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ACLU Vows Vigilant Oversight of New Attorney General

Group Calls on Mukasey to Enforce Bans on Torture

December 10, 2007

Report Finds No Evidence to Continue Funding Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs

NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota today said a new report reviewing the effectiveness of 115 sex education programs offers strong evidence that it is time for the government to support sex education programs that include information that teenagers need to make healthy lif

November 15, 2007

Judiciary Committee Should Not Advance Mukasey's Nomination Until He Denounces Acts of Torture

Washington, DC - The American Civil Liberties Union urges members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose moving forward with the nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey for attorney general unless Mukasey states that waterboarding and other extreme interrogations tactics are torture.

November 12, 2007

ACLU-MN Hails Victory Against Osseo School District

St. Paul, Minn. -The Osseo school district appealed the U.S. District Court's decision to grant a permanent injunction. No date has been set for the appeal. In September, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota granted a permanent injunction against the Osseo School District.

November 8, 2007

ACLU Says Sting Operation Used to Arrest Senator Craig Was Likely Unconstitutional

NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief to a Minnesota District Court urging it to allow Senator Larry Craig to withdraw his guilty plea because the secret sting operation used to arrest him was likely unconstitutional.

November 5, 2007

Court Strikes National Security Letter Provision of Patriot Act

NEW YORK - A federal court today struck down the amended Patriot Act's National Security Letter (NSL) provision.

September 28, 2007