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Nevada District Judge Rules Cannabis Can No Longer Be Classified As A Schedule 1 Drug

A Nevada judge has ruled on a closely-followed lawsuit that could have precedent setting influence on a federal level. He determined that the Nevada Board of Pharmacy can no longer list cannabis as a schedule one drug.

Benzinga

'You can't get out': Mentally ill languish in California jails without trial or treatment

LOS ANGELES — John Haasjes was having a bad Christmas.

Los Angeles Times

US judge blocks Arizona law limiting filming of police

Preliminary injunction blocks enforcement of law that rights groups and media say infringes on First Amendment.

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Federal judge blocks Arizona law limiting filming of police

A federal judge in Phoenix has blocked enforcement of a new Arizona law restricting the filming of police

The Independent UK

Student loan debate shows how ACLU has lost its way

The ACLU’s embrace of a broad progressive agenda alienates potential allies who do not necessarily agree with that agenda but support vigorous advocacy for civil liberties.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Student Loan Debate Shows How the ACLU Has Lost Its Way

The venerable champion of civil liberties is increasingly indistinguishable from myriad progressive advocacy groups.

Reason

ACLU, news orgs challenge Arizona law limiting filming of police

The ACLU says the law, which bans filming of police within eight feet, is ‘blatantly unconstitutional’.

Al Jazeera

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ACLU sues over Arizona law limiting filming of police

A controversial Arizona law restricting how the public can film police is facing its first legal challenge with a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union

The Independent UK

Equity First, New Jersey ACLU's Recommendations To Create An Inclusive Cannabis Industry

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) issued a number of recommendations for creating an inclusive and accessible cannabis marketplace also urging the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) to adopt final regulations that prioritize racial and social justice.

Benzinga

North Carolina trans woman’s lawsuit against state prison can proceed, judge says

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The case of a transgender woman in prison who is suing the state of North Carolina for gender-affirming medical care can proceed, a federal judge decided on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

ACLU Abandons First Amendment in Colorado Gay Wedding Web-Hosting Case

How do you justify government speech mandates? Apparently, you deliberately pretend that businesses have no right to control the messages they choose to present.

Reason

Ron DeSantis: Lord of the "upside down"

Federal judge compares Florida to "Stranger Things" realm in scathing ruling on Stop WOKE Act and freedom of speech

Salon

Democrats Don't Trust 'the Police,' but They Do Trust the FBI, Provided It Is Targeting Donald Trump

As the response to the Mar-a-Lago raid illustrates, Republicans are inconsistent in the other direction.

Reason

Recusal and a Spouse's Long-Past Employment (Including as a Lawyer)

From Dfinity Found. v. N.Y. Times Co., decided today by Judge Lewis Kaplan (S.D.N.Y.): This is a defamation case against The New York Times, two of its reporters, and others. The plaintiff, allegedly a Swiss foundation, moves to recuse the undersigned on the ground that his spouse, whom he married…

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Does This Woman Have a Constitutional Right to Her 'FCANCER' License Plate?

The Delaware DMV recalled Kari Overington’s plate over “perceived profanity.” Now the ACLU is helping her take on the state.

Tribune News Service

ACLU urges end to some local immigration enforcement deals

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union urged federal immigration authorities on Tuesday to end dozens of cooperation agreements with local law enforcement agencies that the group identified as having the worst records of civil rights violations, bad jails or prisons and other factors.

Roll Call

ACLU urges end to some local immigration enforcement deals - Roll Call

Advocacy group highlights DHS cooperation agreements with local agencies that have records of civil rights violations

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Who are you calling a 'fascist' — and do you even know what it means?

Americans know little history and what little they know they forget. Ask college students who won the Civil War or ask adults when the U.S. Constitution was ratified or whom the U.S. fought in World War II and shocking numbers will have no idea.

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ACLU calls for investigation into treatment of migrants in Texas Gov. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star

DALLAS — The ACLU of Texas and the national ACLU filed a formal complaint on Monday asking for a federal investigation into Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star by the Department of Homeland Security civil rights compliance unit.

The Texas Tribune

ACLU calls on feds to investigate Abbott’s policy transporting migrants back to border

In July, Abbott authorized state law enforcement to transport migrants to ports of entry. It’s unclear how and why migrants are being detained, raising civil rights concerns and questions about whether the state is overstepping federal authority.

The Independent UK

Border Patrol threw away ‘hundreds’ of Sikh migrants’ turbans and told them they could ‘starve’: report

The Border Patrol, who has been aware of the allegations since June, said earlier this week it was opening an internal investigation into the allegations

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: These families are flaming the ACLU as California debates mental health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bob Britton doesn't look like the kind of guy to be cursing out the American Civil Liberties Union, but there he was outside the state Capitol this week, offering up some choice four-letter words for the civil rights organization.

Chicago Sun-Times

UpRising Bakery reaches agreement with Lake in the Hills to continue hosting events, including kid-friendly drag show: ACLU

The ACLU called the agreement a “victory for free speech” that denies a win for “violent extremists that objected to UpRising’s support for the LGBTQ+ community.”

The Independent UK

ACLU accuses Border Patrol agents of taking turbans from Sikh men

Sikhs have long been targets of US government harassment

The Guardian - US

US border patrol accused of taking turbans from Sikh asylum-seekers

ACLU says there are nearly 50 cases of Sikhs saying religious headwear was taken as they passed through CBP checks in Arizona

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