Category: ACLU

ANALYSIS: Courts, Lawmakers Struggle to Restore Americans’ Fourth Amendment Rights

News Analysis In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision that police officers had acted illegally in collecting months of cell phone data from a private company, without a warrant, to track the movements of a robbery suspect.  The Court majority opinion stated that “in light of the deeply revealing nature of…


ACLU Sues Biden Administration Over Revival of Trump-Era Asylum Restrictions

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups sued President Joe Biden’s administration on May 11, alleging the government’s revival of Trump-era restrictions on asylum are not legal. The new restrictions are illegal in part because they force non-Mexican asylum seekers to enter the United States at ports of entry, the groups said in a…


‘Novel’ Rule on Adult and Child Gender Transitioning Hits Snag

A Missouri judge has ordered a two-week hold on the nation’s first attempt to regulate medical gender-transitioning of adults and minors via a consumer-protection rule. Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo’s May 1  ruling comes amid a national and international debate over the safety and effectiveness of transgender medical procedures in general. Disagreements usually have centered on the…


Missouri Judge Temporarily Blocks New Restrictions on Transgender Procedures

A Missouri judge has ordered a two-week hold on the nation’s first attempt to regulate medical gender-transitioning of adults and minors via a consumer-protection rule. Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo’s May 1  ruling comes amid a national and international debate over the safety and effectiveness of transgender medical procedures in general. Disagreements usually have centered on the…


Recent Lowlights in the Woke Capture of Our Once-Venerable Institutions

Commentary Lamenting the astonishing success of the activist Left’s century-long Gramscian march through America’s major institutions is, at this juncture, old hat. Still, there have been a few recent powerful examples, coming in quick succession, illustrating the extent to which leading liberal institutions of civil society have been captured by far-left activist wokesters who take…


Bill Banning Drag Shows in Kentucky Runs Out of Time to Override Likely Veto

A bill to ban drag performances on publicly owned land or anywhere where children could view the performance is most likely dead for this session of the Kentucky Legislature. The bill, introduced by Republican Sen. Lindsey Tichenor, is almost officially dead due to not having enough time left this session for the legislature to override…


Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Current Felon Voting Ban Constitutional, Leaves Issue to Legislature

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Feb. 15 upheld the state’s law that bars felons from voting while on parole, ruling that the law doesn’t violate the fundamental right to vote or the principle of equal protection within the state’s constitution. The long-awaited decision comes more than a year after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued…


Same-Sex Marriage Act Gives Government ‘Broad New Power’ to Target Religious Believers, Says Experts

Experts are warning that the recently approved Respect for Marriage Act could end up being used to target and suppress people of Christian and other traditional faiths. The Respect for Marriage Act was passed by the Senate in a 61–36 vote on Nov. 29, and by the House of Representatives in a 258–169 vote on…


Same-Sex Marriage Act Gives Government ‘Broad New Power’ to Target Religious Believers, Experts Say

Experts are warning that the recently approved Respect for Marriage Act could end up being used to target and suppress people of Christian and other traditional faiths. The Respect for Marriage Act was passed by the Senate in a 61–36 vote on Nov. 29, and by the House of Representatives in a 258–169 vote on…


Pennsylvania Lawsuits Clash Over Counting Undated Ballots

Several election lawsuits in Pennsylvania continue to argue over whether to count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots. The disagreement lives on a week after the State Supreme Court ordered county boards of elections to refrain from counting any undated or incorrectly date absentee and mail-in ballots received for the Nov. 8 general election. In…