News & Commentary
Aug 11, 2010
Student Privacy - Parents Deserve Full Information
In today's world, even the youngest members of our communities face privacy threats. When students and their parents were asked to provide their social security numbers for longitudinal data studies, we focused the legislative debate on the highly personal nature of this data, and its potential to be used, misused, and manipulated in a variety ways of dangerous ways.
We fought hard in the legislature to ensure both that this is an opt-in program (meaning it's voluntary - students and parents do not have to provide social security numbers to public schools even when asked) and that parents be adequately informed of the opt-in nature and the risks of participation.
Aug 04, 2010
California Marriage Ban Struck Down
We are celebrating at the ACLU of MAINE offices today! A federal judge just ruled that Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative banning same-sex couples from marriage, violates the United States Constitution. You can read the decision here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/35374462/Prop-8-Ruling-FINAL
Aug 03, 2010
Rights Groups File Lawsuit To Allow Challenge To Targeted Killing Without Due Process
CCR And ACLU Charge It's Illegal For Government To Deny Counsel To Targets On Kill List
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NEW YORK – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to challenge t
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