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Why Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy Are Not the Problem
In her heartfelt dissent in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, which upheld a Michigan ballot initiative forbidding schools from considering race as one factor in admitting students, Justice Sandra Sotomayor wrote "the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race."
By By Dennis Parker, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program
Victory! Title IX Protects Transgender Students
Good news for transgender students was hidden in the White House's big news on sexual violence in schools and on college campuses on Tuesday. This latest breakthrough comes during an often fraught time of the school year for transgender and gender non-conforming students: prom and graduation.
By By Ian S. Thompson, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Speed Over Fairness: Deportation Under the Obama Administration
When removing individuals from this country – permanently severing them from their homes, families, and community—which is more important: fairness or speed?
By By Joanne Lin, Washington Legislative Office
Book ‘em Danno
I hereby nominate, consider, and elect Idaho student Brady Kissel as the Constitutional Hero of the Week.
By By Lee Rowland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
How a Special Needs Kid Gets Handcuffed and Thrown in Jail "For Her Own Good"
Like nearly half of children with autism spectrum disorder, Krystin Polk regularly attempts to wander from supervised, safe places such as her home or school.
By By Carmel Ferrer
Court Rejects "License to Discriminate" in Wisconsin
When I was growing up as a kid in the '80s, many of my peers spent their summers on socially-enriching activities, like playing outdoors. I, however, spent most of my summers in front of the TV, watching daytime game shows (I'm an old soul) and, of course, '80s movies.
By By Sean Young, Staff Attorney, ACLU
No Crime Victim Should Have to Choose Between Safety and Housing
From an early age most of us are told – if you are in danger, call the police for help. However, towns and cities across the country are sending the opposite message – call for help and you could lose your housing.
By By Michaela Wallin, Women's Rights Project, ACLU
In Guantánamo Death Penalty Case, Torture Matters
I spent much of last week at the Post Theater in Fort Meade, watching the closed-circuit feed of the pre-trial military commissions hearings in the case of Abd al-Rahim Hussayn Muhammed al-Nashiri, who faces the death penalty for his alleged role in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole.
By By Marcellene Hearn, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU National Security Project
Everybody Wants to Reform ECPA - So Where's the White House?
A coalition of over 70 organizations sent a letter yesterday to President Obama, urging him to support a clean update to our online privacy laws and warning him about the dangers of carving out any exceptions that would give some government agencies warrantless access to our online communications. The message was simple:
By By Sandra Fulton, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
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