Power company wanted to violate pollution limits without consequence during malfunctions. By refusing to hear the case, U.S. Supreme Court ends this challenge. The Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, TX. Eric Kayne for Earthjustice Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2017. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a bid by the[Read More…]
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Supreme Court Will Hear ACLU Case About Cake Shop Refusing Service to Same-Sex Couple
Colorado Appeals Court Ruled in Favor of Same-Sex Couple WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2017. The Supreme Court today announced it will review a decision from the Colorado Court of Appeals that found that a cake shop discriminated against a same-sex couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake. In 2012,[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Ruling in Gender Equity Citizenship Case
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2017. The Supreme Court today ruled that one of the last remaining federal laws treating men and women differently violates equal protection. Congress cannot legislate based on “once habitual, but now untenable” stereotypes about male domination, wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Sessions v. Morales-Santana. The court[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance Op-ed: Supreme Court’s Doubts about Asset Forfeiture Continues to Grow
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2017 By: Theshia Naidoo In two recent United States Supreme Court cases, Justices across the ideological spectrum cast a critical eye towards the current asset forfeiture system. This week, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision (with Justice Gorsuch taking no part in the opinion) reining in one important[Read More…]
Supreme Court to Hear First Cell Phone Location Data Case
ACLU Represents Man In Case Where Police Obtained Months’ Worth of Cell Phone Location Information Without a Warrant WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2017. The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a landmark case on whether the government needs a warrant to access a person’s cell phone location history. The American Civil[Read More…]
Supreme Court Will Hear Ohio Voter Purge Case
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2017. The Supreme Court granted Ohio’s petition to hear Husted v. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI). The case addresses Ohio’s supplemental process, a practice of targeting voters who fail to vote in a 2-year-period for eventual cancellation of their registrations — even if they have not[Read More…]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear North Carolina Voting Case
ACLU And SCSJ Challenged Discriminatory Voting Law, SCOTUS Order Is Victory For Voting Rights Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Supreme Court has declined to review a federal appeals court decision holding that North Carolina’s 2013 election law — which imposed a voter ID requirement, cut a week of early voting, and eliminated[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Ruling in Fair Housing Act Banking Case
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2017. In a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that when housing discrimination harms a city’s residents and tax base, the city can sue under the Fair Housing Act if its injuries were directly caused by the discrimination. The American Civil Liberties Union was amici in this[Read More…]
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear ACLU Lawsuit Seeking Release of Full Senate Report on CIA Torture
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2017. The Supreme Court announced today that it will not consider the American Civil Liberties Union’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to make public the Senate’s full report on the CIA’s Bush-era detention and torture program. The landmark investigative report documents the abuse of dozens of prisoners[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Donald Trump’s Nominee to the Supreme Court Rejected
Republicans Must Change the Nominee, Not Senate Rules Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2017. Today, Senate Republicans rushed through a confirmation vote on Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Neil Gorsuch has been met with widespread criticism both across the country and from the Senate before, during, and[Read More…]
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