Civil Rights Law 
Speak up for civil rights – The Spokesman-Review
Not to act is to act.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer … What you may not do is deny gay persons the same civil rights that you enjoy because they’re gay. Neither their sexual orientation nor the matter of whom they commit … Continue reading
Marijuana Legalization in NY Would Be a Civil Rights Win, and Would Cut Back on Stop and Frisk – policymic.com
As part of their argument for the new law, black community leaders and civil rights groups in the city point to disproportionality in the amount of young black men stopped and searched under the city’s stop and frisk policy. The … Continue reading
Civil Rights Leaders and Republicans Respond to Obama’s Immigration Order – The Inquisitr
President Barack Obama’s announcement to stop the deportation of young illegal immigrants earlier today is prompting resounding applause from Civil Rights activists and DREAM Act supporters. Fiscally conservative Americans staunchly oppose the …
KKK Claims Civil Rights Violated By Georgia Adopt a Highway Program – policymic.com
The ideologies are so far-right that the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League have … up a sign naming an organization with ‘a long-rooted history of civil disturbance’. 3) Risk of social unrest and driver distractions, therefore …
Plans for secret hearings in civil courts attacked by Lords committee – The Guardian
Civil rights groups, including Liberty … They declared: “CMPs are inherently unfair and contrary to the common law tradition … The government would have to show the most compelling reasons to justify their introduction.
Column: God demands us to be inclusive – Shelby Star
With all the progress we have made since the signing of the Civil Rights Act, however, we still struggle with the sin of racism. That’s because it isn’t easy being inclusive. Yet this is our calling as God’s people, and … Continue reading
Texas civil rights group: Are we sure that dad who beat his daughter’s molester to death was engaged in self-defense? – Hotair.com
James Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, an Austin-based nonprofit group … tricky even under Texas’s otherwise expansive self-defense law is that most uses of deadly force involve a weapon, which can kill with one …
Civil Rights Author Releases Autopsy of Murdered Mississippi Lawyer; ‘Still Too Many Questions’ – PRLog (free press release)
His law professor helped him get into a Texas law school where … “Cleve McDowell’s story may be further complicated, because he was gay (as were several other iconic civil rights figures, at the time) and he kept this secret. … Continue reading
State NAACP renews complaints about Wake student assignment plan – WRAL
saying the district’s assignment policy violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The student assignment plan, often referred to as a “controlled-choice” plan, allows parents to rank among a list of schools where they would prefer their children to attend.
The American Civil Liberties Union sues North Carolina – msnbc.com
Charlotte– The American Civil Liberties Union sued North Carolina Wednesday as an effort to overturn a state law preventing same-sex and unmarried … Unmarried and same-sex parents may not receive custodial rights to children in the case of a contested … Continue reading
