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Who can defend voting rights? An appeals court ruling sharply limiting lawsuits looks likely to head to the Supreme Court

A federal appeals court in Arkansas ruled on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, that only the federal government – not private citizens or civil rights groups – could sue to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The Conversation

Dems threaten immigrant aid over Israel

Advocates sound alarm about pro-Israel groups using "punitive" measures to "silence" any criticism

Salon

Pro-Palestinian student group sues DeSantis over ‘deactivation’

Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine say order by Republican governor violates its free speech rights

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Illinois Youth Lockup Is 'No Place for Children,' According to ACLU Lawsuit

Children held in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center are routinely subjected to solitary confinement, inadequate meals, and filthy cells, according to legal documents.

Reason

Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it's still happening

The U.S. Constitution bans slavery except as punishment for a crime. A growing number of states have tried to address this in their own constitutions, but prisoners say the only change is on paper.

WEKU

Eight killed in crash involving suspected people smuggling gang

Fatalities happened when a car being used for suspected human smuggling crashed trying to evade police

The Independent UK

Maryland officials approve settlement to reform autopsy process after teen's 2018 in-custody death

Maryland officials have approved a settlement that includes reforms to the state medical examiner’s process for conducting autopsies on people killed in police custody

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Biden's excutive order on AI explained

Programs like ChatGPT are largely unregulated. The Biden Admin is attempting to change that but will it work?

Salon

ACLU sues South Dakota over its vanity plate restrictions

The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota is suing the state of South Dakota over a law that restricts content on vanity plates

The Independent UK

S. Ct. Will Hear NRA's Case Alleging That N.Y. Government Coerced Companies to Stop Doing Business with NRA

The controversy is similar to part of the controversy in Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden), which also involves allegations of government coercion aimed at interfering with speech.

Reason

"Can a Public Official Block You on Social Media?," with Prof. Jeff Rosen, Prof. David Cole, and Me

Jeff Rosen is the head of the National Constitution Center; David Cole is the National Legal Director of the ACLU; we discuss the Supreme Court's cases on the subject, which were argued Tuesday.

Reason

US rights group urges colleges to protect free speech amid Israel-Gaza war

ACLU rejects calls for investigating Palestine solidarity student organisations, saying probes would ‘chill speech’.

Al Jazeera

ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care

Attorneys representing Tennessee transgender children, teens and their families have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a ban on gender-affirming care for children and teenagers that a lower court allowed to go into effect

The Independent UK

Siding with Trump, the ACLU says a judge's gag order in Jan. 6 case is too sweeping

The ACLU says a judge's gag order against former President Trump restricts too much of his speech on matters of public importance.

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The Guardian - US

ACLU sides with Trump against gag order given in federal criminal case

Liberal human rights group says order given by federal judge is overly broad and deprives Trump of his free speech rights

Chicago Sun-Times

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years

If approved by a judge, the settlement would bar the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on illegal immigration under which the Trump administration separated thousands of families.

WEKU

U.S. government agrees to settlement with migrant families separated at the border

The deal, which a federal judge must approve, bars immigration officials from imposing a blanket policy of family separation for the next eight years. It does not provide any monetary compensation.

The Independent UK

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years

There’s a settlement in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration’s separation of parents and their children at the southern border

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US prisoners who did not consent to ivermectin Covid treatment win payout

Prisoners in Arkansas settle lawsuit for $2,000 each after accusing Washington county detention center of ‘medical experimentation’

Reason

Schools Are Normalizing Intrusive Surveillance

Kids will grow up to value freedom only if they’re raised in an environment where it’s treated as good.

The Guardian - US

School surveillance tech does more harm than good, ACLU report finds

US student safety not improved by surveillance technology such as cameras and facial recognition software, research shows

WEKU

U.S. Sixth Circuit decision on gender-affirming care law may not be final word

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky isn’t giving up on the fight against a state law that prohibits gender-affirming medical care for minors. The group lost a battle last week when the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected attempts to block Senate Bill 150 from taking effect.

The Independent UK

Voting rights advocates sound alarm on Alabama defying Supreme Court decision with congressional map

NAACP and ACLU called on Supreme Court to deny state lawmakers’ request to defy major ruling

The Guardian - US

‘Subtle and sinister’: Republicans’ anti-drag crusade seen as assault on LGBTQ+ rights

Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws were introduced in 2023, including bans on drag shows, but many have been struck down

The Independent UK

Wrongly arrested because of facial recognition: Why new police tech risks serious miscarriages of justice

The latest generation of police surveillance tools are overused, underregulated and often completely wrong, opponents tell Josh Marcus and Alex Woodward

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