News & Commentary
Dec 19, 2006
ACLU, NAACP File Lawsuit to Allow University of Michigan Admissions Programs to Continue
LOS ANGELES – The ACLU of Southern California joined with Michigan civil rights groups and 19 students, faculty and applicants to the University of Michigan in asking a federal court to declare that the newly passed state ballot initiative does not prohibit universities from considering race and gender as one factor among many in university admissions.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 15, 2006
Marriage Equality: Take Your Wife’s Name When You Marry? Not So Fast!
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By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 15, 2006
Make California Marriage Law Equal for Husbands Who Take Their Wives’ Last Name
LOS ANGELES – Diana Bijon knew she was taking a chance when she asked her fianc�, Michael Buday, to take her last name when they married last year. It turns out that was the easy part.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 15, 2006
Marriage Equality: Take Your Wife’s Name When You Marry? Not So Fast!
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 12, 2006
Freedom Files: Bill of Rights Is Adopted
December 15, 1791: The freedoms of speech, religion, the press and others included in the Bill of Rights were not part of the original Constitution. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution were proposed in 1789, and added a year and a half later after ratification by the 13 states.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 12, 2006
LGBT Rights: Trial for Garden Grove Teen ‘Outed’ by Principal Concludes
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By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 12, 2006
Judge Extends Order to End L. A. County Jail Overcrowding
LOS ANGELES – U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson extended a temporary restraining order to end overcrowding in the county jail system’s central processing hub during a hearing Monday. He also ordered the Sheriff’s Department to submit a plan to improve jail conditions in 2007 before a Jan. 11 hearing.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 12, 2006
Trial for Garden Grove Teen ‘Outed’ by Principal Concludes
ORANGE, Calif. – The trial of an Orange County teenager who filed a lawsuit last year against the Garden Grove Unified School District in an effort to stop discrimination and harassment of gay and lesbian students on campus concluded Tuesday.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 08, 2006
ACLU/SC Acts to Stop Arbitrary Skid Row Searches
LOS ANGELES – The ACLU of Southern California, civil rights attorney Carol Sobel, and law firm Hadsell & Stormer today asked a court to extend a 2003 agreement that prohibits L.A. police from searching Skid Row residents without prior knowledge they are on parole or reasonable suspicion they have committed a crime or violated parole or probation.
By ACLU of Southern California
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