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2010 General News

ACLU Seeks Public Records To Determine Constitutionality Of Foreclosure Proceedings In Florida

Judge Slams City for FDNY Refusal to Hire New Firefighters

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 10/19/2010
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EPA Moving Forward to Save Waters and Protect Local Community From Harm

Southern Poverty Law Center Files Federal Lawsuit Targeting State-Funded Juvenile Facility in Florida

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 10/08/2010
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New Minor Consent Mental Health Law to Take Effect January 2011

  • By: National Center for Youth Law
  • 10/07/2010
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Civil Rights Groups Call for Moratorium on Home Foreclosures

  • By: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • 10/07/2010
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Saddled with Debt, Indigent Defendants Face New Paths Back to Prison

  • By: Brennan Center for Justice
  • 10/04/2010
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ACLU Staff Sends Hopeful Video Message To Bullied LGBT Youth

Statement by Wade Henderson on Stalled Judicial Nominations and the Senate Recess

  • By: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • 10/01/2010
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U.N. Report Highlights Need For U.S. Civil And Human Rights Commission

Environmental Groups Intervene to Defend U.S. EPA Air Rules

Tenth Circuit Decides Important Age Discrimination Case

  • By: Workplace Fairness
  • 09/22/2010
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ACLU Asks Kentucky Zoning Board To Reverse Improper Permit Denial For Muslim Prayer Space

Connecticut Must Complete Court-Ordered Child Welfare Reform, Federal Judge Rules

MALDEF'S President and General Counsel Responds to Senate Vote on DREAM Act

Sierra Club and Earthjustice Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Uphold Clean Air in Texas

Former Detainees Join Federal Court Challenge to Post-9/11 Racial Profiling and Abuse of Muslim, Arab and South Asian Men

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 09/13/2010
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Hazleton, PA Anti-Immigrant Law Is Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules

Federal Court Orders Patriot Coal to Pay $45 Million to Treat Toxic Selenium from W. Va. Coal Mines, Holds Patriot in Contempt

BX Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, New York Communities for Change & NYLPI Call for NYC Dept of Education to Remove Toxic PCBs from Classrooms

Lambda Legal and HIV-Positive Retiree Settle Lawsuit Against North Little Rock Assisted Living Facility

First Ever Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Becomes Law

VA eases rules allowing Vietnam vets to get treatment for Agent Orange exposure

For Katrina’s Fifth Anniversary, NCJW Calls for Restoration of Gulf Coast

  • By: National Council of Jewish Women
  • 08/27/2010
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Georgetown Journal Features Advocacy for Victims of Violence by Legal Momentum and Others

ACLU Welcomes First-Ever U.S. Report To U.N. Human Rights Council

Alaska Cruise Ship Wastewater Pollution Permit Challenged

Task Force responds to judicial panel’s decision granting indefinite stay of Prop. 8 decision

“Stray Remarks” Showing Discriminatory Attitudes in the Workplace Can Be Important Evidence of Employer Discrimination

  • By: Workplace Fairness
  • 08/12/2010
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Earthjustice Joins Lawsuit Seeking Protections for Marine Ecosystems in Gulf

Unnecessarily Delayed Nominees Confirmed: Republican Obstructionism Continues for 22 Other Nominees

  • By: Alliance for Justice
  • 08/06/2010
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Statement by Wade Henderson on the Confirmation of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court

Federal Judge: Prop 8 Unconstitutional

ACLU/SC, ACLU And Others File First Class-Action Lawsuit On Behalf Of Immigrants With Mental Disabilities

NSCLC Says Virginia Health Care Ruling is Purely Procedural

House Passes Oil Spill Response Legislation

Harry Reid Steps Up on DREAM Act

National Disability Rights Network Urges Congress to Ensure Compliance with the ADA

  • By: National Disability Rights
  • 07/22/2010
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Montana Same-Sex Couples Sue State For Legal Protections For Their Families

ACLU Sues On Behalf Of Fremont Residents To Block Discriminatory Law

Unemployment Extension Bill Clears Hurdle, Standoff Likely Over Until November

GMHC Says National HIV/AIDS Strategy Will Strengthen the Government's Response to HIV

NY Times Investigation Exposes Police Practices

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 07/12/2010
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SPLC Files Suit After New Orleans First-Grader Handcuffed

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 07/08/2010
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5 Communities Re-examine Use of Police to Intervene in Mental Health Crises

  • By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  • 07/06/2010
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ACLU Asks Alabama Court To Protect The Rights Of Pregnant Women

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 07/06/2010
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Americans Win Protection from Toxic Air Pollution

Rights Group Urges Congress to Lift Unconstitutional Cuba Travel Ban

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 06/30/2010
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PR Government Agrees to Delay Birth Certificate Law

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Law School Non-Discrimination Policy: Lambda Legal Welcomes the Decision

Unequal Access to Citizenship for Muslims

Court Lifts Moratorium, Green Lights More Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf

Department of Education Clarifies ‘Battered Immigrants-Qualified Aliens’ as Eligible for Financial Aid

Report Highlights How Labor Law Anomaly Prevents FedEx Express Ground Transportation Employees from Being Represented by a Union

  • By: The Leadership Conference of Civil and Human Rights
  • 06/15/2010
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Canadian RCMP Conducting Criminal Investigation of U.S. and Syrian Officials for Maher Arar's Rendition to Torture

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 06/14/2010
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Del Monte Settlement Benefits Migrant Workers

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 06/11/2010
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Supreme Court Halts Public Matching Funds for Arizona Candidates

  • By: People For the American Way
  • 06/08/2010
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Victory for Transgender People in Wisconsin Prisons

One is a Lonely Number on the Eighth Circuit

  • By: National Women's Law Center
  • 06/02/2010
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NAACP LDF Releases Report on Prison-Based Gerrymandering

  • By: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
  • 06/01/2010
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California Supreme Court Set To Address Workers’ Meal And Rest Break Rights

  • By: Workplace Fairness
  • 05/27/2010
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South Dakota Agrees To Reinstate American Indian Voters Unlawfully Removed From Rolls

Groups Sue Government to Block Illegal Oil Exploration Plans

Canada Asserts Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar’s Case Not a Threat to Diplomatic Relations As U.S. Government Has Claimed

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 05/24/2010
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Statement by Nancy Zirkin on Historic Senate Passage of Financial Reform Bill

  • By: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • 05/20/2010
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Fishermen and Conservationists Sue U.S. Department of Interior For Illegal Waivers of Blowout and Spill Response Planning in Gulf of Mexico Disaster

Day Laborer Organizations Challenge Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Ordinance in Oyster Bay

Obama Administration Sides with Bush DOJ, Asks Supreme Court to Keep Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar from His Day in Court

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 05/13/2010
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MALDEF Files Class Action Suit Against Ottawa County For Refusing Michigan Latino Couple the Fundamental Right to Marry

  • By: Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund
  • 05/11/2010
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SPLC Lawsuit Ends 'Shockingly Inhumane' Abuses of Children in Mississippi

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 05/11/2010
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Time Out on Arctic Offshore Oil Drilling Needed

Decision That Backs Parenting Rights for Non-Biological Mother Lauded by Law School Clinic

  • By: Columbia Law School
  • 05/04/2010
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Local and National Groups Stand Firmly Against Offshore Drilling

Truck Driver Wins Gender Discrimination Case In Fourth Circuit

House Introduces Significant Criminal Justice Legislation

AARP Bulletin Releases New Comprehensive User's Guide to Health Care Reform

Statement of Wade Henderson on Gov. Jan Brewer’s Signing of Arizona Anti-Immigration Bill

  • By: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • 04/23/2010
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NCJW Marks Equal Pay Day, Calls for Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act

  • By: National Council of Jewish Women
  • 04/20/2010
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Groups Report to UN on US Human Rights Failure to Hold Corporations Accountable for Human Trafficking, Child Labor, Torture

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 04/19/2010
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Sentenced to Stigma - Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners in Alabama and South Carolina

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 04/14/2010
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EPA Hears Call For Cleaner Florida Waters

U.S. Census Bureau Sued for Hiring Discrimination, According to Outten & Golden LLP and Co-Counsel

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 04/13/2010
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New Bureau of Prisons Rule Discloses Policies and Conditions in Experimental Segregation Units

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 04/06/2010
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Federal Court Holds DC Mayor Fenty in Contempt for Child Welfare Failings; District Must Fully Implement Reforms

More Than 200,000 to Lose Jobless Benefits Monday With Congress Out

Who Owns Your Genes? You Do.

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 03/30/2010
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Lawyers' Committee and Co-Counsel File Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Long Island Exclusionary Zoning Fair Housing Case

  • By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • 03/26/2010
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AIDS Discrimination Victim Gets New Trial

  • By: Workplace Fairness
  • 03/25/2010
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Cash Register Justice

  • By: Brennan Center for Justice
  • 03/23/2010
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Fifth Circuit Remands English Language Learner Case to Determine Cause of "Alarming" Failure Rate of Students

Bazelon Center Congratulates President Obama and the U.S. House of Representatives on Passing Health Care Reform, Making Substantial Investments in America's Health

  • By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  • 03/21/2010
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Women Guestworkers Challenge Seafood Company's Gender-Based Job Restrictions

Georgia Child Welfare Practices May Risk Kids’ Lives, Children’s Rights Advocates Charge in Federal Court

SPLC Sues Mississippi Over Mental Health System for Children on Medicaid

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 03/10/2010
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NAACP Applauds US Secretary Duncan’s Speech Affirming Renewed Commitment to Quality Education and Civil Rights Protections

Congressional Delegation Lays Wreath at Civil Rights Memorial

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 03/07/2010
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Grammy Award Winner Alicia Keys and Comedian Margaret Cho Join the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights' 2010 Youth Contest

  • By: National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights
  • 03/02/2010
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MALDEF Enters Statewide Lawsuit to Address Inadequate Funding for English Learners and At-Risk Students

Sex-Segregated Education on Trial Today

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Lauds Rite Aid For Improving Access for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired

  • By: New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
  • 02/24/2010
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New NYPD Data for 2009 Shows Significant Rise in Stop-and-Frisks: More than Half Million New Yorkers Stopped Last Year

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 02/17/2010
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SPLC Seeks Justice in Police Shooting of Elderly Louisiana Man

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 02/14/2010
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Generation Z Speaks Out on Equality: National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights Spurs National Youth Dialogue

  • By: National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights
  • 02/12/2010
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Kaiser Sued For Discrimination Against Children With Autism; Accused Of “Sham Excuses” For Refusal To Treat Disabled Children

  • By: Disability Rights Advocates
  • 02/11/2010
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Lawsuit to Reform Harmful Oklahoma Child Welfare System May Proceed as Class Action, Federal Appeals Court Rules

Kucinich Challenges Potential Extrajudicial Killing of Americans

MALDEF, ACLU/SC and NDLON File Lawsuit Challenging City of Costa Mesa's Anti-Solicitation Ordinance

Civil Rights Coalition Launches Second Run of Census Transit System PSAs Targeted at Hard-to-Count Communities

  • By: The Leadership Conference Education Fund
  • 02/01/2010
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LEGENDARY HISTORIAN HOWARD ZINN DIES AT 87

Alliance for Justice Decries Republican Obstruction of Joseph Greenaway

  • By: Alliance for Justice
  • 01/27/2010
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Happy Anniversary, Roe!

In Landmark Action, Federal Transit Administration Withholds Stimulus Funds from Bay Area Rapid Transit Cutting Corners on Civil Rights

Obama Administration Calls for Tougher Wall Street Rules

New Report Shows Atlanta Backsliding on Child Welfare Reforms, Threatening Abused and Neglected Kids’ Safety

Judiciary Republicans Seek to Delay Johnsen Confirmation

  • By: People for the American Way
  • 01/14/2010
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Court Forces Bed Rest on Pregnant Woman

Historic Victory: Court Rules FDNY Hiring Practices Intentionally Discriminated on the Basis of Race for Decades

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 01/13/2010
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Former Detainees Boumediene and Deghayes Address President Obama on Guantánamo Anniversary

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 01/11/2010
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Civil Rights Groups Raise Concerns about Final Health Care Bill

No Joke: Nassau County Town Outlaws "Waving While Latino"

Administration Adds Gender Identity To Equal Employment Opportunity Policies

CCR Denounces Blanket Decision Not to Release Guantánamo Detainees to Yemen

  • By: Center for Constitutional Rights
  • 01/05/2010
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GLAAD on the Ground in New Hampshire as Weddings Begin in the State