Civil Rights Law 
Top court rejects most of Ariz. immigration law – MySanAntonio
The justices, in a split decision, rejected three provisions of the Arizona law, known as Senate Bill 1070, but they ruled unanimously to allow police to demand proof of immigration status when people are stopped for other matters, which civil-rights … Continue reading
Supreme Court Ruling Pushes Advocacy Groups to Act – Roll Call Online
Civil rights advocates have launched a multimillion-dollar offensive aimed at beating back the consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a central pillar of Arizona’s controversial immigration law. Concerned that the court’s Monday …
Court’s ruling a detour from basic rights – CNN
It was not a matter of states’ rights. It was a matter of civil rights. While the court upheld the supremacy of federal immigration law Monday, its decision on Section 2(B) condones the discrimination and racial profiling inherent in Arizona’s … Continue reading
Rights groups dissatisfied with U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s immigration law – Xinhua News Agency
LOS ANGELES, June 25 (Xinhua) — Asian and Latino civil and immigrant rights groups in California Monday voiced their dissatisfaction over the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Arizona anti-immigration law. A rally and vigil in response to the Supreme … Continue reading
Activists Protest Immigration-Law Ruling – Wall Street Journal
In the next few days, clergy and civil-rights groups are sponsoring forums on the law to help instruct immigrants on how to prepare if they get stopped, and to file complaints if they feel they are being profiled. Almost immediately … Continue reading
Supreme Court strikes down part of Ariz. law – CBS News
“Going forward, we must ensure that Arizona law enforcement officials do not enforce this law in a manner that undermines the civil rights of Americans, as the Court’s decision recognizes.” Rather than focusing on the law’s potential to create …
Activists on Supreme Court immigration ruling: No immediate effect on Utah laws – Ogden Standard-Examiner
SALT LAKE CITY — A group of activists met Monday to discuss the ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s immigration law. The group of immigration and civil rights activists, including representatives of the American …
In Arizona law’s wake, other states to forge ahead – USA Today
Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic civil rights group, said the court upheld the “heart of the problem.” But activists held out hope that because the majority of the law was gutted, similar laws … Continue reading
Judge upholds Ind. Facebook ban for sex offenders – AP – msnbc.com
A national civil rights group said Sunday it would appeal a federal judge’s decision to uphold an Indiana law that bans registered sex offenders from accessing Facebook and other social networking sites used by children. On Friday, Judge Tanya Walton … Continue reading
State Department of Civil Rights to hear comments in Holland on whether law should protect gays – MLive.com
HOLLAND, MI — The Michigan Department of Civil Rights will take comments Tuesday on whether a state civil rights law should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity at a public hearing in Holland. The Department of Civil … Continue reading
