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Alabama takes steps toward using nitrogen as new execution method

But critics decry death penalty ‘experimentation’ that state is developing after a series of botched lethal injections

The Guardian - US · Feb 17, 2023

After-School Satan Club holds first meeting ‘without incident’ despite protesters at Virginia school, lawyer says

NORFOLK, Va. — The After-School Satan Club held its first meeting at Chesapeake’s B.M. Williams Primary on Thursday evening, according to the ACLU of Virginia.

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023

Minnesota justices leave felon voting issue to Legislature

The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld state laws that prohibit people with felony convictions from voting until they finish their parole, and put the burden on the Legislature to decide whether voting rights should be restored when people leave prison

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Yale Law School Program with Kristin Waggoner (ADF), Nadine Strossen (ex-ACLU), and Robert Post (Former Dean)

seems to have gone very well.

Reason · Jan 26, 2023

Donald Trump is reinstated to Facebook after 2-year ban

Ending a two-year ban, Facebook says the public has a right to hear from its political leaders, ‘the good, the bad and the ugly — so that they can make informed choices.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 26, 2023

Arizona-Led Effort Spies on Americans' Financial Transactions

Thousands of local, state, and federal law-enforcers have access to sensitive financial data.

Reason · Jan 20, 2023

North Dakota Legislators Consider Bill To Ban 'Sexually Explicit' Material From Public Libraries

"If you don't like a book, don't read it. The First Amendment's guarantee of the freedom of speech and the right to access information has created a beautiful marketplace of ideas in our country," said one ACLU representative opposing the bill.

Reason · Jan 19, 2023

Kansas death penalty faces new challenge with ACLU invoking landmark abortion decision

The ACLU is mounting a major new effort to overturn Kansas’ death penalty, arguing it’s racially discriminatory and that, because of a landmark state Supreme Court decision upholding abortion rights, officials must clear a high legal bar to show capital sentences are constitutional.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

US Supreme Court upholds controversial Title 42 border policy

Invoked under the Trump administration, Title 42 uses public health as a justification for expelling asylum seekers.

Al Jazeera · Dec 27, 2022

Texas superintendent removed LGBTQ books

The Education Department has opened what appears to be the first-of-its-kind investigation into the district

Salon · Dec 22, 2022