http://www.mail.com/organizations/147244-american-civil-liberties-union.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/147244-american-civil-liberties-union.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043158-mentally-deficient-immigrant-detainees-counsel.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials are implementing a new policy that guarantees legal counsel to detained immigrants who can't represent themselves because of severe mental disorders or conditions that render them mentally incompetent. The national policy announced by Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security officials this week comes a... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:58:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043158-mentally-deficient-immigrant-detainees-counsel.html 2013-04-25T01:58:34Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2030494-bombing-probe-highlights-expansion-surveillance.html As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings illustrates, getting lost in the crowd is no longer an easy feat. There are eyes — and cameras — everywhere. Investigators swiftly obtained a vast quantity of amateur photos and videos taken by onlookers, often with their cell phones, as well as extensive footage from surveillance cameras in the area of... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:07:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2030494-bombing-probe-highlights-expansion-surveillance.html 2013-04-19T14:07:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026176-aclu-slow-smartphone-updates-privacy-threat.html LONDON (AP) — One of the leading U.S. civil-rights organizations is taking on an unusual cause: spotty smartphone updates. The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate what it considers a failure by U.S. wireless carriers to properly update the Google-built operating system used on Android phones. The ACLU ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026176-aclu-slow-smartphone-updates-privacy-threat.html 2013-04-17T18:00:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1995416-ohio-school-jesus-portrait-taken.html CINCINNATI (AP) — A Jesus portrait that has hung in a southern Ohio school district since 1947 was taken down Wednesday, because of concerns about the potential costs of a federal lawsuit against its display. The superintendent of Jackson City Schools said the decision was made after the district's insurance company declined to cover litigation expenses. ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:02:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1995416-ohio-school-jesus-portrait-taken.html 2013-04-03T17:02:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989374-rivals-prepare-legal-battle-abortion-bans.html Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation's toughest bans on abortion. For all their differences, attorneys for the two states and the abortion-rights supporters opposing them agree on this: The laws represent an unpr... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:55:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989374-rivals-prepare-legal-battle-abortion-bans.html 2013-03-31T17:55:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1974078-judge-orders-to-mo-college-drug-tests.html COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday again blocked efforts by a central Missouri technical college to drug-test its students, a policy challenged as unconstitutional by the American Civil Liberties Union. U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey in Jefferson City granted a preliminary injunction that temporarily prevents Linn State Technical College... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:06:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1974078-judge-orders-to-mo-college-drug-tests.html 2013-03-22T22:06:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1957258-appeals-court-reverses-cia-drone-secrecy-ruling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday reversed a lower court ruling that allowed the CIA to refuse to confirm whether it had information on the use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists. A lower court federal judge had sided with the CIA and dismissed a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking those records. In response ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:59:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1957258-appeals-court-reverses-cia-drone-secrecy-ruling.html 2013-03-15T19:59:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1933602-ark-senate-overrides-veto-12-week-abortion-ban.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of legislation that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward and give the state the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. There was no debate before the 20-14 vote. Beebe told legislators in his letter explaining his veto Monday th... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:31:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1933602-ark-senate-overrides-veto-12-week-abortion-ban.html 2013-03-05T21:31:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1889952-ohio-town-latest-focus-religion-legal-debate.html JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — Since just after World War II, a portrait of Jesus has hung in a Jackson City Schools building, attracting little discussion and no controversy that anyone seems to recall. But that changed recently after a complaint, and this small city in mostly rural Appalachian Ohio has now found itself as the latest battleground in a national deb... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:50:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1889952-ohio-town-latest-focus-religion-legal-debate.html 2013-02-13T20:50:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1887484-ohio-school-board-votes-to-jesus-portrait-up.html JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district decided Tuesday night to keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in the school where it's been 65 years, denying a federal lawsuit's claim the portrait's display unconstitutionally promotes religion in a public school. The Jackson City Schools board offered a constitutional justification of its own in voting 4-0 to ke... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1887484-ohio-school-board-votes-to-jesus-portrait-up.html 2013-02-13T02:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1876170-aclu-seeks-removal-ohio-schools-jesus-portrait.html CINCINNATI (AP) — A portrait of Jesus that hangs prominently in an entranceway at a rural Ohio public school is in violation of the U.S. Constitution and should be removed, a federal lawsuit filed Thursday says. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation say the large portrait at Jackson Middle ... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1876170-aclu-seeks-removal-ohio-schools-jesus-portrait.html 2013-02-07T21:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1871004-propose-limiting-use-drones-police.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Lawmakers in at least 11 states are looking at plans to restrict the use of drones over their skies amid concerns the unmanned aerial vehicles could be exploited to spy on Americans. The American Civil Liberties Union says state legislators are proposing various restrictions on local authorities' use of the technology. Concerns mounte... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1871004-propose-limiting-use-drones-police.html 2013-02-05T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1829314-homeless-challenge-sarasota-fla.html SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — On a recent sunny winter day on a downtown Sarasota street corner, a cluster of homeless men lounged on the back steps of a building, grimy backpacks and bags at their feet, while a few folks ambled to the nearby bus station. Parked at a meter just feet from them was a red Ferrari and around the corner was Sur la Table, an upscale co... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1829314-homeless-challenge-sarasota-fla.html 2013-01-18T08:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805528-deal-restores-severance-pay-military-gays.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of gay and lesbian former military service members who were discharged due to their homosexuality will receive the rest of their severance pay under a settlement approved Monday by a federal court. The American Civil Liberties Union said the $2.4 million settlement covers more than 180 veterans who received only half of the... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1805528-deal-restores-severance-pay-military-gays.html 2013-01-08T01:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1780264-judge-la-woman-flip-finger-holiday-lights.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger. Sarah Childs was in a dispute with some of her neighbors in Denham Springs, just east of Baton Rouge, so she decided to send a message with her decorations. Neighbors complained and pol... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1780264-judge-la-woman-flip-finger-holiday-lights.html 2012-12-20T21:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1769984-137-police-shots-2-dead-questions-ohio.html CLEVELAND (AP) — A chase that ended with 13 officers firing 137 rounds, killing two people, began with a pop — perhaps a gunshot or backfire from a car speeding past police headquarters. For the next 25 minutes late in the night of Nov. 29, the car crisscrossed Cleveland tailed by officers, headed along Interstate 90 and wound up near the back entrance of... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1769984-137-police-shots-2-dead-questions-ohio.html 2012-12-16T15:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757456-ap-exclusive-aclu-seeks-oas-probe-padilla-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States' human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the U.S. government for what it says are violations of the rights of convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla. The American Civil Liberties Union says the U.S. violated Padilla's rights when it labeled him an "enemy combatant" ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757456-ap-exclusive-aclu-seeks-oas-probe-padilla-case.html 2012-12-11T19:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1738226-strategy-timing-key-to-states-pot-legalization.html SEATTLE (AP) — In the late-1980s heyday of the anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign, a man calling himself "Jerry" appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S. marijuana laws. An esteemed businessman, he hid his identity because he didn't want to offend customers who — like so many in those days — viewed marijuana as a villain in the ever-raging "w... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1738226-strategy-timing-key-to-states-pot-legalization.html 2012-12-02T16:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1734990-court-to-decide-human-genes-patented.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research in the United States and the fight against diseases like breast and ovarian cancer. The justices' decision will likely resolve an ongoing battle between scientists who believe that genes carrying the ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1734990-court-to-decide-human-genes-patented.html 2012-11-30T21:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1723772-blow-states-anti-eavesdropping-law.html CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another blow to a 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law in Illinois, choosing to let stand a lower court finding that key parts of the hotly debated law run counter to constitutional protections of free speech. In that critical lower-court ruling in May, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found tha... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1723772-blow-states-anti-eavesdropping-law.html 2012-11-26T22:39:00Z