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ACLU, Murder, Violence, War on Terror
The ACLU, Suspected Terrorists and American Policy on Killing Them -- A Wedding Crashers Screenplay
Ed. note: This post is by “The Gobbler,” one of the two writers under consideration to join Morning Dockette as a Morning Docket writer. As always, we welcome your thoughts in the comments. I was asked to cover the lawsuit filed yesterday by the ACLU against the Obama administration regarding its policy of keeping a […] -
9th Circuit, ACLU, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Crime, Privacy
A Brave New Genetic Database
While in journalism school, one of my “assignments” was to hang out at New York’s night court (open until 1 a.m. every night), observe the proceedings, and then write about them. It was less exciting than Judge Harry had led me to believe, but was an interesting night replete with drug addicts, prostitutes, and a […] - Sponsored
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ACLU, Exercise, Hotties, Sports
Three Cheers for Designating Cheerleading a Sport?
It’s one of life’s great unanswered questions: Is cheerleading a sport? Soon a federal judge in Connecticut will make a ruling in a Title IX case that may help solve this age-old mystery. From the New Haven Register: It is unclear whether federal judge Stefan R. Underhill will offer an opinion on whether competitive cheerleading […]
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ACLU, Department of Justice, Immigration, Racism
Arizona, Here Come the Lawsuits
As we mentioned in Morning Docket, the lawsuits are coming for Arizona’s new immigration law. First up, the ACLU. Bloomberg reports: The American Civil Liberties Union is leading a court challenge to Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigration, claiming the measure would allow unconstitutional racial profiling by police. A group of civil rights organizations led […] -
ACLU, Education / Schools, Free Speech, Gay, Lesbians
You Can Dance If You Want To (Unless You're a Lesbian)Judge declines to order school to hold prom.
Don’t be misled by the photo — this isn’t another post about Snooki. It’s about Constance McMillen (pictured), a lesbian high schooler who wanted to bring her girlfriend to the high school prom. (Query from Elie: Is “lesbian high schooler” the politically correct way to say “girls’ hockey team”?) The Clarion-Ledger reports: Both sides are […] -
ACLU, Gay, Law Schools
Hate Abounds at University of Idaho College of Law
The administration at the University of Idaho, College of Law, is dealing with a spate of hate inspired incidents. The news coming out from Idaho is all fairly grotesque; federal authorities have been alerted to the potentially dangerous problems on campus. In an email to all Idaho law students, associate dean Elizabeth Brandt explains that […] -
ACLU, Li-ann Thio
Let's Talk Even More About Dr. Li-ann Thio
Jeez. Even we are sick of this story — and that’s saying a lot. But apparently some folks think, despite the endless navel-gazing and handwringing over the (canceled) visit of Dr. Li-ann Thio to NYU Law School, that there is more to be said here. -
ACLU, Eric Holder, Morning Docket, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 4.24.09
* Kenya has emerged as the chosen venue to try piracy cases. This article is worth it just for the quotes from the Kenyan piracy lawyer. Just try to imagine how much cooler your life would be if you were a Kenyan Piracy lawyer instead of a Biglaw associate. [The New York Times] * Florida […]
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ACLU, Holidays and Seasons
The Scarlet Pumpkin: Part II
We previously discussed Maryland’s Halloween sex offender ordinance, which requires convicted sex offenders to turn off their lights and display the sign (shown to the right) warning children to stay away on Halloween. Missouri has a similar law. They require sex offenders stay inside between 5 and 10:30 p.m., prohibits them from participating in Halloween […] -
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ACLU Looks To Brooklyn Law For New President
On Saturday the American Civil Liberties Union elected a new president, Susan Herman. She’s a constitutional law professor at Brooklyn Law School and had served as the ACLU’s general counsel prior to this promotion. It has been a long time since ACLU leadership changed hands: Herman’s selection gives the organization a new public face for […] -
ACLU, Holidays and Seasons
The Scarlet Pumpkin
True story: when I was 8-years-old living on Long Island I went trick-or-treating with my friends without adult supervision. On the way home, my bag full of goodies, I got jumped by a group of older kids. My “friends” were busy running away while I tried to “reason” with the bullies. Sensing the these boys […] -
ACLU, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.17: Gynomite!
The theme of yesterday’s LEWW was the hotness disparity between three glowing brides and their very lucky grooms. Today we’re delighted to report that the wedding gods stepped it up with our most recent batch of newlyweds. They’ve brought us four grooms who are at least as attractive as their brides or co-grooms. (And needless […] -
11th Circuit, ACLU, Harvard, New York Times, Peter Lattman, Racism, Reader Polls, Weddings, WSJ Law Blog
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.14 and 10.21: Plantation, All I Ever Wanted
A brief tour of things we don’t have room to explore in this double edition of LEWW: – This bride is foxy and forty-eight; this bride is twenty-six and hyper-annoying. – Some MoFo lesbians have made a match of it. – Graduating cum laude from Harvard wins you admission to a tier-4 law school. But […]
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ACLU, Michael Vick, Morning Docket, Pro Bono, Pro Se Litigants, Torture, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 10.04.07
* Does a federal district court have to recruit pro bono counsel for a pro se litigant? [Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals via How Appealing] * DOJ cool with torture tough interrogation techniques. [New York Times] * Bush doesn’t care about poor kids. [AP via Athens Banner-Herald] * The ACLU doesn’t want to let Bush […]
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ACLU, Airplanes / Aviation, Fashion, Racism, War on Terror
Lawsuit of the Day: Jarrar v. Harris
Some fashion advice for Arab-Americans traveling by plane: leave the Arabic-slogan t-shirts at home. Unless you want to become the plaintiff in an ACLU lawsuit. Consider this recently filed case: The American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit charging that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) […] -
ACLU, Books, Copyright, Free Speech, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Intellectual Property, Morning Docket, Movies, Politics
Morning Docket: 06.07.07
* Banned children’s book about Cuba, “Vamos a Cuba,” now in court. [Miami Herald] * “Hit Movie ‘Knocked Up’ With a Lawsuit.” [WSJ Law Blog] * Should Libby be pardoned? [LA Times via BLT] * More pardoning analysis from NYT. [New York ]
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ACLU, Football, Milberg Weiss, Morning Docket, Sports, Torture, Violence, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 05.31.07
* Cleared Duke lacrosse players given extra year of eligibility. [New York Times] * ACLU v. Boeing over alleged CIA torture flights. [Jurist] * Save it for the field, fellas. [Reno Gazette-Journal] * Milberg partner may plea in class-action kickback case. [WSJ Law Blog]
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ACLU, Asians, Cars, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Racism, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 04.24.07
* There was a time when a TV writer strike meant something, but if recently, you’ve found yourself watching the Pussycat Dolls reality show, you too might welcome a return to more scripted programs. [Los Angeles Times] * I’d pay for license plates that read “God is Dead”–Nietzsche (front) and “Nietzsche is Dead”–God (back). [Indy […] -
ACLU, Cars, Celebrities, Copyright, Education / Schools, Fashion, Feminism, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Sexual Harassment
Non-Sequiturs: 04.20.07
* Like you, this attorney and concerned citizen opted for law school because science just wasn’t her thing. [J-Walk Blog] * Kettles Retailers are being told they’re black warned not to infringe upon Kate Moss’s much-hyped and copyrighted “Pot”-shop Topshop collection. [Fashionista; Retail Week] (An explanatory note for those of you who couldn’t care less: […] -
6th Circuit, ACLU, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Education / Schools, John Roberts, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Tax Law, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 01.29.07
* With tax law, the sky’s the limit. Seriously. [CNN; TaxProf Blog] * Slow… Typist… Sues… His… Law… School. Must have taken forever to type the complaint (especially with a last name like “Zachariasewycz”). [WSJ Law Blog] * ACLU seeks disclosure on NSA wiretaps in the Sixth Circuit. [SCOTUSblog] * Vote Roberts for Chief Justice! […]