News & Commentary

LOS ANGELES - In response to a lawsuit brought to silence an evangelical scholar who monitors the fundraising and spending practices of several ministries and their leaders, an Orange County court will hear Dr. William Alnor's motion to throw out a defamation suit against him.

LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it would no longer pursue legal action against an Orange County-based adoption agency after the agency signed a binding agreement with the state that it would no longer discriminate against applicants based on sexual orientation.

LOS ANGELES - Today Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 849, an important bill that would end the discriminatory exclusion of gay and lesbian couples from marriage in California.

LOS ANGELES - The ACLU of Southern California along with a Santa Barbara man filed suit today against the City of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Police Department for violating his free speech.

ORANGE, Calif. - Four civil rights groups filed a motion today on behalf of a racially and ethnically diverse group of parents who support the Capistrano Unified School District's (CUSD) ability to consider race to avoid segregated schools when it redrew attendance boundaries to accommodate the opening of a new high school.

LOS ANGELES - A Pasadena couple who was forced to remove a sign questioning the war in Iraq from the exterior of their home will be allowed to hang it from their home once again according to the city attorney.

LOS ANGELES - Yesterday, hundreds of detained immigrants at the Mira Loma Detention Center held a peaceful demonstration to protest unreasonably long delays in their cases. Many detainees wait weeks to see a judge and months to resolve their immigration cases. During this time, these detainees are separated from their families, who struggle to survive without them. While detainees must be allowed time to prepare their cases where necessary, those seeking a speedy trial should not have to wait for months.

ORANGE, Calif. - The ACLU of Southern California opened its first regional office today in Orange.

LOS ANGELES - The ACLU of Southern California and a Pasadena couple who was forced to remove a sign questioning the war in Iraq from the exterior of their home, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal district court seeking a permanent injunction blocking the city from enforcing a municipal code that is counter to the First Amendment.