were Janet Reno‚ attorney general (1993-2001) of the United States‚ which also makes her the head of the U.S. Department of Justice‚ she is the first woman in this position#‚ and the American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU). The ACLU is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserve and extend the basic rights of the U.S. constitution.# b. The problem began when President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Reform Bill into law on February 8‚1996. A group of people‚ led by the ACLU went to court
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RENO v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION US Supreme Court‚ 1997 1. Claim: Attorney General Janet Reno‚ the appellant appealed directly to the Supreme Court as provided for by the Act’s special review provisions against the appellee‚ ACLU. 2. Facts: The 1996 Federal Communications Decency Act sought to protect minors from “indecent” and offensive Internet materials. The Act made it a crime to transmit obscene or indecent messages over the Internet. Immediately after the CDA became law‚ twenty
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ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Size of the pressure group The ACLU has over 500‚000 members and has an annual budget of over $100 million dollars. What the group stands for The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." Originally founded in 1920 its focus was on
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UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENT To: Professor‚ Meegan Zickus From: Jennifer Guerrieri Date: January 19‚ 2014 Re: Jane Doe‚ Asylum Subject: Case Brief: Gonzalez v. Reno‚ 212 F.3d. 1338 (2000) Facts: The plaintiff a minor alien who survived a tragedy at sea‚ was rescued and placed in the custody of his great uncle‚ a temporary legal custodian. His great uncle filed several asylum applications on his behalf against the wishes of the minor’s father in Cuba. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
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ACLU purpose is to help safeguard the rights‚ of gatherings who should be secured under the constitution. The common freedom cases are shielded for all Americans from the mistreated by the administration. For instance‚ An issue the ACLU is confronting is the expanding number of women in prison. ACLU believes this is unfair to imprison more than 200‚000 women and put even more on parole and probation without getting the services they need. They are to a great degree concerned for pregnant mothers
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Sarah McNeal Lt. W Decker Dual Credit US History 25 April 2016 Reno Brothers The period of time during and after the Civil War was extremely rough on everyone but the Reno brothers found a way to make it much worse. Julia Ann Reno and J. Wilkison were parents to five sons and one daughter. Frank‚ John‚ Simeon‚ Clinton‚ William‚ and Laura were all raised in an extremely religious home. Their parents‚ having been strict in their teachings would have most likely expected more from them than what they
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The ACLU in its article “ACLU and NAMBLA: A Match Made In Hell”‚ argues that child molesters should have rights‚ and freedom of speech. NAMBLA is the North American Man/Boy Love Association. It is a story about how a man named‚ Charles Jaynes viewed the group’s web site shortly before the killing of a ten year boy‚ Jeffrey Curley. Also convicted was a 24 year old named Salvatore Sicari. Prosecutors said Jaynes and Sicari were sexually obsessed with the boy‚ lured him from his Cambridge neighborhood
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United States is blanketed with legal protection by the ACLU. It is difficult to cover everything because it is so involved in the many different aspects in the fight for civil liberties. I will attempt illustrate what the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) is‚ and how they have affected our society in public safety and our civil rights. The ACLU actually consists of two different organizations; The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Each branch conducts different tasks defending
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V. ANALYSIS Market Analysis There is an increasing number of dormitories‚ apartments and condominium units that are housing students and families. This is because of the presence of universities‚ colleges‚ and secondary schools in the area. They also observed the growing number of business establishments such as Internet cafes‚ laundromats‚ cafeterias‚ sari-sari stores and water stations. In the map of proposed site illustrated by Mar‚ there are 2 schools near the area‚ the University of Sto
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MORSE v. FREDERICK Personally as a Supreme Court judge and after taking a fairly through look at the cases‚ I’d have to rule in favor of Frederick. While the banner that Mr. Frederick had up during the school event does make a reference to drugs‚ the message is pretty vague as even I can’t really interpret the true absolute definition of the banner. Judge Steven even states “Justice John Paul Stevens took the position that the school ’s interest in protecting students from speech that can be
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