A Ferguson Police Department statement asking protesters to be “respectful” and assemble only during daylight hours violates free speech rights, the leader of the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri said in a letter to the department.
Read More »Gay marriage lawsuit could test Mo. courts
Is a judicial decision in favor of gay marriage as politically dangerous as it once was? Missouri’s court system might be about to find out.
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Read More »FBI can keep race data from ACLU, U.S. appeals court rules
The Federal Bureau of Investigation can withhold data from a civil liberties group on its use of ethnic and racial information.
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Read More »Updated: Missouri sends back portion of execution drug supply
The Missouri Department of Corrections said Wednesday that it is returning the European-made portion of its supply of its execution drug, propofol.
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Read More »ACLU sues to get execution drug records
The American Civil Liberties Union said Friday that it is suing the Missouri Department of Corrections for failing to respond to a request for records about the state’s execution drug.
Read More »Nebraska sued by ACLU over bar to gay foster parents
A Nebraska policy barring gay and lesbian couples and individuals from being foster parents was challenged in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit.
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Read More »Illinois judge asked to overturn state same-sex marriage ban
The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal argued to an Illinois judge that laws prohibiting same-sex marriage should be declared unconstitutional.
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Read More »Talks stall on jail oversight
Fingers of blame point in different directions after talks ground to a halt on oversight of St. Louis jails.
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Read More »ACLU files lawsuit over survivor benefits for same-sex partners
The ACLU filed a lawsuit Thursday against a state agency on behalf of a man who didn’t receive survivor benefits after his same-sex partner was killed.
Read More »ACLU files federal free-speech suit on behalf of NorthSide opponents
A group of residents opposed to a planned development in north St. Louis have taken their case to federal court, with a twist. Litigation is already under way in two different state-level courts challenging both the method by which city ...
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Read More »High court to consider Halloween law affecting sex offenders
The Missouri Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, Dec. 2 over a constitutional challenge to a 2008 law that restricted the activities of sex offenders on Halloween night. The law requires sex offenders to stay inside their homes ...
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