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Minneapolis Police Department Changes Its Tune In Response To MCLU's Concerns (07/21/2000)
MINNEAPOLIS,MN -- In the wake of media scrutiny and criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union of Minneapolis, city officials have abandoned an earlier plan that would violate the First and Fourth amendment rights of pedestrians during the International Society of Animal Genetics Conference.

ACLU Sharply Criticizes White House Drug War (07/11/2000)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded Congress for investigating the federal government's insertion of propaganda into popular television sit-coms and dramas.

Clinton to Stay Execution of Federal Prisoner (07/10/2000)
WASHINGTON DC - The first federal execution in nearly four decades, scheduled for August 5, will be postponed by President Clinton so that the condemned man can apply for clemency under pending new guidelines. On Friday, White House spokesman Jake Siewert told reporters that Clinton will stay the upcoming execution of Juan Raul Garza, the first federal execution since 1963, so that the president will have time to review new Justice Department clemency guidelines that are expected to be released within the next week.

ACLU of MD Asks Court to Throw Out Annapolis 'Anti-Loitering' Law (07/06/2000)
BALTIMORE, MD -- In a motion filed today on behalf of the local NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland asked a federal judge to rule Annapolis' anti-loitering law unconstitutional on the grounds that it violates free speech rights and is enforced mainly against African Americans, Hispanics and public housing residents.

Peace Activist Settles Lawsuit Against United States Customs Service (07/06/2000)
DETROIT, MI -- In a settlement negotiated by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, the U.S. Customs Office has agreed to return illegally seized film and videocassettes of conditions in Iraq to peace activist Daniel Handelman. Mr. Handelman will also receive $15,000 in damages and attorney fees.

ACLU of Southern CA Commends High Court's Affirmation of Miranda Rights in Two Key Cases (06/26/2000)
LOS ANGELES -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's dual affirmation of suspects' Miranda rights in two decisions issued today.

In Yet Another Blow to Judicial Independence, High Court Allows Congress to Limit Prison Litigation (06/19/2000)
WASHINGTON -- In a fresh blow to the independence of the federal courts, the Supreme Court today reinstated a key provision of a 1995 law aimed at curtailing federal court oversight of state prisons.

ACLU Urges Committee to Broaden Examination of Death Penalty (06/13/2000)
"We must not send another person to the grave without allowing a simple test that could once and for all resolve any questions of whether they committed a crime," said Diann Rust-Tierney, Director of the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project. "But allowing DNA evidence is only one piece of the puzzle. Inexperienced, incompetent -- or even sleeping -- lawyers are often the only thing standing between many Americans and death row." 

ACLU Challenges CA Juvenile Justice Initiative (06/07/2000)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The ACLU of Northern California and other organizations today filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 21 - the Juvenile Crime Initiative. The lawsuit argues that the proposition "violates a core provision of the California Constitution designed to ensure the integrity of the electoral process: its requirement that each initiative embrace only a single subject." 

Justice is Not Blind (05/04/2000)
WASHINGTON -- The groundbreaking report issued today by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights clearly demonstrates for the first time ever that criminal justice reform is a civil rights emergency that belongs on the agenda of all organizations that care about civil rights.

"Oh, Behave!" Iowa ACLU Turns Tables on Teacher Tattler Plan (04/18/2000)
DES MOINES, IA -- In an effort to give lawmakers a taste of their own medicine, the Iowa Civil Liberties Union is urging college students to contact the parents of those who approved a "snitch bill" authorizing school officials to notify parents of adult students deemed to have violated school alcohol rules.

ACLU Endorses House Legislation To Protect the Innocent on Death Row (03/30/2000)
"This bill demonstrates that there is growing understanding among both political parties that many people on death row are innocent, and that an inadequate defense is a reason they were sentenced to death in the first place," said Diann Rust-Tierney, Director of the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project. "The only thing that often stands between Americans and death row is an inexperienced, incompetent - or even a sleeping - lawyer. 

ACLU Calls White House Report on Internet Crime Law Enforcement "Wish List" (03/09/2000)
WASHINGTON-- A White House report on blocking Internet crime contains dangerous recommendations that would strip away basic privacy, free speech and free press protections, the American Civil Liberties Union warned today.

High Court Agrees to Review Indiana Law Allowing Random Roadside Drug Searches (02/22/2000)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court today agreed to review whether police can routinely set up traffic checkpoints with drug-sniffing dogs to stop motorists in a completely random effort to catch people who sell or use illegal drugs.