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...president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reproached the Supreme Court for abandoning its traditional role as the protector of the rights of women and minority groups in a speech at the Harvard Law School Wednesday night...
...ACLU president said the Supreme Court is rewriting constitutional history at will. Strossen in voked Mark Twain in her criticism of the court. "No one is safe while they are in session," she quoted...
...that a child would not feel pressured into joining in. Particularly in deeply religious communities, atheist and agnostic families are often afraid to protest. "In many areas no one complains when the church starts creeping into public life," says Jay Jacobson, executive director of the Arkansas affiliate of the ACLU. "We get calls at the beginning of the school year against a generic prayer at football games, but no one is willing to file an official complaint. The Bill of Rights is not self-enforcing...
...Jeffery J. Kassel, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney who argued against the University of Wisconsin, said the court struck down the codes because they were both too broad and too vague, violating the first and fourteenth amendments...
...publishers claim the statue is a violation of Hill's First Amendment rights, and the publisher is not alone in its battle. Arthur Eisenberg, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), states, "Under the First Amendment, you cannot punish speech just because you don't like the speaker, which this law does. Henry Hill wouldn't have told his story if he didn't hope to get paid; it would have been a significant loss to our society if his account hadn't been told." The ACLU filed a brief in support of Simon & Schuster...