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ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Pasco Zoning Ordinance Barring Community Services for Low-Income People

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Friday, November 20, 2009
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging a City of Pasco zoning ordinance that prohibits community services that serve low-income residents from the downtown area.
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Artistic Freedom on Cable TV

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Friday, November 20, 2009
Last summer, Bremerton-Kitsap Access Television took off the air the “Saturn Series,” a conceptual art show that combined assorted footage with political captions criticizing the Bush administration. With the help of the ACLU, producer Gary Nicholson regained his broadcasting privileges
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ACLU Hails New Anti-Discrimination Law

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Friday, November 20, 2009
The ACLU welcomes the passage of legal protections for gays and lesbians against discrimination in employment, housing and other areas.
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School Opens Cheerleading Tryouts to All Students

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Friday, November 20, 2009
Mount Vernon High School has opened its formerly all-female cheerleading squad to all students, regardless of gender, after the ACLU intervened on behalf of a male transgender student who was denied a full opportunity to participate.
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El Proyecto de Amparo Defiende los Derechos de las Mujeres Trabajadoras

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Friday, November 20, 2009
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Subpoena for Names of Chat Room Participants Dropped

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Friday, November 20, 2009
People have been free to express their opinions using pseudonyms since the early days of our nation.
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ACLU Calls for Safer High-Speed Chase Policy

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Friday, November 20, 2009
The recent settlement of a case in which a police chase resulted in an innocent motorist’s death and an injury to his passenger again points to the need for a statewide law governing high-speed police chases.
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High Court: INS Cannot Indefinitely Jail Immigrants

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Friday, November 20, 2009
In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot continue to jail immigrants awaiting deportation whose home countries either will not accept them or no longer exist.
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Spokane Backs Domestic Partnerships

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Friday, November 20, 2009
The City of Spokane adopted an ACLU-supported domestic partnership ordinance in April 2004.
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Lawyer Selected to Monitor Grant County Public Defense System

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Friday, November 20, 2009
Seattle attorney Jeffery Robinson has been selected to monitor Grant County’s compliance with terms of a settlement agreement to improve the County’s public defender system.
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Washington Supreme Court Fails to Uphold Marriage Equality

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Friday, November 20, 2009
The high court voted 5-4 to reverse the ruling of two previous courts, upholding the state's ban on marriage between couples of the same sex.
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Government Apologizes for Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Iraqi Refugee

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Friday, November 20, 2009
The ACLU announced that the US government has apologized to an Iraqi refugee whom federal agents unlawfully arrested.
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Supreme Court Says Feds Can Prosecute Medical Marijuana Even Though State Laws Protect It

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Friday, November 20, 2009
On June 6, 2005, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that upholds the federal ban on the medicinal use of marijuana. The case was decided on a 6-3 vote. This means that state laws allowing medical marijuana and federal laws prohibiting marijuana (even for medical purposes) continue to exist side-by-side.
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Federal Court Upholds Anonymous Speech on Internet

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Friday, November 20, 2009
In a precedent-setting ruling on free speech in cyberspace, a federal court in Seattle today upheld the right to speak anonymously on the Internet.
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Washington Supreme Court Overturns Sumner Juvenile Curfew Law

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Friday, November 20, 2009
The Washington Supreme Court today struck down the City of Sumner's curfew ordinance, ruling that the law is unconstitutionally vague. The American Civil Liberties Union represents the Sumner parent who challenged the law. The parent had been fined for violating the curfew in 1999 after he allowed his teenage son to go to a neighborhood convenience store at night.
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