News & Commentary

West Hollywood to Tell Library Patrons: USA PATRIOT Compromises Library Records

LOS ANGELES - In a unanimous vote last night, the City Council of West Hollywood passed a resolution regarding the civil liberties dangers of the USA PATRIOT Act, the first Southern California city to join a growing movement across the nation of local jurisdictions voicing dissent and exploring

January 22, 2003

Reproductive and Civil Rights Organizations Call On California Congressional Delegation To Protect Roe v. Wade

LOS ANGELES - On the thirtieth anniversary of Roe v.

January 22, 2003

Southern California Civil Rights Organizations Call for the Termination of Flawed, Misguided INS Special Registration Program for Non-Immigrant Visa Holders

LOS ANGELES - Today, a coalition of civil liberties and advocacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Iranian American Lawyers Association, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, A

December 19, 2002

8th Grader Barred From Gym Class Because of Sexual Orientation Sues Under California

LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the National Center for Lesbian Rights today filed suit on behalf of Ashly Massey, an eighth grader in Banning, California who was forced to sit in the principal's office during physical education class after the gym tea

December 17, 2002

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Miranda Law

LOS ANGELES - The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Chavez v. Martinez, a case that raises the crucial question of whether the Miranda decision - perhaps the court's best known criminal justice ruling - truly guarantees the 'right to remain silent.'

December 4, 2002

ACLU/SC Wins Smashing Victory In Airport Screeners Case

LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge today sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and other civil rights groups in granting a preliminary injunction that would allow qualified, noncitizen airport screeners to rema

November 15, 2002