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The California Supreme Court heard arguments on March 4 that everyone in the state should be able to build loving families and enjoy the honor, commitment, dignity and security that come with marriage.

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for the ACLU of Southern California and the law firm of Morrison & Foerster today announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Peter Guzman, a U.S. citizen who was illegally deported to Mexico.

The ACLU of Southern California condemned the U.S. Senate for caving in to Bush Administration pressure to authorize wiretapping Americans' phone calls without warrants and to give telecommunications companies immunity from lawsuits over their role in spying.

Last October, L.A. County Sheriff's deputies entered a popular L.A. community college and stopped every African American student they found, searching their schoolbags and holding many for more than an hour. Now students who experienced the roundup at L.A. Trade-Technical College near downtown L.A. are speaking out about how it affected them.

LOS ANGELES - The ACLU/SC and the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP have filed a claim for damages on behalf of African American community college students stopped and searched by police on the basis of their race.

Last October, L.A. County Sheriff's deputies entered a popular L.A. community college and stopped every African American student they found, searching their schoolbags and holding many for more than an hour. Now students who experienced the roundup at L.A. Trade-Technical College near downtown L.A. are speaking out about how it affected them.

ONTARIO - The ACLU of Southern California will argue tomorrow in federal appeals court that a video camera hidden in an Ontario Police Department locker room violated police officers' right to privacy in the workplace. More than 100 officers were captured on videotape, and the ACLU/SC sued the department in 2004 on their behalf. In April 2006, U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips held that the videotaping violated the U.S. Constitution and California privacy laws.