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04.04.03
ACLU of Ohio Demands School District Remove Ten Commandments
Seeks Contempt for District's Refusal to Obey Federal Court's Order to Remove Tablets from Adams County High Schools
Late yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation filed a motion seeking a contempt order and compliance with a federal court’s order that the Ohio Valley/Adams County school district remove displays of the Ten Commandments from four high schools in rural Adams County in southern Ohio. On June 11, 2002, United States Magistrate Read more…
Religious Liberty
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12.13.02
Cleveland I.N.S. Office Will Allow Lawyers at Special Registrations
ACLU and Immigration Lawyers Pushed for Right to Counsel
The Acting District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Services (I.N.S.) has assured local immigration lawyers and the ACLU that foreign citizens called in for questioning during the next few weeks will be permitted to bring their attorneys with them. The INS has summoned citizens of several countries – including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Read more…
National Security
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10.10.02
ACLU of Ohio Files Suit: Ohio Violates Voters Rights Under the 14th Amendment and 1965 Voting Rights Act
Violations Have a Disproportionate Effect on African American Voters
The American Civil Liberties Union will file a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Noon on Friday October 11, 2002 at the Federal District Court, 2 S. Main St., Akron, Ohio. The suit names as defendants county officials in Summit, Montgomery, Hamilton and Sandusky Counties. The Read more…
Voting Rights
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10.04.02
ACLU Seeks Relief for Petitioneers in Maple Heights
Court Limits on Strikers Hit Petitioneers Too, Civil Liberties Group Files Motion
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation filed a Motion to Intervene in a lawsuit between striking teachers and the Maple Heights School District. The motion was filed this afternoon in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on behalf of petitioners seeking to force a recall of the Maple Heights Board of Education. The action Read more…
Free Speech
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09.26.02
Federal Appeals Court Refuses to Resurrect Cincinnati Drug Zone Law
ACLU Hails Third Decision Calling Exclusion Zones Unconstitutional
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today refused to save a Cincinnati drug law that had been declared unconstitutional by a lower federal court. The decision, which becomes binding federal law in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee, was based on a strongly worded recognition of the right to family autonomy and Read more…
Free Speech