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Appeals Court Decision Denies Extraordinary Rendition Victims Their Day in Court
Sep 08, 2010
A federal appeals court today dismissed a case against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen DataPlan, Inc. for its role in the Bush administration's extraordinary rendition program. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Northern California filed the lawsuit in May 2007 on behalf of five men who were kidnapped by the CIA, forcibly disappeared to U.S.-run prisons overseas and tortured. The Bush a...
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Report On Disparities and the Criminal Justice System Finds That Lack of Data Leads to Bad Policy
Sep 02, 2010
Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) and the W. Haywood Burns Institute released a report that explores how racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in access to education, employment, and housing impact the contact people will have with the criminal justice system. The report, "Balancing the Scales of Justice," found that these factors relate to how likely it is...
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Lawsuit Seeks Information on FBI Activities in Northern CA Muslim Communities
Aug 24, 2010
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Asian Law Caucus and the San Francisco Bay Guardian filed a lawsuit on Aug. 24 against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to speed the release of FBI records on the investigation and surveillance of Muslim communities in the Bay Area.
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Lawsuit Seeks Information on FBI Activities in Northern CA Muslim Communities
Aug 24, 2010
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Asian Law Caucus and the San Francisco Bay Guardian filed a lawsuit against the FBI to speed the release of records on the investigation and surveillance of Muslim communities in the Bay Area. Over the past several months, community members from Berkeley, Fresno, Visalia and San Jose, among other cities, have contacted the ACLU to share their experiences abo...
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Immigration Agency Disavows Detention Practice Challenged by ACLU
Aug 12, 2010
Through an interim policy released to the ACLU of Northern California on August 11, 2010, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") has weighed in on a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Northern California against the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department and the federal immigration agency concerning the County's participation in immigration enforcement.
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California Marriage Ban Struck Down
Aug 04, 2010
In a landmark decision on August 4, a federal judge ruled that Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that excluded same-sex couples from marriage in the state, violates the United States Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Lambda Legal filed two friend-of-the-court briefs in the case supporting the argument that Proposition ...
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ACLU Seeks Records About FBI Collection Of Racial And Ethnic Data
Jul 27, 2010
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California will join thirty one other ACLU affiliates around the country today in asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make public the details of a new FBI program created to collect and "map" information about racial and ethnic demographics, "behaviors," cultural traditions, and "life style characteristics" in local communities with co...
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ACLU Seeks Records About FBI Collection Of Racial And Ethnic Data
Jul 27, 2010
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California will join thirty one other ACLU affiliates around the country today in asking the FBI to make public the details of its new program created to collect and "map" information about racial and ethnic demographics, "behaviors," cultural traditions, and "life style characteristics" in local communities with concentrated ethnic populations. Accor...
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California ACLU Affiliates Endorse Proposition 19's Move Toward a Rational Marijuana Policy
Jul 22, 2010
The California affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union today announced their endorsement of Proposition 19, the initiative on the November 2010 ballot that would allow state regulation of marijuana.
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Summer 2010 ACLU News
Jul 15, 2010
Download the Summer 2010 ACLU-NC Newsletter and read about our latest events and initiatives.
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ACLU Statement in Anticipation of Mehserle Verdict
Jul 02, 2010
The shooting of Oscar Grant by BART police officers in January 2009 remains a tragic reminder of the need for serious efforts to rebuild trust between law enforcement and communities of color. No matter the verdict in the Mehserle trial, the need to rebuild community trust in law enforcement will remain. In too many American cities, racial tensions between the community and law enforcement run dee...
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As Holiday Weekend Approaches, ACLU Issues Alert to California Residents Traveling to Arizona
Jun 30, 2010
In response to civil liberties threats caused by the recent passage of Arizona's racial profiling law, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC), along with the ACLU of Southern California and the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, issued a travel alert today informing California residents of their rights when stopped by law enforcement when traveling in Arizona.
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