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Important Voting Rights Bill Clears Assembly Elections Committee
SACRAMENTO – A bill that would uphold the constitutional right to vote for people sentenced under realignment was approved today by the California Assembly’s Elections and Redistricting Committee. The bill, A.B. 938, would make clear that all people in county…
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California Senate Approves Common Sense Drug Sentencing Reform Bill
SACRAMENTO – The California state Senate today approved a bill that would reform California’s drug sentencing laws for simple possession, significantly reduce incarceration costs for counties and help the state end its ongoing incarceration crisis. S.B. 649, the Local Control…
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Students, Parents, and Teachers Sue the State of California For Abandoning Thousands of California’s English Learner Schoolchildren
Los Angeles—California has abandoned thousands of schoolchildren seeking to learn English despite legal obligations and earmarked funding for this instruction, charged the ACLU of California and allies in a civil rights lawsuit. The suit seeks to compel the state to…
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ACLU Statement on Miranda Rights of Boston Bombings Suspect
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union reacted to the apprehension of the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing and statements from federal officials that he would be questioned without being read his Miranda rights. “The ACLU shares the…
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ACLU of California Responds to Gang of 8 Immigration Plan
The statement below or any quotes from it can be attributed to Norma Chavez-Peterson, associate director of the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties. [Lea la declaración en español, aquí.] “The ACLU of California welcomes the federal comprehensive immigration…
