the names and addresses of hundreds of thousands of people stopped, questioned and frisked by police is illegal. The NYCLU says state law requires records relating to a summons or an arrest be sealed unless the person is convicted or pleads guilty […]