December 20, 2008 – 4:14 pm
I ended up at ye olde ACLU’s webpage after reading this post at Hot Air regarding an “annoyance law” in Michigan, to see if ye olde ACLU would decry the law. Instead, I found GUANTÃNAMO BAY, Cuba – In one of its final moves at the Guantánamo military commissions, the Bush administration referred charges in […]
December 6, 2008 – 8:40 am
To follow up with the story about an al Qaeda member, Ali al-Marri, who has been held in detainment without trial (posted at Stop The ACLU), the ACLU is thrilled that SCOTUS has take up the case The following can be attributed to Jonathan Hafetz, staff attorney with the ACLU National Security Project and counsel […]
December 5, 2008 – 9:20 am
Surrender is thinking that he should get a job in the school system, that way he can relive his hippie glory days, as well as protect his stash The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut is calling on the town school board to end its policy of allowing police dogs to sniff student lockers and […]
November 30, 2008 – 4:44 pm
Or, is that taking the Christ out of Christmas? Threat of ACLU lawsuit means no cross in Pontchatula The huge cross near Ponchatoula’s downtown locomotive won’t be covered with blazing white bulbs for this year’s Christmas Lights Festival. Instead, a second bar has been added to display banners advertising citywide events. The cross was highly […]
November 18, 2008 – 8:58 am
Usually, I search news sites like Google News and Yahoo News with terms like “illegal immigrant” and “illegal alien,” often with extras like murder, rape, dui, drunk, etc. I decided to try one with “undocumented worker” this morning, and found this gem at Pacifica Radio ACLU Says Undocumented and Refugee Teens Denied Reproductive Care The […]
November 17, 2008 – 6:41 pm
The ACLU will surely jump on this issue. Having a school education event, a government school mind you!!! and they put on skits about Christianity Samina and Rashid Chotani’s Ellicott City home will be relatively silent in the coming weeks, compared with the past month and a half. That’s when up to 42 children gathered […]
November 10, 2008 – 9:11 am
Good thing we have the ACLU around to determine whether or not laws supported by a majority (similar to Prop 8 in California) are OK Voters in Columbia County (Oregon) gave strong approval to a ballot measure that cracks down on employers caught hiring illegal immigrants. According to the measure, the Columbia County Board of […]
October 22, 2008 – 6:51 pm
Think the ACLU, and the other civil and human rights groups, will rush to get involved? U.S. student arrested in Tehran while working on thesis project Officials in the United States are looking into the recent arrest of an Iranian-American student in Tehran who was working on a research project on women’s rights in Iran. […]
October 1, 2008 – 8:50 pm
The story Today marks the climactic end of the month-long Ramadan fast as thousands of Muslims from across the Triangle gathered for congregational prayers at the State Fairgrounds Exposition Center in Raleigh. The occasion, known as Eid al-Fitr (EED al FIH-trr), the happiest day of the Muslim year, is a celebration of the spiritual sacrifice […]
September 29, 2008 – 8:00 am
Can anyone point out a Credentialed Media article which discussed the negative implications of the pastors, both visiting and resident, at Trinity Church discussing how great Obama is, how evil his opponents were, and their other political talk? Jeremiah Wright? Who dat? Defying a federal law that prohibits U.S. clergy from endorsing political candidates from […]