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Civil Rights Groups Petition California Supreme Court to Stop Enactment of Proposition 8
- By: Equal Justice Society
- 11/14/2008
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MALDEF Congratulates President-Elect Obama and Commits to Working with Transition Team
- By: MALDEF
- 11/10/2008
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FORMER CHICAGO POLICE COMMANDER JON BURGE ARRESTED ON CHARGES RELATING TO TORTURE OF OVER 100 AFRICAN AMERICANS
- By: People's Law Office
- 10/21/2008
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Study Conducted by Princeton University Expert for Rutgers-Newark Law School Shows That 10,000 NJ Voting Machines Are Very Vulnerable to Tampering
- By: Rutgers-Newark Law School
- 10/17/2008
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Screening of Austin filmmaker Susanne Mason's "Writ Writer" to be followed by readings from award-winning ex-convict poet Jorge Antonio Renaud
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/10/2008
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Screening of Austin filmmaker Susanne Mason's "Writ Writer" to be followed by readings from award-winning ex-convict poet Jorge Antonio Renaud
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/10/2008
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MALDEF Advocates For Latinos On Economic Recovery Legislation Final Bill Provides Minimal Protections for Latino Homeowners
- By: MALDEF
- 10/08/2008
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APPEAL TO BE HEARD TODAY IN AUSTIN COURT OF APPEALS ON LANDMARK VOTING RIGHTS CASE
- By: TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT
- 10/08/2008
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New HHS Rule Changes List of Diseases Barring Travel to the US, but Does Not Remove HIV
- By: Immigration Equality
- 10/08/2008
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Often Disenfranchised, People with Mental Disabilities Can Assert Their Voting Rights
- By: The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- 10/07/2008
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Tamez Honored by Texas Civil Rights Project
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/07/2008
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Tamez Honored by Texas Civil Rights Project
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/07/2008
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Congress to Bush: Repeal HIV Travel Ban
- By: Immigration Equality
- 09/22/2008
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Court Rejects Administration's Privilege Claim: Bolten and Meirs Must Testify
- By: Brennan Center
- 08/04/2008
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NCLR Breaking News: NCLR Moves to Protect Gay, HIV+ Pakistani Refugee
- By: The National Center for Lesbian Rights
- 08/04/2008
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Justices Let Stand Ruling on Illegal F.B.I. Search
- By: The New York Times
- 03/31/2008
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Muslim Inmate Loses Supreme Court Case Over Koran, Prayer Rug
- By: Fox News
- 01/22/2008
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Justices Indicate They May Uphold Voter ID Rules
- By: The New York Times
- 01/10/2008
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Florida: Judge Blocks Voter Registration Law
- By: The Associated Press
- 12/19/2007
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C.I.A. Admits It Destroyed Tapes of Harsh Interrogations
- By: The New York Times
- 12/06/2007
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Justice Dept. Numbers Show Prison Trends
- By: The New York Times
- 12/06/2007
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Court: Prison Program Unconstitutional
- By: Associated Press
- 12/03/2007
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Justices Express Skepticism in a Discrimination Case
- By: The New York Times
- 12/03/2007
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Civil Libertarians Warn of ‘Patriot Act Lite’
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/28/2007
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Court won't review San Diego home hunts
- By: <i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</i>
- 11/26/2007
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Gitmo Policy Faces Another Supreme Court Test
- By: IPS News
- 11/21/2007
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Paperwork logjam threatens 2008 voting for immigrants
- By: <i>The Seattle Times</i>
- 11/20/2007
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Gun Control Case
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 11/20/2007
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Intel Official: Expect Less Privacy
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/12/2007
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California's unorthodox civil rights pioneer
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 11/12/2007
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Mukasey Wins Vote in Senate, Despite Doubts
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 11/09/2007
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Bush Turns Civil Rights Commission Into ‘Conservative Rights’ Commission
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/06/2007
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US top court takes up case of Muslim who alleges harassment in prisons, jails over faith
- By: <i>International Herald Tribune</i>
- 10/29/2007
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Finding Love Abroad, Then Support Online for Visa Quest
- By: <i>The Washington Post</i>
- 10/29/2007
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A Court Decision Elbows a Village in Favor of Religious Rights
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 10/23/2007
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A Court Decision Elbows a Village in Favor of Religious Rights
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 10/21/2007
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Deciphering the State of the Death Penalty
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 10/19/2007
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Mukasey disavows torture memo
- By: <I>Associated Press</I>
- 10/17/2007
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Lawmakers seek US action in Jena 6 case
- By: The Associated Press
- 10/16/2007
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Verdict triggers strong reactions
- By: <i>St. Petersburg Times</i>
- 10/14/2007
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Noose on Door at Columbia Prompts Campus Protest
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 10/11/2007
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Sexual Stereotypes, Civil Rights and a Suit About Both
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 10/10/2007
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Going to Court, but Not in Time to Live
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 10/08/2007
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Executions On Hold Across US
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 10/05/2007
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More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps
- By: <i>New York Times</i>
- 10/05/2007
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Texas High Schooler Kicked Out of School for Wearing John Edwards T-Shirt
- By: AlterNet
- 10/03/2007
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Supreme Court to Hear Key Civil Rights Cases This Term
- By: civilrights.org
- 10/02/2007
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Guantanamo inmates' rights to get a fresh look
- By: <I>Los Angeles Times</I>
- 10/01/2007
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Fight Back Against Giving Kids’ Names to Military
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 09/30/2007
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Surgeon general nominee in limbo
- By: <i>The Courier-Journal</i>
- 09/29/2007
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House Cuts Transgender People from Hate Crimes Bill
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 09/28/2007
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Judge Rules Provisions in Patriot Act to Be Illegal
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 09/27/2007
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Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Messages
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 09/27/2007
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High court to decide constitutionality of voter ID law
- By: <I>The Associated Press</I>
- 09/25/2007
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Justices to judge constitutionality of lethal injections
- By: <I>TheAssociated Press</I>
- 09/25/2007
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Small Louisiana town braces for one of biggest protests since '60s
- By: <I>The Edmonton Journal</I>
- 09/20/2007
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Republican Mayor of San Diego Abandons Homophobia, Embraces Same-Sex Marriage
- By: AlterNet.org
- 09/20/2007
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Civil rights' ONLINE movement
- By: <i>The Seattle Times</i>
- 09/19/2007
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Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus
- By: <i>The Associated Press</i>
- 09/19/2007
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Furor Ends in Deanship for Liberal Scholar
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 09/18/2007
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Jury Consulted the Bible, but Death Sentence Stands
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 09/11/2007
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Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 09/10/2007
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Judge Voids F.B.I. Tool Granted by Patriot Act
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 09/07/2007
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An Overlooked Problem with Title VII's Protections Against Discrimination: Procedural Obstacles to Invoking the Law
- By: FindLaw
- 09/04/2007
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Suit Takes Aim at Rules on Immigrant Workers
- By: <I>The New York Times </I>
- 08/30/2007
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Bush's Bid for a Death Penalty Fast Track
- By: <I>The Independent UK</I>
- 08/28/2007
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Spying Program May Be Tested by Terror Case
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 08/26/2007
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Judge Voids Ordinance on Illegal Immigrants
- By: <I>New York Times</I>
- 07/27/2007
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In 4th Decade On High Court, Stevens Stays True to Form
- By: <i>The Washington Post</i>
- 05/21/2007
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In South, Pardons for Segregation Era Offenses
- By: <i>The Boston Globe</i>
- 05/18/2007
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Breakthrough Gay Advances in Past Three Weeks
- By: AlterNet
- 04/30/2007
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The Feminine Face of Poverty
- By: AlterNet.com
- 04/19/2007
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Student, 16, Finds Allies in His Fight Over Religion
- By: <I>The New York Times</I>
- 02/19/2007
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State Lags on Voting Machines for Disabled
- By: boston.com
- 10/30/2006
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Religious Groups Join the Fight to Save Affirmative Action in Michigan
- By: civilrights.org
- 10/18/2006
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Court Blocks Arizona Voter ID Law Enforcement
- By: Reuters
- 10/05/2006
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After 5 Years of Saying No, Bush Accepts Invite to NAACP Meeting
- By: <i>USA Today</i>
- 07/19/2006
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Alito Vote Loosens Limits on Evidence
- By: <I>The New York Times</i>
- 06/15/2006
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Department of Justice Lawyers Leaving Civil Rights Division in Record Numbers
- By: University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- 11/14/2005
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Roberts Helped to Shape 80's Civil Rights Debate
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 08/04/2005
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