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Appeals Court Supports Parent’s Right to Be at School

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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Recognizing the importance of parents’ involvement in their children’s education, the Washington Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a parent prosecuted for trespassing at her child’s school. The court found due process rights were violated when the parent was not told she had a right to appeal the school district’s trespass notice. The ACLU-WA submitted a brief in the case explaining why a school cannot banish a parent from her child’s school indefinitely without any opportunity for a hearing to challenge the allegation that she was causing a disruption. Read more
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ACLU-WA Opposes Border Patrol's "Constitution-Free Zone"

News Release, Published: 
Monday, December 14, 2009
ACLU of WA objecting to Border Patrol’s practice of stopping all cars within 100 miles of international border and questioning passengers about their nationality.
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ACLU Files First Nationwide Challenge to the No-Fly List

News Release, Published: 
Friday, November 20, 2009
A member of the military, a retired Presbyterian minister, and a college student are among seven U.S. citizens who have joined the first nationwide, class-action challenge to the government’s “No-Fly” list filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Federal Court Hears Arguments in ACLU's Challenge to No-Fly List

News Release, Published: 
Friday, November 20, 2009
At a hearing here today, the American Civil Liberties Union presented arguments to advance the first nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the government’s controversial No-Fly lists, which are distributed to all airlines with instructions to detain or interrogate passengers whose names match thousands of names listed.
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Grounding the No-Fly List

News Release, Published: 
Friday, November 20, 2009
The ACLU has made some progress in bringing accountability to the so-called No-Fly list. In April 2004 in Seattle, the ACLU mounted the first nationwide, class-action lawsuit challenging the No-Fly list. In response to a separate lawsuit, the Justice Department released 300 pages of documents that revealed confusion, inter-agency squabbling, and subjective criteria in placing thousands of names on the list.
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