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September 09, 2010- SAN DIEGO ACLU FILES AMICUS IN TEACHER'S "GOD BANNERS" CASE- Finding a Balance Between the Free Speech and Establishment Clauses August 27, 2010- ACLU STATEMENT ON CONTROVERSY OVER NEW YORK CITY ISLAMIC CENTER - Everyone's Religious Liberty Is at Stake August 13, 2010- ACLU CHALLENGES FEES CHARGED BY SCHOOLS IN 3 COUNTY DISTRICTS- California Constitution Requires a Free Public Education August 04, 2010- CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE BAN STRUCK DOWN- ACLU Hails Historic Decision And Urges Efforts In Other States To Ensure Success On Appeal August 03, 2010- SAN DIEGO ACLU & PARTNERS FILE FIRST CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF IMMIGRANTS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES - Constitution Demands Fair Treatment for People with Severe Mental Disabilities August 03, 2010- ACLU CHALLENGES FEES CHARGED FOR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES- California Constitution Requires a Free Public Education August 03, 2010- ACLU REQUESTS RECORDS IN COUNTY GRANTS TO RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL GROUP- Life Perspectives Received $80,000 from County in Last 3 Years July 30, 2010- PRESIDENT OBAMA POISED TO SIGN BILL REDUCING COCAINE SENTENCING DISPARITY AFTER HOUSE PASSAGE- Fair Sentencing Act An Important First Step But Sizeable Sentencing Gap Remains July 28, 2010- COURT BLOCKS IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY SECTIONS OF ARIZONA'S RACIAL PROFILING LAW- Ruling vindicates claims in ACLU challenge to SB 1070 July 27, 2010- SAN DIEGO ACLU SEEKS RECORDS ABOUT FBI COLLECTION OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DATA - FBI’s Power to Track and Map July 22, 2010- CALIFORNIA ACLU AFFILIATES ENDORSE PROPOSITION 19’S MOVE TOWARD A RATIONAL MARIJUANA POLICY- Current law diverts scarce public safety dollars from addressing violent crime July 20, 2010- MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL AGREES TO REVISE POLICY AND PAY DAMAGES TO LESBIAN TEENAGER DENIED CHANCE TO ATTEND PROM- Those Who Met Constance This Past Weekend Are Thrilled July 16, 2010- PROM STORIES: FACING DISCRIMINATION, OVERCOMING BARRIERS- Pride Week Multi-Generational Video Short Stories July 14, 2010- SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE ACTIONS AND POLICIES INFRINGE FREE SPEECH- ACLU Demand Letter: 8 Months Is Long Enough! July 14, 2010- ACLU PROUD TO WELCOME CONSTANCE MCMILLEN TO SAN DIEGO- ACLU Client Leads Contingent in San Diego Pride Parade & Helps Spread ACLU “Pride” July 01, 2010- JULY IS ACLU PRIDE MONTH!- Pride Parade, Billboards, New Members...and an iPad Give-Away! June 30, 2010- ACLU TRAVEL ALERT FOR STATE OF ARIZONA- Arizona's SB 1070 a Threat to Rights of Those Traveling in State June 25, 2010- ACLUS CHALLENGE LETHAL INJECTION PROCEDURE PROPOSALS- Serious Constitutional Issues Remain - YOU Can Take Action! June 21, 2010- ACLU CHARGES FBI WITH DELAYING, DODGING, AND UNLAWFULLY WITHHOLDING DOCUMENTS IN PENDLETON DOMESTIC SPYING FOIA- June 17, 2010- EXECUTIONS SHOULD NOT RESUME IN CALIFORNIA! - Tell the CDCR that their proposed changes create even more civil rights and civil liberties problems, not fewer. May 27, 2010- ACLU'S DEFENSE OF U.S. FLAG-WEARING STUDENTS PERPLEXES THE RIGHT- Students' American Flag T-Shirts Are Protected Speech May 26, 2010- ACLU AFFILIATES IN BORDER STATES DENOUNCE ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN FOR MORE BORDER ENFORCEMENT- Arizona, New Mexico, San Diego, and Texas Call for Effective Solutions, Not Stop-Gap Measures May 20, 2010- 2010 CANDIDATE SURVEY- Responses to ACLU on Civil Liberties Issues May 17, 2010- SAN DIEGO ACLU TAKES STEPS TO STOP ARIZONA SB 1070 - Arizona ACLU Files Lawsuit Today; SD Concerned about “Spillover” Effect May 13, 2010- SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE’S REVISED FREE SPEECH POLICY STILL PRESENTS SERIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS, SAYS ACLU- Proposals are a Step Forward, But Still Violate the First Amendment May 13, 2010- LATINO DAY LABORERS TARGETED IN ENCINITAS- ACLU Demand Letter: Shell Station Violating State and Federal Law May 03, 2010- US SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO HEAR BOY SCOUTS' APPEAL- District Court Ruling Stands Declaring City Scout Subsidies Unconstitutional April 28, 2010- STATEMENT ON BILBRAY’S AND HUNTER’S EXTREMIST COMMENTS ABOUT IMMIGRATION- April 27, 2010- SAN DIEGANS UNITE TO OPPOSE ARIZONA’S ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW- Civil Rights, Faith, Education, Labor and Political Leaders Condemn Race-Baiting SB 1070 April 23, 2010- ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW THREATENS CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY, SAYS ACLU- Law Will Poison Community Policing Efforts April 20, 2010- VICTIM OF PERSECUTION FINALLY RELEASED FROM IMMIGRATION PRISON- 20 Months of Arbitrary Detention Challenged as Unconstitutional by ACLU April 14, 2010- ACLU RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TEA PARTY MARINE'S ABILITY TO SPEAK OUT- Support for Servicemembers to Speak Freely on Public Matters April 02, 2010- ACLU CHALLENGES PROPOSED COUNTY MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCE- Sends Demand Letter Seeking to Fix Serious Violations in Proposal March 31, 2010- ICE TO RELEASE MENTALLY ILL IMMIGRANTS TO FAMILIES TODAY- ACLU Challenged Denial of Due Process of Detainees with Mental Disabilities March 30, 2010- DEATH PENALTY SENTENCING IN DECLINE ACROSS UNITED STATES- But California, Los Angeles Fall Back in National Trend Toward Permanent Imprisonment March 30, 2010- SAN DIEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT REVISES PARENTAL NOTIFICATION POLICIES- Brings District Into Conformity with State Laws March 26, 2010- MENTALLY DISABLED IMMIGRANTS LOST IN DETENTION FOR YEARS- ACLU files action seeking release of man detained for more than four years without process March 17, 2010- GOVERNMENT MUST DISCLOSE INFORMATION ABOUT IMMIGRATION RAIDS- ICE unlawfully withholding information about massive raids, says ACLU March 17, 2010- SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SOUTH OF I-8- Education Consortium Report Paints Stark Picture March 12, 2010- VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH ON UCSD CAMPUS- Student Council Lifts Freeze on Student Media Funding February 25, 2010- ACLU RESPONDS TO UCSD CONTROVERSY ON SEVERAL FRONTS- Condemns Hateful Conduct; Supports Free Speech; Calls for Structural Change to Promote Diversity February 22, 2010- ACLU STATEMENT ON UCSD'S RESPONSE TO THE ATROCIOUS 'COMPTON COOKOUT'- Speech--no matter how offensive--is protected by 1st Amendment February 18, 2010- ACLU ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT ANNUAL MEETING- Also Awards Two Key Volunteers February 17, 2010- JUDGE RULES ON SAN DIEGO'S CAMPAIGN RESTRICTIONS- Accepts Two of ACLU's Three Legal Arguments February 09, 2010- 2009 LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP- How Did Your Legislators Score on Civil Liberties Issues? February 02, 2010- MILITARY LEADERS FAVOR END TO - Defense Secretary and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Also Announce Plan to Make Short-Term Changes in Enforcement January 21, 2010- 12,000 OBJECTIONS TO CALIFORNIA'S EXECUTION PLAN- Wide range of groups and individuals say lethal injection proposal continues to be flawed January 20, 2010- AMERICA UNRESTORED- On the Anniversary of President Obama's Inauguration January 15, 2010- ACLU SUPPORTS GOP CHALLENGE TO CITY CAMPAIGN RESTRICTIONS- Current Campaign Restrictions Go Too Far and Violate First Amendment January 08, 2010- ACLU LIST OF 2009'S BEST AND WORST IN CIVIL LIBERTIES IN SAN DIEGO- December 19, 2009- CALL/ E-MAIL THE IMPERIAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SHOW UP THIS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22- Ask that the Prop. 8 litigation vote be put on the agenda December 18, 2009- ESCONDIDO MUST STOP DRIVER’S LICENSE-ONLY CHECKPOINTS- ACLU, Vehicle Code & Attorney General Say These Stops Are Prohibited December 18, 2009- ACLU SETTLES LITIGATION OVER FREE SPEECH VIOLATIONS BY FALLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL- Student Press Rights Vindicated--Now and for the Future December 16, 2009- IMPERIAL COUNTY JOINS DEFENDERS OF PROP 8 - Demand that Supervisors Put Issue on Agenda for Full Discussion December 10, 2009- BORDER PATROL SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM IMMIGRANT CHILDREN NOT ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY- Neglect of special procedural rights and fear generated in the community underline need for new Border Patrol policy on immigrant children, say ACLU and AFSC in letter to government officials December 09, 2009- ACLU TO ARGUE THAT GOVERNMENT’S DISPLAY OF MT. SOLEDAD CROSS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL- Cross Signifies Federal Endorsement Of Particular Religious Beliefs December 09, 2009- ACLU CALLS ON CITY TO RETAIN STRONG CITIZEN REVIEW PANEL- Don't Eliminate the Executive Director Position December 08, 2009- HOMELESS LAWSUIT PUT ON HOLD PENDING TALKS- City Attorney, ACLU to Discuss Prtoecting Property of the Homeless December 02, 2009- CITY ILLEGALLY DESTROYED PROPERTY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE INCLUDING BLANKETS, PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS, AND PHOTOS OF LOVED ONES- ACLU Files Class Action Suit Alleging Policies Intended to “Harass Homeless People Into Going Away” December 01, 2009- SOURCE OF SD COUNTY DRINKING WATER FLOWS A DEADLY COURSE- San Diego County Water Authority Fails to Prevent Drownings in All American Canal November 24, 2009- UCSD PROPOSED SPEECH POLICY STILL NEEDS WORK- Many Constitutional Errors Fixed; Some Linger November 20, 2009- ACLU RESPONSE TO SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW- Statement May Be Attributed to David Blair-Loy, ACLU Legal Director November 12, 2009- INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SHOULD INVESTIGATE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER CROSSING DEATHS- ACLU, Human Rights Group Petition Commission to Act to End Deadly Policies November 10, 2009- IT'S TIME TO STOP DROWNINGS IN THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL- Ask Imperial and San Diego Officials to Support Reasonable Safety Precautions November 09, 2009- SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE IS INFRINGING FREE SPEECH- ACLU Calls on College to Repudiate Restriction Policies and Apologize November 07, 2009- HOUSE PASSES MEASURE THREATENING WOMEN'S ACCESS TO ABORTION- ACLU Strongly Condemns Amendment November 04, 2009- PROLONGED DETENTION OF SOMALI TORTURE VICTIM UNCONSTITUTIONAL- Government Must Prove Need to Continue Detention, Says ACLU October 29, 2009- URGENT CITIZEN ACTION NEEDED TO FIX THE PATRIOT ACT- House Set to Vote on Meaningful Reforms - Contact Your Representative Today! October 27, 2009- HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS: BECOME AN ACLU YOUTH ACTIVIST SCHOLAR- October 19, 2009- ACLU ON KPBS DISCUSSING MIGRANT DEATHS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER- These Days Talk Show October 19 October 07, 2009- MOJAVE DESERT CROSS CASE- Salazar v. Bruno September 30, 2009- U.S.-MEXICO BORDER CROSSING DEATHS ARE A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, ACCORDING TO REPORT FROM ACLU AND CNDH- Death Rate Climbs Despite Economic Decline and Drop in Migration and Apprehensions September 24, 2009- PINK-HAIRED CARDIFF STUDENT AND ACLU OBTAIN APOLOGY FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PRINCIPAL’S “CLEARLY INAPPROPRIATE” STEREOTYPING - School District Expunges Detention Records September 18, 2009- CONSTITUTION DAY 2009 SURPASSES PREVIOUS YEARS' SUCCESSES- Students in 2 Classrooms Discuss Constitutional Fundamentals August 21, 2009- THE DEPARTURE OF SUPERINTENDENT TERRY GRIER- Statement of ACLU-San Diego Executive Director Kevin Keenan August 14, 2009- IRWIN AND JOAN JACOBS DONATE $10 MILLION TO ACLU’S “LEADING FREEDOM FORWARD” CAMPAIGN- Philanthropists Provide Leadership Support For Largest Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Fundraising Campaign In American History August 11, 2009- ACLU STATEMENT ON PROTESTS OF LIBRARY LECTURE ON ISLAM- Library Does Not “Sponsor” Programs with Controversial Viewpoints August 06, 2009- SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICY- ACLU Voices Concerns about Racial Profiling July 31, 2009- FREE EXPRESSION VICTORY IN MONGOLS MOTORCYCLE LOGO DISPUTE- District Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Government Censorship by Confiscation July 30, 2009- LANDMARK LAWSUIT ACCUSES STATE OF FAILING TO PROTECT FARM WORKERS FROM HEAT-RELATED DEATH AND ILLNESS- ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of 650,000 Farm Workers July 24, 2009- DISCLOSING CALENDARS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS- Statement by Kevin Keenan, ACLU Executive Director July 09, 2009- ACLU LEGAL DIRECTOR NAMED ONE OF TOP ATTORNEYS 2009- David Blair-Loy July 08, 2009- ACLU AND LGBT ORGANIZATIONS SEEK TO INTERVENE IN FEDERAL CHALLENGE TO PROPOSITION 8- Motion filed in response to judge’s call for information to resolve ‘factual disputes’ July 01, 2009- SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HANDLING OF CARDIFF HOUSE PARTY FOR CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE FRANCINE BUSBY- Statement of Kevin Keenan, Executive Director, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties July 01, 2009- CIVIL LIBERTIES IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AWARD WINNERS- Greater San Diego Science Fair 2009 June 30, 2009- NEW REPORT FROM ACLU FINDS RACIAL PROFILING STILL PERVASIVE - Groups Submit Report To U.N. Committee June 26, 2009- ACLU QUESTIONS ESCONDIDO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' THREAT TO CENSURE MAYOR- Individuals Don't Surrender Free Speech Rights Upon Election June 19, 2009- ACLU ON THE MOVE...- ...Literally. We're Off-Line til June 23 June 17, 2009- HOMELAND SECURITY REVERSES CONTROVERSIAL DEPORTATIONS- Three Students Snatched On Their Way to School Allowed to Return to the U.S. June 11, 2009- SCHOOL APOLOGIZES FOR ILLEGALLY BANNING 6TH GRADER’S HARVEY MILK REPORT- Move Comes After ACLU Letter to School District June 11, 2009- COUNTY CLERK UNCLEAR OF VALIDITY OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES- Couple Turns to ACLU When Told County 'Does Not Recognize Same-Sex Marriage' June 10, 2009- SAN DIEGO SCHOOL BOARD PASSES 'A-G' RESOLUTION- Big Step to Fix Educational Disparity June 09, 2009- SD SCHOOL BOARD TO VOTE ON EDUCATION EQUALITY - Grim Statistics Highlight Inequities and Disparities in A-G Completion Rates June 05, 2009- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGES ENDORSE EQUAL EDUCATION RESOLUTION- SD School Board to Vote June 9th on A-G Curriculum for All May 29, 2009- SAN DIEGO COUPLE SHOULD BE FREE TO HOST BIBLE STUDY SESSIONS- ACLU says county should rescind citation May 27, 2009- PROP 8 FEDERAL LAWSUIT COULD SET THE CAUSE BACK- LGBT Groups Raise Concerns May 26, 2009- CA SUPREME COURT DUCKS RESPONSIBILITY, UPHOLDS PROP 8- ACLU and Allies Vow to Secure Minority Group Rights at Ballot Box May 20, 2009- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BANS SIXTH GRADER’S PRESENTATION ON HARVEY MILK- Faces Possible ACLU Lawsuit For Violation Of State Education Code May 18, 2009- U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS CALIFORNIA COUNTIES' CHALLENGE TO STATE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS- May 11, 2009- OCEANSIDE CONSIDERING MORATORIUM ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES- ACLU Fears Proposal Is Overbroad and Violates Rights of Seriously Ill April 21, 2009- ACLU SUIT CHARGES FBI & JUSTICE WITH DODGING PENDLETON DOMESTIC SPYING FOIA- Seeks Immediate Processing of Freedom of Information Act Requests April 20, 2009- FALLBROOK HIGH NEWSPAPER FINALLY PUBLISHES CENSORED ARTICLES- 'Special Edition' Doesn't Present Both Sides of Issue, ACLU Contends April 19, 2009- ACLU HONORS ASHLEY WALKER WITH SPECIAL CIVIL LIBERTIES AWARD- Rep. John Lewis Presents the 2009 Helen Marston Award for the April 17, 2009- JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES BUSH ADMINISTRATION TORTURE MEMOS - Justice Department Responds to Long-Running ACLU Lawsuits March 27, 2009- FALLBROOK HIGH NEWSPAPER TO PRINT CENSORED MATERIALS- ACLU Lawsuit Apparently Compels District Response March 24, 2009- ACLU ARGUES FOR MARINE'S FREE SPEECH RIGHTS- Broad Military Gag Order Not Restricted to Classified Material March 13, 2009- VISTA PARENTAL NOTIFICATION POLICY CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED- Policy Puts Students' Health and Safety at Risk March 11, 2009- VISTA SCHOOL BOARD URGED TO REJECT PARENTAL NOTIFICATION POLICY- Protect the Health and Safety of Students and Uphold Their Constitutional Rights March 09, 2009- MUZZLING OF MARINE UNCONSTITUTIONAL- ACLU Says Gag Order Violates 1st Amendment and Public’s Right to Know March 05, 2009- ATTORNEYS URGE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT TO INVALIDATE PROP 8- Case Raises Important Legal Issues Affecting All Minority Groups February 24, 2009- ACLU MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF LANDMARK STUDENT FREE SPEECH DECISION- 40 Years After Tinker v. Des Moines, School Officials Still Unconstitutionally Censoring Students February 24, 2009- ACLU WINS RELEASE OF TORTURED REFUGEE- U.S. Attorney Will Not Appeal Immigration Judge’s Decision February 10, 2009- SAN DIEGO SCHOOL BOARD TO APOLOGIZE TO PETE SEEGER- Loyalty Oaths Still an Issue Today February 03, 2009- CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN PROP 8 LEGAL CHALLENGE ON MARCH 5 - Attorney General, Governor, and nation’s top civil rights groups agree: Invalidate Prop 8 January 23, 2009- YOUTH GYM WINS ITS DAY IN COURT- ACLU Amicus Argument Prevails in Court of Appeal January 22, 2009- TAKING POLITICS OUT OF REPRODUCTION- Op-Ed Published in San Diego Union-Tribune January 19, 2009- EDUCATION EQUALITY APPEAL DELIVERED AT ALL PEOPLE'S BREAKFAST- Why We Can't Wait to Make A-G the Default Curriculum January 05, 2009- CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FILE BRIEF IN PROP 8 LEGAL CHALLENGE- Reiterate Arguments that Prop 8 Should Be Struck Down December 30, 2008- ACLU LIST OF 2008'S BEST AND WORST IN CIVIL LIBERTIES IN SAN DIEGO- December 23, 2008- SUPPORT MLK BREAKFAST- Celebrate the vision of human rights for all December 16, 2008- FALLBROOK HIGH STUDENT NEWSPAPER WINS AWARD- Censored Paper at Center of ACLU Lawsuit November 26, 2008- SAN DIEGO ACLU'S LEADER HAILED AS "YOUNG CIVIC DYNAMO"- San Diego Magazine Picks "New Establishment" November 19, 2008- CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT GRANTS REVIEW IN PROP 8 LEGAL CHALLENGES- Court To Determine Constitutionality of Prop 8 November 11, 2008- FALLBROOK HIGH EARNS AN “F” IN FREE SPEECH, ACLU SAYS IN SUIT- Censors School Newspaper and Cancels Journalism Class November 05, 2008- LEGAL GROUPS FILE LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PROPOSITION 8, SHOULD IT PASS- Constitution Has Core Commitment to Equality for Everyone November 04, 2008- MARRIAGES OF SAME-SEX COUPLES WHO MARRIED BEFORE PROP 8 SHOULD STILL BE HONORED EVEN IF IT PASSES- Initiative Would Only Apply to Future Marriages November 01, 2008- CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE HONORS ACLU AS SOCIAL JUSTICE HERO- Immigrants' Rights Work Cited October 29, 2008- FREEDOM ALERT: WE'RE LOSING CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE- Urgent Message on Prop. 8 October 21, 2008- BORDER PATROL AND LOCAL POLICE CREATE “CHECKPOINT SOCIETY”- Fourth Amendment Rights Compromised Within 100 Miles of the Border. Affecting 2/3 of Americans October 21, 2008- GROSSMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT RESCINDS POLICY INFRINGING ON STUDENT SPEECH RIGHTS- District Had Banned Speech on Prop 8 October 16, 2008- CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT REJECTS ASSAULT ON STATE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS- ACLU Applauds Dismissal of San Diego and San Bernardino Counties' Claim that Federal Law Trumps State Medical Marijuana Laws October 16, 2008- CONGRESS CANNOT GRANT WHOLESALE IMMUNITY TO TELECOMS- FISA 2008 Act is Unconstitutional, ACLU Tells Court October 14, 2008- SCHOOL BOARD ABOLISHES PUBLIC CRITICISM POLICY- ACLU Had Criticized Rule as Free Speech Violation October 03, 2008- GOVERNOR TAKES IMPORTANT STEP TO PROTECT PRIVACY AND SAFETY OF CALIFORNIANS- Signs ACLU-Sponsored RFID Anti-Skimming Legislation into Law September 30, 2008- GOVERNOR SIGNS IMPORTANT BILL PROTECTING DIASTER VICTIMS- Civil Rights, Disaster Aid Organizations Applaud New Law September 29, 2008- OVERREAACHING NEW SCHOOL BOARD POLICY STIFLES FREE SPEECH- Governance Policies Promoting Civility Imperil Open Debate September 27, 2008- ACLU FIELD & POLICY DIRECTOR HONORED BY CHICANO FEDERATION- Receives Willie Velasquez Community Service Award August 25, 2008- VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 8- Protect Marriage Equality for All August 24, 2008- VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 4- Keep Our Teens Safe August 15, 2008- U.S. BORDER PATROL SHOULD STOP USING LETHAL FORCE AGAINST ROCK-THROWERS, SAY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS- Call for Congressional Investigations into Disproportionate Use of Force Incidents August 14, 2008- ACLU SEEKS RELEASE OF TORTURED REFUGEE- Her Continued Incarceration is Unconstitutional August 07, 2008- OCEANSIDE POLICE GROSSLY NEGLIGENT IN RESPONDING TO SUICIDAL PERSONS- Family and ACLU Urge Change in Procedures & Training August 06, 2008- WANT CONDOS INSTEAD? LET YOUTH CENTER HAVE ITS DAY IN COURT, SAYS ACLU- July 31, 2008- LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FALLS SHORT IN OFF-DUTY OFFICER INTERVENTION POLICIES AND TRAINING, ACLU REPORTS- Despite $5.5 million Foley Verdict, Few Departments Inform or Train Their Rank and File July 31, 2008- COURT UPHOLDS CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS, STRIKING DOWN COUNTIES' CHALLENGE- July 30, 2008- PREVENT YOUR IDENTITY FROM BEING STOLEN- Suggestions from the ACLU and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse July 29, 2008- PENDLETON DOMESTIC SPYING PART OF GROWING DANGER OF FUSION CENTERS- New ACLU Report on Local Domestic Spying Apparatus July 29, 2008- ACLU STATEMENT ON DISTRICT COURT'S RULING ON SOLEDAD CROSS- July 27, 2008- UNION-TRIBUNE OP-ED: GUARD IS BETTER USED ELSEWHERE- by Andrea Guerrero, ACLU-San Diego Field & Policy Director July 16, 2008- DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUPS, SAYS ACLU- Demand Letter to Escondido to Stop Surcharges on User Fees July 15, 2008- LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS SOUGHT IN STOLEN PENDLETON SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENTS- Massive Number of Files Stolen, According to Press Report July 10, 2008- ACLU LEGAL DIRECTOR CELEBRATED FOR CIVILITY- San Diego County Bar Association's Annual Bench-Bar Mixer June 30, 2008- COMMISSION REPORT FINDS CALIFORNIA'S DEATH PENALTY 'DYSFUNCTIONAL' AND 'COSTLY'- ACLU Calls for Replacing the Death Penalty with Permanent Imprisonment June 26, 2008- FEINSTEIN DISAPPOINTS ON FISA- Senate Joins House in Granting Telecoms Blanket Immunity June 24, 2008- ****BREAKING: ON FISA BILL, SEN. BOXER ANNOUNCES SHE'LL VOTE THE RIGHT WAY, SUPPORTING CIVIL LIBERTIES, BUT...- SEN. FEINSTEIN STILL HAS NOT COME AROUND. CALL (202) 224-3841. June 20, 2008- ACLU CONDEMNS FISA CAPITULATION IN THE HOUSE; CALLS NEEDED TO SENATOR FEINSTEIN- Surveillance Bill Is Unconstitutional June 12, 2008- SUPREME COURT RESTORES RULE OF LAW TO GUANTANAMO- Decision Marks 'Beginning of the End' of Failed Detention Policy, ACLU Says June 10, 2008- STAND UP FOR FREEDOM!- ACLU Membership Conference Report, June 8-10, 2008 June 09, 2008- CIVIL RIGHTS AND PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS DEFEND STATE'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS FROM TWO COUNTIES’ ASSAULT- Hearing Tuesday, June 10, 9:00 a.m. June 04, 2008- ACLU SECURES END TO OVERCROWDING AT SAN DIEGO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY- Settlement With Department Of Homeland Security And Corrections Corporation Of America Will Ensure More Humane Conditions For Immigration Detainees May 30, 2008- EDUCATION REFORM COALITION HONORED BY LATINO UNITY COALITION- May 28, 2008- PROBE SURVEILLANCE OF SAN DIEGO MUSLIMS, ACLU TELLS CONGRESS- Religious Profiling and Security Breach Are of Concern May 28, 2008- COURT’S DECISION ON MARRIAGE SHOULD GO INTO EFFECT ON SCHEDULE- Brief Filed on Behalf of Gay and Lesbian Couples May 15, 2008- FREEDOM TO MARRY IN CALIFORNIA!- California Supreme Court Issues Historic Ruling in Gay Marriage Case April 21, 2008- ACLU-SAN DIEGO AND MEXICO'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO PROTECT MIGRANTS' HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE BORDER- Growing Death Toll Called "Intolerable" April 19, 2008- FAMED SAN DIEGO CIVIL LIBERTIES ATTORNEY IRWIN GOSTIN DIES AT AGE 80- Called One of the ACLU-San Diego's 'Most Important Leaders' April 04, 2008- ACLU AND NACDL ASSEMBLING GUANTáNAMO DEFENSE TEAMS- Military Commissions System Poses Grave Threat To Civil Liberties And American Justice April 02, 2008- ACLU DEFENDS CONTROVERSIAL SPEECH IN PUBLIC SCHOOL- Update: Harper v. Poway Unified School District March 29, 2008- LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES NATIONAL ACLU YOUTH ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIP- Valhalla High Senior Adam Lee Wins One of Only Fifteen Awards March 14, 2008- ACLU CELEBRATES 75 YEARS WITH GALA & STARS- Sell-Out Crowd Hears Tom Smothers, Erwin Chemerinsky March 13, 2008- JOIN ACLU-SAN DIEGO IN CELEBRATING ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY!- With comedian Tom Smothers and scholar Erwin Chemerinsky March 13, 2008- ACLU'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY SILENT AUCTION- Online Preview Bidding! Get a Jump on the Competition! March 13, 2008- FRANCISCO CASTANEDA'S TREATMENT AT THE CORRECTION CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA'S OTAY MESA DETENTION CENTER- The term "'cruel' is inadequate," judge says February 29, 2008- VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS- Non-Work Activities Are Constitutionally Protected February 25, 2008- CITY WILDFIRE REPORT GOOD STARTING POINT, BUT OVERLOOKS MISSTEPS WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS- ACLU Response to Mayor’s “After Action” Report February 06, 2008- CALIFORNIA HIGH COURT TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN HISTORIC MARRIAGE CASE- Same-Sex Couples Ask CA Supreme Court to Strike Down Marriage Ban January 31, 2008- ACLU WRITES LETTER TO CALTRANS ON MINUTEMEN ADOPTING STRETCH OF FREEWAY- 1st Amendment Protects Their Right to Advocate Views Many Disagree With January 22, 2008- WOMEN'S EQUALITY AND THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE- Roe v. Wade Turns 35 January 18, 2008- BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S REAL ID REGULATIONS STILL TOO BURDENSOME- DHS Regs Fail to Address Serious Privacy, Security and Cost Concerns January 16, 2008- DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE RAPIDLY APPROACHING- January 22 Deadline for Primaries January 16, 2008- ACLU -- DEFENDING EVERYONE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS- January 14, 2008- ACLU STATEMENT ON MINUTEMEN ADOPTING STRETCH OF FREEWAY- State Cannot Discriminate Based on Viewpoints, However Repugnant January 11, 2008- CLOSE GUANTANAMO!- January 11 - Wear Orange, Demand Prison Closure January 08, 2008- RESTORING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT- In Washington, ACLU and Allies Rally for Renewed Commitment December 31, 2007- TOP TEN BEST AND WORST OF 2007- The Year We Didn’t Get Our Freedoms Back December 31, 2007- BEST AND WORST OF 2007 - SAN DIEGO CIVIL LIBERTIES- ACLU List of Hope and Shame on the Voice of San Diego Blog December 28, 2007- SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS ACLU MEDICAL MARIJUANA SUIT- Files Brief Calling on County to Respect State Law December 24, 2007- SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS FREE SPEECH RIGHTS AT MALLS- Fashion Valley Mall v. National Labor Relations Board December 20, 2007- SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO UNDERGO REVIEW OF ITS AUDIT IMPLEMENTATION- ACLU Urged Follow-Up to Assess Dept. Progress in Improving Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations December 12, 2007- SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PARENTAL NOTIFICATION POLICY CHALLENGED- ACLU & Others Raise Constitutional and Legal Concerns December 01, 2007- MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE ACLU (?!!!)- Fighting a Fictional War on Christmas November 26, 2007- SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR ACLU'S CASE- Poor People Denied Privacy Rights November 20, 2007- UCSD PROPOSED SPEECH POLICY THREATENS FREE SPEECH- ACLU Calls for Significant Revisions or Outright Rejection November 01, 2007- FIRESTORM!- Treatment of Vulnerable Populations During the San Diego Fires November 01, 2007- REPORT SURVEYS THE DAMAGE OF SAN DIEGO FIRES TO BASIC RIGHTS- Documents Human Rights Costs and Calls for Reforms to Make Sure Mistakes Aren’t Repeated October 29, 2007- UPDATE ON IMMIGRANTS' EXPERIENCES IN SAN DIEGO WILDFIRES- Link to Democracy Now News Interview October 29, 2007- ALERT: CONCERN FOR IMMIGRANTS DURING FIRE EVACUATIONS AND RELIEF EFFORT- October 24, 2007- ACLU APPLAUDS COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO DEVASTATING FIRESTORM- Urges Officials to Respect Human Rights and Civil Liberties October 23, 2007- CIVIL LIBERTIES IMMIGRATION FORUM CANCELLED DUE TO FIRES- Legal Clinic Instead to Address All Legal Issues Related to the Fires October 11, 2007- CALIFORNIA FIRST STATE TO PROHIBIT ANTI-IMMIGRANT RENTAL ORDINANCES- ACLU, Business & Real Estate Leaders, and Civil Rights Groups Applaud the Bill October 06, 2007- UNDERSTANDING THE ACLU - Op-Ed in North County Times about cases that illuminate ACLU's defense of all October 04, 2007- SUPERIOR COURT AND ITS EMPLOYEES' FREE SPEECH RIGHTS- Bible Study Group Denied Use of Facilities October 01, 2007- OP-ED ON PRIVACY IN LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL- Transparent Privacy September 30, 2007- ACLU FREEDOM WALKERS MARCH IN AIDS WALK 2007- Raise Funds, Raise Awareness September 26, 2007- DIVERSE COMMUNITIES RALLY TO SUPPORT SAME-SEX COUPLES IN LEGAL BATTLE TO MARRY- Religious, Civil Rights, Municipalities & Many Others Submit Friend-of-Court Briefs in Landmark Case September 20, 2007- VICTORY IN VISTA PRIVACY RIGHTS CASE- Personal Information of Private Individuals Will Not Be Released September 19, 2007- WE SALUTE MAYOR SANDERS & COUNCILMEMBER ATKINS- The Right Decision on Marriage Rights September 18, 2007- ACLU COORDINATES SCORES OF PRESENTATIONS CELEBRATING THE CONSTITUTION- San Diego Lawyers Encourage Dialogue September 17, 2007- SDSU PROTESTS INJUSTICE IN JENA 6 CASES- ACLU Active in Fighting the Ongoing Travesty in Louisiana September 15, 2007- HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND FAITH LEADERS LAUNCH A STATEWIDE WALK TO PROTEST THE DEATH PENALTY- 800 Mile, 15-County Walk to Stop Executions in California September 12, 2007- ACLU VICTORY IN IMPERIAL COUNTY MOBILE HOME CONDEMNATION CASE- Appeal Fee Waived...Home Owners Will Get Their Stories Heard September 05, 2007- ACLU STEPS IN ON BEHALF OF IMPERIAL COUNTY MOBILE HOME OWNERS- County Violating Owners' Due Process Rights by Refusing to Waive Appeals Filing Fees September 01, 2007- ACLU FREEDOM WALKERS MARCH IN AIDS WALK 2007- Raise Funds, Raise Awareness August 22, 2007- ACLU SUES U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OVER UNTENABLE DELAYS IN NATURALIZATION- August 20, 2007- GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS EXPAND IN CALIFORNIA - Without Regulations or Public Debate, Says ACLU Report August 15, 2007- THANKS TO ACLU CASE, CALIFORNIA'S LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS ARE IMPROVING- Williams Implementation Report Released August 10, 2007- ACLU DEFENDS CONTROVERSIAL SPEECH IN PUBLIC SCHOOL- Amicus Brief in Harper v. Poway Unified School District August 07, 2007- ON GOVERNMENT COMPELLED SPEECH- Firefighters' Claims Raise Core First Amendment Issue August 06, 2007- ACLU OFFERS STUDENT ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIPS - $5000 College Scholarships to Young Civil Libertarians August 03, 2007- UPDATE ON CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Issues of Muslim Prayer and Segregation Addressed in District's New Policies July 26, 2007- LERACH COUGHLIN DIRECTS $111,000 OF REMAINING SETTLEMENT MONEY IN RED LIGHT PHOTO ENFORCEMENT CASE TO ACLU - July 23, 2007- ACLU CASE ON BEHALF OF POOR FEATURED ON COLBERT REPORT- July 21, 2007- ACLU MARCHES WITH PRIDE!- Joins 33rd Annual LGBT Pride Parade July 16, 2007- VISTA PRIVACY CASE OP-ED IN SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE- "Islands of Privacy in a Sea of Disclosure" July 16, 2007- NEW YORK TIMES PROFILES IMPORTANT ACLU-SAN DIEGO CASE- July 13, 2007- ACLU STATEMENT ON CA ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEW OF VISTA OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS- ACLU Troubled by Report's Rationales July 12, 2007- ACLU STATEMENT ON CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S MUSLIM PRAYERS- Weighing the Fundamental and Competing Constitutional Principles July 06, 2007- ACLU FILES CLASS ACTION PRIVACY RIGHTS COMPLAINT IN VISTA- UPDATE: Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order June 26, 2007- ACLU AND CITY OF VISTA SETTLE DAY LABORER DISPUTE- Agreement Ends Litigation over Day Laborer Ordinance June 25, 2007- ACLU ANALYSIS OF AUDIT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT- Important First Step But External Monitoring of Implementation of the Recommendations Is Needed June 21, 2007- UPDATE IN KINITI V. MEYERS- Judge Largely Denies Motions to Dismiss June 13, 2007- ACLU SUES ICE OVER GROSSLY DEFICIENT HEALTH CARE- Inadequate Medical Care Causes Great Physical Suffering and Risk of “Premature Death” May 23, 2007- ACLU DEFENDS FREE SPEECH RIGHTS OF EVERYONE- Response to Today's Wall Street JournalOp-Ed May 22, 2007- SIGN ON TO COMMUNITY LETTER IN SUPPORT OF SB 1019- Restore Police Accountability May 11, 2007- MAN GETS 25 YEARS TO LIFE FOR STEALING TWO BOTTLES OF LIQUOR- Evil Three Strikes Law Strikes Again April 30, 2007- UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO MONITOR AND REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONS OF MIGRANTS IN THE U.S.- Begins Fact-Finding Tour in San Diego on April 30 April 18, 2007- LAMENTABLE ABORTION RULING HARMS WOMEN, BODILY PRIVACY- U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Ban Criminalizing Abortion in Second Trimester April 17, 2007- BILLS ON CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF POLICE MOVE FORWARD- Police Accountability; Preventing Wrongful Conviction April 09, 2007- WELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE!- Ways to Make A Difference; Richer Analysis; Up-to-the-Minute News April 08, 2007- IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT RAIDS CAUSE SERIOUS CONCERNS- April 08, 2007- ACLU URGES SUPPORT FOR BILLS TO RESTORE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF POLICE AGENCIES- Take Action Today! April 07, 2007- CURFEW SWEEP MISGUIDED AND WRONG, ACLU SAYS- Statement on "Netting" of 18 Young People out Past 10 p.m. April 05, 2007- FREE SPEECH UPHELD IN POWAY... FOR NOW- You May Still Hold Up a Sign on the Sidewalk April 02, 2007- SAME-SEX COUPLES URGE CA SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE DOWN MARRIAGE BAN- ACLU & Others Say Domestic Partnerships Still Leave Same-Sex Couples Vulnerable March 14, 2007- ACLU FIGHTS TO PROTECT HARASSMENT OF LGBT STUDENTS- Donovan v. Poway Unified School District March 08, 2007- GANG INJUNCTION IN ESCONDIDO CAUSES CIVIL LIBERTIES CONCERNS- Court restricts rights before any crime is committed February 24, 2007- ACLU HOSTS FIRST-EVER MOBILIZATION CONFERENCE- Keynote Speaker and Anti-Death Penalty Activist, Actor Mike Farrell February 13, 2007- BILL GIVES DOMESTIC PARTNERS, MARRIED SPOUSES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SURNAME OF CHOICE- ACLU and Others Cosponsor Legislation February 09, 2007- IN MEMORY OF MOLLY IVINS (1944 - 2007)- A legendary civil libertarian has passed away, leaving a legacy of truth, tenacity, and humor like no other February 07, 2007- ACLU CALLS ON CA ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INTERVENE IN VISTA AND STEVE FOLEY SHOOTINGS- African American and Latino residents particularly targeted January 24, 2007- ACLU SUES US IMMIGRATION OFFICALS AND FOR-PROFIT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OVER DANGEROUS AND INHUMAN CONDITIONS- In a legal first, ACLU seeks to change overcrowded and degrading conditions at San Diego facility January 24, 2007- FREE SPEECH OF DAY LABORERS IN EL CAJON- City issues citations to day laborers December 14, 2006- SETTLEMENT IN ESCONDIDO RENTAL ORDINANCE LAWSUIT- City Agrees To Permanent Injunction Against Enforcement November 16, 2006- CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS GET NOD FROM COURT- Ruling Would Deny Counties' Attempt to Undermine Patient Protections November 03, 2006- CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FILE SUIT OVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDINANCE IN ESCONDIDO- October 29, 2006- CALIFORNIA INITIATIVES- ACLU Recommendations September 19, 2006- COURT RULING ON HOME PRIVACY OF THE POOR DISAPPOINTS- 9th Circuit Ruling on Sanchez v. San Diego County September 15, 2006- DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS IN STEVE FOLEY SHOOTING- Legal and Religious Organizations Urge Caution September 07, 2006- ACLU URGES CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH AND PRIVACY RIGHTS- AG Reverses Commitment to Address Civil Liberties Concerns on Government Surveillance August 31, 2006- LANDMARK PRIVACY BILL WINS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FROM CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS- ACLU Calls on Governor to Sign "RFID" Law August 24, 2006- ACLU REPRESENTS JEWISH WAR VETERANS IN EFFORT TO RELOCATE MT. SOLEDAD MEMORIAL- Lawsuit Seeks Transfer of Latin Cross to Non-Governmental Site August 04, 2006- PATIENTS GET SAY IN COUNTIES' LEGAL CHALLENGE TO CALIFORNIA MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW- ACLU, Drug Policy Alliance and Americans for Safe Access Step In to Represent Medical Marijuana Patients in Lawsuit August 04, 2006- STATEMENT ON ANTI-GAY ATTACKS ON PRIDE WEEKEND- Kevin Keenan, Executive Director July 18, 2006- ACLU SUES TO STOP VISTA DAY LABOR ORDINANCE- Ordinance Violates the First Amendment July 13, 2006- ACLU'S NEW LEGAL DIRECTOR JUMPS INTO THE ACTION- Passing the Legal Baton July 07, 2006- ACLU AND OTHERS STEP IN TO DEFEND CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW FROM ROGUE COUNTIES' ATTACK- States Can Allow Medical Marijuana Even if the Federal Government Disagrees, Say Groups July 06, 2006- ACLU SEEKS INFORMATION ABOUT STATE HOMELAND SECURITY SPYING ON ANTI-WAR RALLIES- Los Angeles Times Reports Several Incidents June 09, 2006- SUCCESS FOR GAY PARENTS IN SECOND PARENT ADOPTION CASE- June 09, 2006- SAN DIEGO COUNTY WRONG FOR REFUSING TO FOLLOW CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW- ACLU and Other National Groups Pledge Immediate Legal Action June 01, 2006- OP.ED. : SPYING ON AMERICANS- Congress was meant to keep the executive branch in check May 26, 2006- TELECOMS VIOLATING YOUR PRIVACY- ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuits Over llegal Data Sharing with Government April 13, 2006- 15-YEAR-OLD FALLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL HONORS STUDENT DISCIPLINED FOR WEARING AN AMERICAN FLAG IN HER BACK POCKET- ACLU Demands School Back Off and Clear Record January 05, 2006- FATAL SHOOTINGS REVEAL THAT DEPARTMENT IS BEHIND IN BEST PRACTICES- Audit of Sheriff's Department Needs Speed and Breadth October 27, 2005- INTERNATIONAL BODY DISMISSES ACLU CHALLENGE TO OPERATION GATEKEEPER- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Says Domestic Remedies Weren't Exhausted November 13, 2001- CHALLENGE TO OPERATION GATEKEEPER HEARD BEFORE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION- ACLU Argues U.S. Actions Led to Spike in Migrant Deaths on Southwest Border May 05, 2000- FOLLOW US ON TWITTER- Up-to-the-Minute Updates on Civil Liberties Issues June 09, 1997- SAN DIEGO CURFEW LAW STRUCK DOWN BY APPEALS COURT- Too Vague, Restricts Free Speech, Violates Parents' Rights