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ImmigrationProf Blog
Job Openings: ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
From the ACLU Immigrants' Rights ProjectThe ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project has five open positions. Four of the positions are for regionally-based staff attorneys for a term of three years, and…
Inside Privacy
Facebook, ACLU Argue that “Like” Button is Protected Speech
This week, Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have filed amicus curiae briefs in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that using Facebook’s “Like” button is…
Personal Injury Law Journal
Concerned About Police Misconduct? Now “There’s an App for That”!
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has announced a new, free smart phone app which is reportedly intended to give users a means of recording encounters with police, and for…
SDNY Blog
ACLU Seeks Ruling on FOIA Request for Information on Targeted Killings
In a case we've written about before, and which has generated a great deal of public attention, the ACLU today opposed the government's motion for summary judgment, and sought partial…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : July 5, 2012
While the usual doldrums that accompany the day after a major holiday were certainly in play today, there were also some real gems on the LexBlog Network this Thursday. Walter Reaves discussed…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Can school officials require students to surrender Facebook passwords?
A Minnesotta Girl, age 12, was 'interrogated' and pressured by school staff to the point where she felt compelled to give the officials her Facebook password. This from a law…
Employment Discrimination Report
Pregnancy Discrimination and “The War On Women”
The ACLU has just weighed in on pregnancy discrimination as "another battleground in the war on women." On the subject of pregnancy discrimination, see our numerous recent blog entries.
ImmigrationProf Blog
Big Bird Was Undocumented!
Courtesy of ACLU Blog of RightsNot really but Big Bird did work with a young undocumented actor. Read about Carlo Alban, a 32-year-old actor who came from Ecuador as a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
ACLU Targets South Carolina Law
From the Post and Courier:South Carolina could be blocked by a federal judge before the state gets a chance to enforce its new law aimed at forcing undocumented immigrants across…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Our immigration lock-up system
Laura Murphy is the director of the American Civil Liberties Union Washington legislative office critically analyzes the immigration detention system: "Our immigration lock-up system The immigration detention system is already…