Civil Rights Law

Parents file civil rights complaints against DPS – detroitnews.com

Youngis part of a grass-roots level group called Educational Justice for Detroit, which is gathering steam and asking other frustrated DPS parents to file Title VI complaints under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. These Detroit residents …

The NAACP No Longer Speaks For Me – Town Hall

Marriage law has and always will be … The willingness of this renowned Civil Rights organization to suggest that homosexual marriage falls under the domain of Fourteenth Amendment protections lends credence to the deeply offensive notion …

Can state leaders do a good job? – CNN

Resistance to the federal government — in particular, the liberal decisions of Earl Warren’s Supreme Court, President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and Congress’ enactment of a series of civil rights laws targeted at discriminatory state …

Sheriff Joe on Trial – New York Times

accusing Sheriff Arpaio of systematic and widespread civil rights abuses, is moving through the courts. Last month, the United States Supreme Court declined to overturn the section of Arizona’s immigration law that requires local officers to …

Does the Texas Voter ID Law Discriminate Against Blacks, Hispanics? – NationalJournal.com

The Texas Voter ID law, and similar others around the country, aim to reverse the gains made during the civil rights era, Benjamin Todd Jealous, president for the NAACP told a massive crowd during the organization’s convention. “This battle …

Red Cross declares Syrian conflict to be civil war – msnbc.com

As an internal conflict officially becomes a civil war, the security environment shifts from regular law enforcement to a situation in which … Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast …

Public housing law risky (editorial) – Everything Alabama Blog

While this newspaper stands behind government transparency, The Times also believes in complying with civil rights and federal fair housing laws. After two failed attempts in previous legislative sessions, the notification law was approved in …

Is the GOP deeply anti-gay? Hardly – Los Angeles Times

An August 2010 CBS News poll found 59% of Republicans support either same-sex marriage or civil unions (25% for … rank-and-file Republicans view gay rights issues — including the repeal of state sodomy laws, equal access to the same legal … Continue reading

ENDA Times: LGBT Groups, Echoing the Civil Rights Era, Approach Churches – Religion Dispatches

Civil rights movement showed the power of the pulpit to shape … shows that 51 percent of those polled support laws outlawing discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people …

Red Cross: Syria Conflict Is Civil War – Huffington Post

GENEVA — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday it now considers the conflict in Syria to be a full-blown civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout … munition, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.