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Last September, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung caused a kerfuffle by mistakenly reporting that the former president had bought a Glock 19 pistol decorated with his portrait during a visit to a gun dealer in Summerville, South Carolina. At the time, Trump faced four criminal indictments, which would have made him guilty of several federal felonies—the purchase itself, plus two more felonies related to falsely presenting himself as an eligible buyer—if he had actually completed the transaction that Cheung described. Now that a New York jury has convicted Trump of 34 felonies involving fa...
Reason
The American Civil Liberties Union has weighed in on the FBI’s October 6 raid of right-wing underground media outlet Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe‘s home relating to a diary he obtained in 2020 that belonged to Ashley Biden, the eldest daughter of President Joe Biden. O’Keefe had attempted to surrender the diary to law enforcement after he was unable to verify its authenticity. And because there is no evidence that O’Keefe illegally acquired the diary – whose contents were never published – his lawyers have argued that he was denied the typical protections offered to journalists. “The ...
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Washington (AFP) - Too woke? The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has triggered a debate by altering a quote about abortion by the late US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, replacing references to women with gender neutral words. In a tweet on Saturday to mark a year since Ginsburg's death, the powerful civil rights group noted that the liberal and feminist icon popularly known as "RBG" was a "champion for abortion and gender equality." The ACLU tweet was accompanied by a quote from Ginsburg: "The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a [person's] life, to [their]...
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Campaign Aims to Pressure Congress to Include $400B in Home and Community-Based Services Promised By President Biden in the Budget Reconciliation Package Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more (Washington, DC) – Today, Ady Barkan, health care advocate and Be A Hero co-founder, joined forces with the ACLU on a powerful new television and digital ad campaign in Arizona. The campaign aims to pressure Congress to include the $400 Billion investment in Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) promised by President Biden in the budget reconciliation package. Home Care Can’t WaitThe ads fea...
ValueWalk
On Wednesday afternoon, a judge granted Britney Spears the right to her own lawyer after it was revealed last month that her lawyer may not have given her sound legal advice about her case to be freed from her conservatorship. The news comes the day after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) advocated for Spears’ right to choose her attorney by filing an amicus brief with the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The amicus brief – which is a legal document that provides information concerning a case from a person or organization not directly involved in the case that is given to a court ...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed the HB 1 bill “Combating Public Disorder” on Tuesday which purports to protect police officers during public protests. Opponents have claimed that the bill will only serve as a way to criminalize peaceful protests against police brutality. The bill will allow prosecutors and local officials to appeal potential police budget cuts. The bill also makes battery on a law enforcement officer “in furtherance of a riot or an aggravated riot” punishable by at least six months in prison. In addition, “willfully and maliciously” tearing down a memorial or historic pro...
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Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams denounced a bill passed on Monday in Georgia’s House of Representatives saying it is “one of the strictest and most anti-democratic pieces of voter suppression legislation” in U.S. history. House Bill 531 (HB 531) intends to limit early voting and create more obstacles for those who vote absentee. Abrams and her group Fair Fight released a Twitter thread detailing the many changes HB 531 seeks to make Georgia election law. HB 531, “is a dangerous attempt to roll back voting rights, leading to longer lines and more restrictive rules for absentee ballots whil...
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