constitution's 'excessive fines' ban bolstered by u.s. high court
Organizations from across the spectrum backed Timbs, including American Civil Liberties Union and U.S. ..…
hundreds of aba members call for nixing atlanta meeting due to
The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights have called the law unconstitutional and promised legal challenge.. ..…
supreme court rules against 'excessive' seizure of property by states
The case brought together coalition who supported Timbs, uniting American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center with U.S. ..…
16 states sue over trump's national emergency declaration
And the American Civil Liberties Union has announced that it will also file a lawsuit. . ..…
the man who warned of america against the world
That’s why Richard Nixon’s opening to China in 1972 was so important: it turned the Sino-Soviet split into a tacit Sino-American alliance. ... The SCO is exactly the sort of Eurasian alliance of Mackinder’s nightmare. . ..…
commentary: hollywood's hijack of the #metoo movement
Aquaman franchise, the ambassador of L'Oreal, ambassador for women's rights at American Civil Liberties Union and human rights activist at U.N. ..…
how the revolution could devour bernie
In an American progressivism increasingly defined by intersectionality and identity politics, even a socialist who honeymooned in the Soviet Union is something of a relic. ..…
in praise of regime change
Most important, for most of the 20th century, successful revolutions led to governments dominated by Communist parties, as in the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, and Fidel Castro’s Cuba. The American exercises in regime change, by contrast, had as their goal the..…
a new africa strategy: expanding economic and security ties on the
The Administration is also developing a new foreign assistance strategy to improve the effectiveness of American foreign aid worldwide. American foreign assistance was originally designed to counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War—and most recently to fight terrorism after..…
mapping the american war on terror
This is particularly true of missions in which there are American boots on the ground engaging in direct action against militants, a reality, my team and I found, in 14 different countries in the last two years. ..…
black student who refused to say pledge of allegiance was arrested for
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida also had criticized the arrest on Twitter. ..…
with friends like these poland needs no enemies
The rumors spread of the American envoy’s manifestly flamboyant haughtiness and her allegedly muted threats regarding the durability of the US-Poland alliance in case of Polish noncompliance. ..…
science as a cold war propaganda tool
For Cold Warriors such such activities provided way to counter Cominform, Soviet Union's sophisticated campaign network.. For example, in the tenor of the times, some U.S government officials were suspicious of American scientists associating with communist counterparts, and restrictive..…
why should my newspaper pledge not to boycott israel?
In December, with the help of Council on American-Islamic Relations Legal Defense Fund. The day, American Civil Liberties Union filed lawsuit on behalf of four other Texans who were denied employment with the state as result of their refusal to sign the pro- Israel pledge.. ..…
supreme court: states can't impose excessive fees, fines, forfeitures
The 100 cities with the highest proportion of revenue from fines and fees in 2012 financed 7 percent to 30 percent of their budgets that way, according to American Civil Liberties Union... ..…
secret records of police misconduct and shootings must be released
It's rejection of the core legal argument that the police unions have been relying on for weeks now, said David Snyder, director of First Amendment Coalition, along with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, The Times and other media organizations, intervened..…
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