We asked ACLU senior staff attorney Jason Williamson to lay out an individual’s rights, and the ACLU’s best advice for getting stopped by the police. [JASON WILLIAMSON] If you’re asked for your name, you should provide it.
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Could Uber’s Brutal Backlash Derail an IPO This Year?
Over the last few days, Uber has undergone a public pummeling. The hashtag “#DeleteUber” has been shared thousands of times on Twitter , including by some high-profile celebrities.
Uber criticized for alleged a strike-breakinga during refugee protests in NYC
In a classic Silicon Valley twist to the refugee story, scores of Twitter users rallied behind the #DeleteUber hashtag to protest the company’s decision to continue operating while taxi drivers were staging a work slowdown during protests this weekend at JFK airport. Uber’s main competitor, Lyft, took a different approach, pledging to donate $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union.
U.S. Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Order on Deporting Muslims
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside of John F. Kennedy International Airport against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations in New York on Saturday, Jan. 28. A U.S judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that would have led to the deportation of refugees and visa-holders from seven mostly Muslim countries. The ruling by U.S. District Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn came at an emergency hearing Saturday night, hours after the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued to halt the Jan. 27 order.
White House Defends Immigrant Ban as Airports Stop Travelers
President Donald Trump defended his order suspending refugee resettlements in the U.S. and barring entry to people from from Iraq, Syria and five other Middle East nations, as confusion broke out at airports around the world and government agencies and airlines tried to interpret the new rules. “It’s not a Muslim ban,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
White House Defends Immigrant Ban as Airports Stop Travelers
President Donald Trump defended his order suspending refugee resettlements in the U.S. and barring entry to people from from Iraq, Syria and five other Middle East nations, as confusion broke out at airports around the world and government agencies and airlines tried to interpret the new rules. “It’s not a Muslim ban,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.