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Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality, ACLU of Louisiana, and Civil Rights Corps, filed suit against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, his office in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and several Assistant District Attorneys for systematically breaking the laws of Louisiana and of the U.S. Constitution.
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Mar 2017
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Prisoners' Rights
Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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Apr 2008
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Prisoners' Rights
Addressing the Unintended Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
ACLU Efforts to Fix the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
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Apr 2008
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Prisoners' Rights
Addressing the Unintended Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
ACLU Efforts to Fix the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Capital Punishment
Baze v. Rees
Whether Kentucky's lethal injection protocol violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment by using a combination of drugs that creates an unnecessary and avoidable risk of excruciating pain. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Capital Punishment
Baze v. Rees
Whether Kentucky's lethal injection protocol violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment by using a combination of drugs that creates an unnecessary and avoidable risk of excruciating pain. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Women's Rights
Crawford v. Nashville
Whether employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Women's Rights
Crawford v. Nashville
Whether employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Racial Justice
Grutter v. Bollinger
DECIDED
This case challenged the use of affirmative action in the University of Michigan's law school admissions process. The Court upheld the constitutionality of narrowly tailored race-conscious affirmative action programs that further the compelling interest of diversity.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2008
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Racial Justice
Grutter v. Bollinger
DECIDED
This case challenged the use of affirmative action in the University of Michigan's law school admissions process. The Court upheld the constitutionality of narrowly tailored race-conscious affirmative action programs that further the compelling interest of diversity.
Court Case
Mar 2008
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Schroeder v. Palm Beach County School Board
In this case, the ACLU charges that the shamefully low high school graduation rates in Florida's Palm Beach County violate students鈥� constitutional right to a high-quality education.
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Mar 2008
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Schroeder v. Palm Beach County School Board
In this case, the ACLU charges that the shamefully low high school graduation rates in Florida's Palm Beach County violate students鈥� constitutional right to a high-quality education.