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A federal monitor’s report this week cited shortcomings in the health care provided state prisoners in Illinois that ranged from the mistreatment of elderly inmates to a severe shortage of doctors and nurses.

Last month, the bakery planned a drag brunch designed to be appropriate for children, but received vandalism, angry calls, insults and threats.

JACKSON, MI -- License plate-reading cameras have benefited Jackson police in a small number of investigations since they were installed in June, officials said. Federal grant funding received by the Jackson Police Department last fall has led to the installation of license plate recognition cameras on major streets providing entry and exit to the city. RELATED: Jackson County police to get nearly $50K grant for new equipmentTen cameras, developed by the Flock Safety company, have been installed at this point, said Jackson Deputy Police Chief Sergio Garcia. The project is funded through the federal Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant Program, which Jackson County benefits from every year, officials said. RELATED: 60+ license plate readers could blanket Ypsilanti area under township planThe cameras have also faced some criticism, however.

On Tuesday, the 36th District Court, judges, leaders like Wayne County Sheriff Raphael Washington, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and civil rights advocates announced a historic agreement for major reform to the cash bail system to level the playing field for working-class Detroiters.

The group Reproductive Freedom For All collected more than 750,000 signatures to get the issue on the November 8th ballot.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Grand Rapids police detective’s defamation lawsuit against the ACLU can proceed on a claim he was falsely accused of jury tampering, the state Court of Appeals said. A Kent County judge dismissed three of four counts of defamation in the lawsuit. But the judge declined to dismiss a fourth count in which Zabriskie alleged the ACLU implied he used his power as a police officer to exclude Black jurors. The friend complained about a “disgruntled” juror who refused to find a defendant guilty in a drug case. Zabriskie was disciplined after an internal review by Grand Rapids Police Department.

Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order allowing the procedure to resume in some cases.

On Saturday, the American Civil Liberties Union said it doubted that any abortions were now being provided in the state.

On Saturday, the American Civil Liberties Union said it doubted that any abortions were now being provided in the state.

Clinics are shutting down abortion services in Texas after the Supreme Court in the nation's second-largest state blocked an order that briefly allowed the procedure to resume in some cases.

This is the second charity to claim that donations made in Heard's name actually came from Musk, Heard's ex-boyfriend.

The American Civil Liberties Union, writes its senior litigator, has not abandoned that historic vocation.

Exercising your right to vote can be confusing or intimidating, regardless if you’re a first-time voter or a veteran. KPRC 2 News and KSAT, our San Antonio sister-station, worked to create a comprehensive resource to make sure every eligible Texan can vote and is counted.

Clearview AI has agreed to stop providing its facial recognition software to private businesses in the United States.

Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the use of its massive collection of face images to settle allegations that it collected people’s photos without their consent.

In response to a leak of draft on the SCOTUS decision on ‘Roe v. Wade,’ Gov. Whitmer says she’ll ‘keep fighting like hell’ to ensure abortion remains safe and accessible

The actor made the pledge as she ended her marriage to Johnny Depp, saying she would split $7 million between the ACLU and a children's hospital. Depp's defamation case against Heard is ongoing.

The ACLU helped the actress produce the piece, which Johnny Depp says falsely accuses him of abuse.

Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife, Amber Heard, after she published an op-ed in the Washington Post in 2018. For the first time in the trial, the lawyers went in-depth on the op-ed on Thursday.

Amber Heard pushed to have details of her marriage with fellow actor Johnny Depp included in an op-ed piece that she wrote about domestic violence, even though her lawyers wanted those passages removed from the article.

Even without a Supreme Court ruling, a new Kentucky law shut down abortions for several days before a federal court stepped in. Abortion rights groups fear it's just the beginning.

Frontier Airlines has settled a discrimination suit brought by a group of flight attendants who claimed the carrier discriminated against them during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

Two separate lawsuits were filed Thursday in an effort to secure abortion rights in the state of Michigan, should the federal Roe v. Wade ruling be revoked and leave abortion rules up to individual states.

Two separate lawsuits were filed Thursday in an effort to secure abortion rights in the state of Michigan, should the federal Roe v. Wade ruling be revoked and leave abortion rules up to individual states.

The new laws could see doctors face fines of up to $100,000 and up to 10 years in prison.

Former McDonald’s workers who alleged rampant sexual harassment at their Michigan restaurant have reached a $1.5 million settlement agreement with the restaurant’s former owner.

Former McDonald’s workers who alleged rampant sexual harassment at their Michigan restaurant have reached a $1.5 million settlement agreement with the restaurant’s former owner.

A federal judge said a new state law violates protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But the preliminary injunction only applies to those children whose parents challenged the law.

Three Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of their constitutional rights when they returned from international travel.

Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) said he vetoed the bill because it “leaves too many unanswered questions" and would likely face legal challenges.

Indiana’s governor on Monday vetoed a bill banning transgender females from participating in girls school sports while signing another eliminating the state’s permit requirement to carry handguns in public. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s decisions come after both measures faced intense opposition before being approved by the GOP-dominated legislature that embraced what have become a pair of conservative causes across the country. Opponents of the transgender sports bill argued it was a bigoted response to a problem that doesn’t exist, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana saying it planned a lawsuit against what it called “hateful legislation.”

JACKSON, MI -- A project to install license plate-reading cameras on several major roadways was approved by Jackson City Council this week. Cooper Street, East Michigan Avenue, West Michigan Avenue and West Avenue are state trunk-line streets controlled by the Michigan Department of Transportation, officials said. 25 cameras to capture photos of license plates for police being considered by Kent County sheriffThe license plate readers have drawn some criticism, however. The project is funded through the federal Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant Program, which Jackson County benefits from every year, officials said. RELATED: Jackson County police to get nearly $50K grant for new equipmentThis year, the $47,998 Edward Byrne grant was split between the Jackson Police Department and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

A Texas judge is blocking the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth.

Mar. 6—Logan Perkins graduated from law school knowing she wanted to represent the state's poorest defendants. She wanted to be on her feet and in the courtroom. She wanted to work directly with people and defend their rights. She wanted to stand beside David in front of Goliath. And she did, for a decade, until she burned out. Perkins is one of dozens of Maine attorneys who stopped taking new ...

The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed against Governor Greg Abbott over an order he enacted that treats gender-transitioning procedures as child abuse.

Judge's order stops short of preventing the state from looking into other reports about children receiving similar care.

The lawsuit says at least one family is already under investigation for providing their child with medically necessary gender-affirming care.

A suburban St. Louis school district has reversed its earlier decision to remove a book from its school libraries in the face of criticism and a class-action lawsuit. The Wentzville School Board on Friday accepted a review committee's recommendation to retain Toni Morrison's “The Bluest Eye," which it had previously banned because of its explicit descriptions of sex, violence, rape and incest, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Daniel Brice, the board's vice president, said the district should “tighten its policies” regarding some books, but he noted that parents already had the right to request that certain titles not be available to their children.

Airline executives are asking the FBI to place unruly passengers on a no-fly list as incidents involving disorderly conduct have skyrocketed.

District Attorney Chesa Boudin said using rape kit DNA to search for suspects in separate investigations treats victims "like evidence, not human beings" and called for the practice to end.

The state of Minnesota has agreed to pay $825,000 and change several policies to settle a lawsuit brought by journalists who say they were hurt or harassed while covering protests over the police killings of George Floyd and Daunte Wright.

A lower court had ordered the GOP legislature to draw a second Black-majority district.

A lower court had ordered the GOP legislature to draw a second Black-majority district.

The Michigan sex registry is illegal and actually makes the public less safe, the American Civil Liberties Union claims. During that period, the sex registry law reporting requirements were added and applied to the case retroactively. She was released in 2004 and has has no criminal convictions since, but remains on Michigan’s sex registry for life. The 2021-amended sex registry law retroactively categorized him as a “tier 1″ offender, which now requires him to register for 15 years. Read the full lawsuit:More on MLive:Michigan Court says sex registry punishesLegislature approves tightened sex registry conditions

The American Civil Liberties Union has won the latest legal round in an effort to force the Calhoun County Jail to release records over a Grand Rapids Marine’s immigration detainment. The ACLU is seeking medical records, audio and video of a three-day detainment of Jilmar Ramos-Gomez in December 2018. The judges sent the case back to the Calhoun County Circuit Court for a judge to reconsider the issues. The 2018 detainment of Ramos-Gomez caused considerable controversy in Grand Rapids and led to a 20-hour unpaid suspension for a Grand Rapids police captain who contacted ICE about Ramos-Gomez. Grand Rapids City leaders later reached a $190,000 settlement with Ramos-Gomez’s family.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Kent County Sheriff’s Office is looking to deploy 25 cameras across the county that will capture the license plates of passing vehicles. In a statement to MLive/The Grand Rapids Press, Kent County Sheriff’s Office officials said they intend to meet with county and township stakeholders on developing a plan to deploy the automatic license plate recognition cameras in the first half of 2022. Kent County’s 25 license plate capturing cameras are from the same company, Flock Safety, as the ones Wyoming is deploying. Related: Wyoming police installing 12 cameras to capture, detect license plates in effort to reduce crimeThe Kent County Sheriff’s Office began exploring the technology after becoming aware of a partnership between Flock Safety and the Major County Sheriffs of America to provide a free, 12-month trial of the cameras. Nearby Kalamazoo in October installed 35 automatic license plate recognition cameras, also from Flock Safety.

Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, a Bengali American, has been nominated by President Biden, to serve as federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Di

Nusrat Choudhury is among eight new judicial nominees announced by the president. The White House said the nominees reflect his commitment to diversifying historically white, male-dominated positions.

A senior strategist at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday responded to a floor speech by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., encouraging Democrats to keep attacking her

A former ACLU attorney who pushed for Chicago police reform has been recommended for a seat on the federal bench.

The decision is the latest shift in the polarized legal battle over medication abortion, which has only intensified amid the disruptions of COVID-19.

The decision is the latest shift in the polarized legal battle over medication abortion, which has only intensified amid the disruptions of COVID-19.

U.S. health regulators are lifting long-standing restrictions on how women obtain the abortion pill.

The U.S. government has withdrawn from settlement negotiations to end lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who were forcibly separated under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance border policy.

Some states are prohibiting the use of county jails for migrants, but ICE simply moves detainees facing deportation to friendlier locations.

Giving Tuesday is upon us and the season of charitable giving is in full swing.

Evan Minton sued a California hospital for canceling a scheduled hysterectomy after learning days before that he was transgender.

The lawsuit claims the bill imposes on the free speech and academic freedom of Oklahoma students and teachers.

Honolulu police officers and officials with Hawaii’s public school system discriminated against a disabled Black child by handcuffing, arresting and interrogating the 10-year-old girl for a “run-of-the-mill” dispute between children, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii said. The ACLU sent a letter Monday to the Honolulu Police Department, the state Department of Education and the state attorney general's office demanding the statewide school district make policy changes, including forbidding staff from calling police on a student unless the student presents an imminent threat of significant harm to someone. Honowai Elementary officials called police to the Waipahu school in 2020 because the girl allegedly drew an offensive sketch of a student who was bullying her, according to the ACLU letter.

Two women are suing Nebraska after being denied parental rights over sons they had when they were a couple. Each woman gave birth to one son.

The American Civil Liberties Union asked the federal government on Oct. 7 to investigate the use of force by a suburban Detroit police department, especially incidents involving Black people.

The ACLU is not looking for any criminal charges to be filed, but they do want a higher power to take a look into the Taylor Police Department.

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The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Vermont couple cannot be prosecuted in state court for drug violations with evidence seized by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The court, in a 3-2 decision, said the federal law used by the Border Patrol agent to search the Vermont car after it was stopped during a roving patrol just south of the Canadian border in August 2018 did not comply with the state constitutional guarantee against unreasonable searches. “Evidence obtained in violation of the Vermont Constitution may not be admitted at trial in a state prosecution because such evidence ‘eviscerates our most sacred rights, impinges on individual privacy, perverts our judicial process, distorts any notion of fairness, and encourages official misconduct,'" said the majority decision, written by Justice William Cohen, who was citing an earlier case.

The plaintiffs are challenging a budget measure passed this summer that prevents South Carolina districts from using any state funding to require masks in schools. In papers filed last week, attorneys for McMaster — a Republican who has said repeatedly that parents alone should decide if children wear masks in schools — argued that the ACLU and its clients “have not alleged, and they cannot reasonably or plausibly allege, that Governor McMaster acted with bad faith or gross misconduct.”

Why is a historically libertarian organization backing strict public-health measures?

Here are four things to know about the impact the Supreme Court ruling might have on Illinois.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from imposing mask mandates.

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In its new report, the Michigan ACLU accuses the Michigan Branch of Customs and Border Protection of “blatant racial profiling” and making people of Latino or Hispanic descent a “primary suspect.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) is asking the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) to intervene in a “potentially racially hostile education environment” in Brighton schools.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Virginia school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a Pennsylvania public school wrongly suspended a student from cheerleading over a vulgar social media post.

The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging bans involving transgender people that target athletes in West Virginia and children in Arkansas.

A lot has changed since the 1960s. And the world can change quickly, too. If there has ever been a time when that is clear, it’s now.

The Biden administration says it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy on illegal crossings.

A federal lawsuit has been filed challenging West Virginia’s new ban on transgender athletes from competing in female sports in middle and high schools and colleges.

Law enforcement agencies can respond that way under an arcane Oregon law that critics say allows them to violate people's First Amendment rights to free speech and peaceful assembly. In 1971, the Virginia Supreme Court invalidated Virginia’s unlawful assembly statute on First Amendment grounds, the ACLU of Oregon said. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon says that because unlawful assembly is not a crime in Oregon, the vast majority of protesters who were arrested were charged with interfering with a peace officer. The Oregon law is still unconstitutional because it gives police outsized power to silence dissent, said Kelly Simon, the ACLU of Oregon’s interim legal director. “Ironically, or maybe not so ironically in Oregon, unlawful assembly declarations too often are precursors to police violence against those asking for the government to recognize their right to be safe,” Simon told Bynum's subcommittee.

(AP Photo/Matt York)WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to put off arguments over two controversial Trump administration policies that have been challenged in court now that President Joe Biden has taken steps to unwind them. In his first days as president, Biden rescinded the national emergency Trump declared on the southern border and ordered a pause in wall construction. AdThe American Civil Liberties Union, which represents groups that sued the Trump administration in both cases, has agreed to putting off both cases, acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the court. “It’s a good start that the Biden administration is not rushing to defend Trump’s illegal wall in court, but just hitting the brakes isn’t enough. Trump’s wall devastated border communities, the environment, and tribal sites,” ACLU lawyer Dror Ladin said.

She succeeds Susan Herman, a professor at Brooklyn Law School who had served as president since 2008. Early in her career, after graduating from Yale Law School, she was a legal fellow at the ACLU in 1997-98. At NYU Law School, Archer is a professor of clinical law and director of its Civil Rights Clinic. Ad“There is no one better equipped, who best personifies or is more capable to helm the future battles for civil rights, civil liberties, and systemic equality than Deborah Archer,” Romero said. “President Trump may be gone but his toxic legacy on civil rights and civil liberties is still very much with us,” Romero said.

LANSING, Mich. – The Legislature approved changes last week to Michigan’s sex offender registry after federal courts declared the current policy unconstitutional. In 2006, the state prohibited those on the registry from living or loitering within 1,000 feet of school property. In 2011, the state approved a requirement for registrants to immediately report changes in addresses, vehicles and phone numbers. Since the judge's February decision, officers were advised not to take enforcement action for certain violations involving the registry and school safety zones, said Michigan State Police spokeswoman Shanon Banner. The legislation would require offenders to report changes in phone numbers and vehicles to authorities.

LANSING, Mich. – “We are, so excited about this coalition, and we’re excited about these reforms. They prove that when people work together, they make genuine real process in Lansing,” said Kimberly Buddin. Thursday, several organizations -- like Americans for Prosperity, the ACLU of Michigan, Safe and Just Michigan and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy -- presented the Justice Reform Package to the State House and Senate. They addressed key and important issues like driver’s license suspensions, mandatory minimum sentencing, case initiation, sentencing, probation, racial justice and fairness. The State House approved the package, now they move on to the Senate.

(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)LAS VEGAS – Some military voters are concerned they have been thrust into the center of unsubstantiated fraud claims by President Donald Trump’s campaign that several thousand people may have improperly voted in Nevada. Still, lawyers from Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr alleging they had uncovered what they described as “criminal voter fraud” in Nevada. Those people were identified by “cross-referencing the names and addresses of voters with the National Change of Address database,” according to the letter. Instead, it listed voters by the county, city, state and zip code they moved from, and the city, state and nine-digit zip code they moved to. Voting rights activists say hundreds of people on the list appear to be linked to the U.S. military.

Most of the parents were deported to their Central American homelands, and their children were placed with sponsors in the U.S., often relatives. But it was later discovered an additional 1,556 children were taken from their parents going back to summer 2017, including the 545 kids who are still separated. The administration’s foot-dragging has made it even tougher to find the parents because of how much time has passed, he said. The judge called for an update on Dec. 2 and set another hearing for Dec. 4 to discuss the progress. Just nine parents separated from their children were allowed back in January.

DETROIT – The battle over foreclosures in Wayne County took a new turn Thursday in Detroit. The American Civil Liberties Union wants the county to protect many from foreclosure for years to come. The county has taken action to protect those struggling by suspending all foreclosures through the end of the year. Now the ACLU wants to take it a step further protecting those from foreclosure for years to come. Local 4 reached out to the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office but calls have not been returned.

SAN DIEGO – Court-appointed lawyers said Tuesday that they have been unable to find parents of 545 children who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico early in the Trump administration. The children were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children in government custody be reunited with their parents. The American Civil Liberties Union, which sued over the practice, said a court-appointed steering committee located parents of 485 children, up 47 from August. That leaves 545 still unaccounted for among the 1,030 children for whom the steering committee had telephone numbers from U.S. authorities. About two-thirds of parents of those 545 children are believed to be in their countries of origin, the ACLU said.

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shouldn’t stop you from voting. Engage Michigan is teaming up with the ACLU and many other organizations to create MichiganVoting.org, a website that provides information for voters. The website is expected to have information on how to get to the polls on election day. Watch the video above for the full report

Pearland Police Chief Johnny Spires defended the large law enforcement presence. Drake said the ACLU was deeply troubled that BORTAC agents were part of the law enforcement response. BORTAC agents have been criticized for how they have detained and arrested protesters in Portland, Oregon. A representative of Customs and Border Protection in Washington, D.C., declined to comment on the work of BORTAC agents in Pearland. CBP said its special operations teams are routinely deployed to help law enforcement nationwide.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University rebutted what the school calls spurious conspiracy claims" as it responded to an allegation that it is failing to comply with a 1998 agreement ensuring gender equity in sports. The Ivy League school this year announced it was cutting several varsity women's and men's sports, and reducing them to club status. The agreement stemmed from a lawsuit filed after Brown dropped womens gymnastics and volleyball as varsity sports. Brown last month released internal documents, including emails from high-ranking school officials, that Public Justice and the ACLU said show Brown wanted to undermine and dismantle the 1998 agreement. Brown President Christina Paxson said the school fully supports women's sports.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, challenging the legality of the actions taken by U.S. agents sent by President Donald Trump to subdue protests in Portland. The federal agents exceeded the limits of their authority, making illegal arrests and using tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray and other tactics to squelch the protests, the lawsuit alleges. A video of plaintiff and Navy veteran Christopher David's encounter with U.S. agents outside the Portland courthouse circulated widely on social media. It showed one agent hitting David with a baton and another dousing him in the face with pepper spray. Local police have arrested hundreds of people over the three months and federal agents arrested at least 94 people at the height of the demonstrations in July.

NORFOLK, Va. A Virginia state senator has been charged with damaging a Confederate monument in Portsmouth during protests that also led to a demonstrator being critically injured when a statue was torn down, authorities said Monday. Lucas is a longtime Democratic legislator and a key power broker in the state Senate, joining the chamber in 1992. The monument in Portsmouth consists of a large obelisk and statues of four Confederate military personnel. Felony charges leveled against a sitting state senator are to be taken seriously, and should not be sought out for political gain, he said in a statement. "It is for that reason that the Republican Party of Virginia calls for Senator Lucas to turn herself in.

As of this week, the ACLU has filed nearly 400 lawsuits and other legal actions against the Trump administration, some meeting with setbacks but many resulting in important victories. As of this week, the ACLU has filed nearly 400 lawsuits and other legal actions against the Trump administration, some meeting with setbacks but many resulting in important victories. Donald Trump has provided a full employment program for ACLU lawyers on all of our issues, Romero said. By a similar 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court also allowed the implementation of the Trump administration policy barring transgender people from enlisting in the military. In an email, Turley questioned the wisdom of the torrent of lawsuits against the Trump administration.

Robert Williams was the victim of shoddy investigative work," police Chief James Craig said. Williams, 42, was arrested in January in front of his family at their home in Farmington Hills, a Detroit suburb. The video wasn't as clear as he felt it should be. The ACLU, which opposes the use of facial technology by police, publicized Williams' case. He blamed it on subpar work by police and prosecutors but said the technology can be useful if handled properly.

DETROIT Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy spoke to Local 4 Defenders after a Farmington Hill man was arrested at his home for a crime he didnt commit. He was arrested after facial recognition software identified the wrong man. She said the case brought by Detroit police was based only on the departments use of facial recognition technology. I am 100% sure they arrested the wrong person.It was issued by a prosecutor that shouldnt have, Worthy said. RELATED: Facial recognition technology: Rep. Tlaib raises concerns during tour with Detroit police chiefThis never should have happened.

DETROIT The controversy over the use of facial recognition technology continues after a Farmington Hill man was arrested at his home for a crime he didnt commit. They claim he was arrested based off of facial recognition software. READ: A closer look at facial recognition technologyAll of the photos had two things in common, said Williams Attorney, Victoria Burton-Harris. They were all Black faces and men.Once the cops identified Mr. Williams using facial recognition technology, said Phil Mayor with the ACLU of Michigan. The family is demanding a public apology and for the DPD to scrap its use of facial recognition software.

A spokesman for the Human Rights Council in Geneva confirmed that it had received a letter Monday from the groups outlining their call, as Black Lives Matter protests continue to gain traction well beyond the United States notably in Europe. I want to appeal to the United Nations to help him. Help black men and women in America, he added. Its time the United States face the same scrutiny and judgment it is quick to pass on to other countries, said Jamil Dakwar, who heads the ACLUs human rights program. The Trump administration pulled the United States out of the council two years ago amid accusations that it was biased against Israel and counted some repressive or autocratic regimes that abuse human rights as members.

A second wave of tech-assisted pandemic surveillance tools is on its way, this time with the imprimatur of tech giants Apple and Google. It's traditionally conducted by trained public health workers who interview those who may have been exposed, then urge them to get tested and isolate themselves. She urged governments to set rules addressing both privacy and efficacy so that surveillance tools don't interfere with more conventional public health methods. As early as this week, Rhode Island has said it is set to launch a one-stop pandemic response phone app. It was updated on May 19, 2020, to correct information about the usage of COVID-19 contact-tracking apps.

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – On Friday, several civil rights and racial justice groups filed a federal lawsuit calling for the release of medically vulnerable people inside the Oakland County Jail, arguing that county officials are risking the lives of everyone inside and the community at large. Naming Oakland County, its Sheriff, Michael Bouchard, and Commander of Corrective Services Curtis D. Childs, the lawsuit filed by Advancement Project National Office, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), Civil Rights Corps (CRC), LaRene & Kriger P.L.C. and the Law Firm of Pitt, McGhee, Palmer and Rivers in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, argues that Oakland County officials are violating the constitutional rights of people in the jail by exposing them to an unnecessary risk of infection, illness or death during the coronavirus pandemic.

BOSTON, MA – A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment. They say border officers must now demonstrate individualized suspicion of contraband before they can search a traveler's electronic device. The number of electronic device searches at U.S. ports of entry has increased significantly, the ACLU said. During that same period of time, it conducted 40,913 border searches of electronic devices, representing less than .01 percent of arriving international travelers. "The court said today that suspicionless searches at the border of cell phones and laptops violate the Fourth Amendment," Rossman said.

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo, government contractors remove existing Normandy barriers that separate Mexico and the United States, in preparation for a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River in Yuma, Ariz. A federal appeals court has heard arguments against diverting Pentagon money for border wall construction as time runs out. It says the Trump administration has moved quickly to spend the money after the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal to prevent work from starting in July. (AP Photo/Matt York,File)A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday on a bid to halt military funding for construction of President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico as the pace of construction increasingly raises questions about whether time is running out for the administration's critics. The Pentagon has diverted $6.1 billion to pay for construction since Trump declared a national emergency on the border in February. Ladin said in an interview that sections of wall in dispute should be torn down if the ACLU prevails.