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The ACLU Says California's Ban on COVID-19 'Misinformation' From Doctors Is Gratuitous and Unconstitutional

Two chapters of the organization say the law violates the First Amendment.

Reason

Nicholas Goldberg: We rarely prosecute bigots and racists who spew hate speech. And rightly so

In March, a woman dressed all in black like a Nazi SS officer and wearing a swastika armband got into an altercation with several local residents of Laguna Woods, California.

Los Angeles Times

Voting rights groups sue again to block Nevada hand-count

Two Nevada voting rights groups have filed the latest lawsuit seeking to shut down a controversial hand-count of all paper ballots in rural Nye County

The Independent UK

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District to revive student newspaper axed after LGBTQ issue

A teacher says a Nebraska public district that shuttered a student newspaper following an LGBTQ-focused edition has agreed to bring it back next year in digital form

The Independent UK

Opponents offer differing views of the impact of voters’ decision on the abortion amendment

Next Tuesday finds the question of abortion before the Kentucky State Supreme Court.

WEKU

Editorial: Abortion rights triumphed from coast to coast

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, leaving the right to control one’s own body and decision to be a parent to the whims of state lawmakers, it fell to advocates and voters to fight to protect reproductive rights. A record six measures concerning abortion were placed…

Los Angeles Times

Nevada secretary of state declines to lift hand-count ban

Nevada’s secretary of state has declined to lift a ban on a rural county’s controversial hand-count of mail-in ballots

The Independent UK

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After Methodist shooting, some police officers, ACLU agree: Ankle monitors don’t prevent violence

DALLAS — After police say a man on parole opened fire in a Dallas hospital, killing two medical workers, the city’s top cop took aim at what he billed a failure of the criminal justice system: ankle monitors.

Tribune News Service

They accused staff at a Pennsylvania mental hospital of abuse. But who would believe them?

PHILADELPHIA — When Alex Zachariah went to work at Norristown State Hospital one afternoon in May 2021, he noticed one of the patients struggling.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Nevada ACLU requests probe into alleged partisan hand-count

The ACLU of Nevada has asked the state’s secretary of state to investigate what it called a “coordinated partisan election administration effort” during a rural county's hand-count of mail-in ballots that was shut down last week

The Independent UK

Hand vote count stops, but Nevada county vows to try again

A rural Nevada county awash with voting machine conspiracy theories has stopped its unprecedented effort to hand count ballots cast in advance of Election Day

The Independent UK

Nevada Judge Rules To Remove Marijuana From Schedule 1 Drug Designation

The months-long litigation over marijuana's Scheduled 1 drug designation in Nevada is finally over.

Benzinga

Hand count of ballots in Nevada county draws court challenge

An unprecedented hand count of mail-in votes began for a second day Thursday in a rural Nevada county, while opponents asked the Nevada Supreme Court to issue an immediate order to stop the process

The Independent UK

Sacramento sheriff deputies stop Black people 4.5 times as often as whites, report says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new analysis by the ACLU contends Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office deputies spend an exorbitant amount of time pulling over drivers for minor traffic violations, a practice that disproportionately harms Black and brown communities while wasting tens of millions of taxpayer dollars each year.

Tribune News Service

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WEKU

Judicial candidates respond to questionnaire from ACLU of Kentucky

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky has released the responses of judicial candidates to a questionnaire the group sent to everyone seeking the bench.

Reason

NYC Was Wrong To Fire Employees for Being Unvaccinated, Court Says

Plus: ACLU in court over law criminalizing school behavior, Twitter losing heavy users, and more...

WEKU

Here’s where abortion lawsuits in Indiana and Kentucky stand

Reason

Bikini Baristas Win Lawsuit Over Unconstitutional Dress Code

Plus: Fiona Apple fights for court transparency, ACLU asks SCOTUS to consider boycott ban, and more...

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The ACLU and others urge border authorities to limit detention of pregnant migrants

Advocacy groups and doctors are asking U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expedite the intake proceedings for women and others who are pregnant, postpartum or nursing as well as infants.

The Independent UK

Nevada court ruling modifies county plan for vote hand-count

The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that a rural county can start hand-counting mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day

Al Jazeera

ACLU asks top US court to review law against boycotting Israel

Arkansas anti-BDS law infringes on freedom of expression granted by US Constitution, rights group tells Supreme Court.

The Guardian - US

ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel

The civil rights group says the law is in conflict with a 40-year-old supreme court ruling that boycotts are protected speech

The Independent UK

Nevada county defends vote hand-count after ACLU lawsuit

A rural Nevada county has filed a response to a lawsuit brought on by the ACLU's Nevada Chapter asking the court to bar the county’s controversial ballot hand-counting process

The Independent UK

Judge gauges if Indiana abortion ban defies religious rights

A top Indiana lawyer has questioned the validity of a lawsuit brought by a group of residents who argue that the state’s abortion ban violates their religious freedoms

The Guardian - US

Indiana supreme court blocks state from enforcing abortion ban

Court order keeps ban on hold while judges consider whether Republican-backed effort violates state constitution

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