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The suit against several South Carolina officials contends that the statewide mask mandate ban violates the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The ACLU represented Gavin Grimm, 22, in his lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board for six years.

A district judge extended her original restraining order against Abbott's directive to pull over vehicles suspected of transporting migrants by two weeks.

A lawsuit claims the Ohio Parole Board has an unofficial policy of denying parole to long-time inmates who had been previously sentenced to death.

"The attorney general's office believes this is a fair settlement for the state," said Iowa Assistant State Attorney General Anne Updegraff.

"Seven months of waiting for the Biden administration to end Title 42 is more than enough," said ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt.

The lawsuit says the state's execution protocol would violate the First Amendment by not permitting independent witnesses to view the execution in its entirety.

Baker called the law unconstitutional because it would ban nearly all abortions before a fetus is considered viable outside of the mother's womb.

"Britney Spears has said that she wants to pick her own lawyer and the court should respect that wish," said an ACLU attorney.

"We will sue any administration — Democrat or Republican — and hold them accountable when they take positions that violate civil liberties and civil rights," said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero.

Texas officials have been asked to grant a 30-day stay of execution for John Hummel, whose execution is scheduled for June 30.

What has happened to the ACLU is merely a symptom of what is happening throughout America.

"The passenger window was rolled down and I immediately smelled an odor that was consistent with smuggling of illegal aliens from past experiences. Once I was at the passenger window, I noticed numerous persons in the van and the driver looked scared."

"It should come as no surprise that Americans are ready for a drastically different approach, one where drugs are no longer used as an excuse to hold us down," said Kassandra Frederique, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

Lawyer John Pierce, who also represented Kyle Rittenhouse, had announced the creation of the National Constitutional Law Union.

Those civilian fatalities were reported in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria. The Pentagon said most of the civilian casualties were in Afghanistan, where 20 civilians were killed. However, non-governmental monitoring groups claim the reported number is below the actual total.

The First Amendment isn't a progressive or conservative right, a Democratic or Republican right. It's an American right.

The director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program said an international inquiry would complement domestic efforts to address police violence in the U.S.

According to the ACLU, approximately 5,500 children were affected by Trump's "zero tolerance" family separation policy in 2018.

Brandon Boulware addressed the Missouri House of Representatives as it discussed whether to stop trans girls from competing with cisgender girls in school sports.

The ACLU Oklahoma said it was disgraceful that in 2021 Rep. Boles would use rhetoric like the word "colored."

The president rescinded the so-called "Muslim ban" when he took office, but critics say that those on diversity visas have been left in limbo.

We need policymakers who are willing to look at the facts and figures, and rely on them to shape the policies that affect our everyday lives.

Mercer Island City Council approved the ordinance, which would see police moving people to homeless shelters in other cities, by six to one.

"Requiring both women and men to register for the selective service is a long overdue next step," read an amicus brief supported by General Michael Hayden.

President-elect Joe Biden's Department of Justice should identify and rescind every Trump-era immigration policy motivated by discriminatory intent.

Eleven inmates have been put to death by the U.S. government since federal executions were resumed in July last year, ending a 17-year moratorium.

David Goldbergerer told Newsweek that a permanent social media ban on Trump would be "ridiculous," but the platforms' decisions to do so does not violate the Constitution.

President Donald Trump has been suspended from Facebook and permanently banned from Twitter, following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

"He actually praised Trump for developing the coronavirus vaccine!" one commenter wrote. "He's the Attorney General, that's not his area. But it is a clear effort to pander to Trump."