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  2. Illinois Youth Lockup Is 'No Place for Children,' According ...

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    An Illinois youth lockup is "no place for children," argued a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in June. ... The ACLU's complaint alleges that conditions at the FCJDC are ...

  3. List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union

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    ACLU v. Ashcroft (2002) Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. 2003 State v. Dalton; McConnell v. FEC; Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) - Amicus curiae; Goodridge v. Department of Public Health - Amicus curiae; Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of New England - Amicus curiae; United States v. American Library Association; 2004 ACLU v. Ashcroft (2004 ...

  4. American Civil Liberties Union - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The budget of the ACLU in 2024 was $383 million. The ACLU provides legal assistance in cases where it considers civil liberties at risk.

  5. National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie

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    On behalf of the NSPA, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged the injunction. The ACLU assigned civil rights attorneys David Goldberger [18] [25] and Burton Joseph to Collin's cases. [26] [27] The ACLU argued that the injunction violated the First Amendment rights of the marchers to express themselves. The ACLU challenge was ...

  6. Survivors of alleged abuse in Illinois youth detention ...

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    The complaint filed Monday alleges widespread abuse from 1996 to 2017 at nine youth detention centers, including gang rape, forced oral sex and beatings of children by corrections officers ...

  7. Group files complaint against Illinois school district for ...

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    (The Center Square) – Parents Defending Education filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education accusing Community Unit School District 308 in Oswego, Illinois, of ...

  8. History of the American Civil Liberties Union - Wikipedia

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    Several ACLU leaders were sympathetic to the FBI, and as a consequence, the ACLU rarely investigated any of the many complaints alleging abuse of power by the FBI during the Cold War. [ 117 ] In 1950, Raymond L. Wise , ACLU board member 1933–1951, defended William Perl , one of the other spies embroiled in the atomic espionage cases (made ...

  9. Criminal justice reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2015 a number of reformers, including the ACLU, the Center for American Progress, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Koch family foundations, the Coalition for Public Safety, and the MacArthur Foundation, announced a bipartisan resolution to reform the criminal justice system in the United States.