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The Department of Justice is demanding that Facebook provide the government with the private information of three users, including the identities of an estimated 6,000 people who "liked" a page set up in protest of President Donald Trump. In search warrants filed in court , government officials sought the disclosure of a wide swath of personal information from the Facebook accounts of two political activists and a page set up to coordinate protests of Trump on Inauguration Day.
With immigrants and their advocates chanting and beating drums outside, a federal appeals court heard arguments Friday on whether it should allow a Texas law aimed at combatting "sanctuary cities" to immediately take effect. Under the law, Texas police chiefs could face removal from office and criminal charges for not complying with federal immigration officials' requests to detain people jailed on non-immigration offenses.
With the U.S. Supreme Court set to open Oct. 2, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is warming up the crowd. Speaking at Georgetown Law, she promised it will be a "momentous" term with issues such as the President's travel ban, religious freedom, voting rights, and same-sex marriage.
In his nearly three decades in the public eye, Roy Moore has never been one to shy away from controversy or confrontation. Whether it's the public display of the Ten Commandments or his refusal to enforce the U.S. Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage, Moore has gained national attention for his dogged and bombastic defense of his brand of Christianity's role in the American political system.
In 1958, shortly after their wedding, Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested in their Virginia home by local police for the crime of being married. Richard was white.
The legal challenge launched by the American Civil Liberties Union against President Trump's first travel ban has finally been settled - but the terms have not been disclosed. Attorneys for both the ACLU and the Department of Justice agreed on an undisclosed deal Thursday after holding closed-door discussions for months , according to court documents.
President Donald Trump has pardoned controversial former sheriff Joe Arpaio of his conviction for criminal contempt, the White House said Friday night. Arpaio, who was a sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona, was found guilty of criminal contempt last month for disregarding a court order in a racial profiling case.
The White House has reportedly prepared a memo for the Pentagon outlining President Trump's call to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. The memo instructs the Pentagon to refuse to admit transgender people to the military and to stop paying for the medical treatments for transgender people currently serving.
The ACLU of Arizona says Phoenix police used excessive crowd-control methods after a protest turned unruly following a rally by President Donald Trump on Tuesday. The protest against Trump drew thousands and was mostly peaceful until after the rally ended and the crowds were thinning out.
She was told she would be "fired if she ever soiled another chair from sudden onset menstrual flow," the lawsuit states. Woman allegedly fired for period leaks suing former employer She was told she would be "fired if she ever soiled another chair from sudden onset menstrual flow," the lawsuit states.
ACLU Will No Longer Defend Hate Groups Protesting With Firearms - Executive director says violence and guns at Charlottesville rally spurred new stance - The American Civil Liberties Union, taking a tougher stance on armed protests, will no longer defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms
" The Latest on a lawsuit that says teenagers accused of gang affiliations are being illegally detained : A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice is defending the detention of immigrant teenagers over allegations of gang affiliation. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Friday claiming some teens who entered the United States under the unaccompanied-children program are being illegally detained.
An emerging debate about whether elected officials violate people's free speech rights by blocking them on social media is spreading across the U.S. as groups sue or warn politicians to stop the practice. The American Civil Liberties Union this week sued Maine Gov. Paul LePage and sent warning letters to Utah's congressional delegation.
ACLU of Nebraska has filed an open records request with Attorney General Doug Peterson to determine whether there were communications with the Trump administration prior to a joint statement from 10 state attorneys general urging the president to end DACA protections for young immigrants.
President Donald Trump's administration has reversed the government's position on a voter roll case before the U.S. Supreme Court and is now backing Ohio's method for purging voters. Ohio's system for removing inactive voters from the rolls does not violate the National Voter Registration Act, the Justice Department said Monday.
There is a Senate bill, along with a companion bill in the House, working its way through Congress with strong bipartisan support, that poses a significant danger to free speech. One would think this bill would be a big deal but, surprisingly, the bill has not received much coverage in the mainstream media.
Civil rights and legal advocacy groups vowed swift court challenges if President Trump's Twitter-declared ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military becomes Pentagon policy. "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump tweeted yesterday.
Jack Phillips is the operator of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Phillips, who has religious objections to same-sex marriage and had lost a discrimination case for refusing to create a cake to celebrate such a union.
With Kentucky becoming the 13th state to adopt "Blue Lives Matter" legislation Wednesday, the ACLU is doubling down on opposing the police protections on both the federal and state levels, a spokeswoman told The Daily Caller News Foundation Friday. The Kentucky law makes attacking police a hate crime, and the new Back the Blue Act introduced by Texas Republicans Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Ted Poe would introduce mandatory minimum sentences for crimes against police and introduce the death penalty for killing law enforcement officers.
How is Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a spirited fighter all her life, going to react to the letter from 58 House Republicans who called for her recusal on the forthcoming travel ban case because of her public disparagement of President Trump during the campaign? Normally, all three branches of the federal government jealously protect their powers from encroachments by the other two. And Supreme Court justices are exempt from the rules of judicial conduct that would force a lesser judge in Ginsburg's position to recuse herself.