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December 13, 2007
Chapman settles suit with ACLU, Jewish Fraternity
The ACLU Orange County Chapter plans to announce that it settled a case it brought against Chapman University regarding the school's censoring of an unrecognized chapter of the Jewish fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu, ACLU spokeswoman Celeste Durant says. Chapman senior Pascal DeMaria and more than a doz ... More >>
News
January 11, 2001
Sailor Suit
ACLU ready to sue county over Boy Scouts control of Newport real estate
Columns
March 29, 2001
Dine and Dashboard
ACLU ready to sue county over Boy Scouts control of Newport real estate
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December 23, 2008
ACLU Sues Laguna Beach for Giving Homeless the Boot
The ACLU filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the city of Laguna Beach for its "unlawful and inhumane policy of harassing and intimidating disabled homeless people." The suit alleges that the city's prolonged arrests of its small, disabled homeless population under the guise of an anti ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
ACLU Suing Newport-Mesa Schools Over "Rent" Debacle
MOVING UP AND UPDATING WITH DISTRICT REACTION, MORE BACKGROUND.Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials say they were attempting to resolve a complaint stemming from the staging, cancellation and re-staging of the musical Rent at Corona del Mar High School when they learned today the American ... More >>
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October 13, 2005
The Mommy Party
Harriet Miers and me
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May 26, 2005
Eight Days
Harriet Miers and me
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June 8, 2000
Scrubbing Bubbles
Harriet Miers and me
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January 6, 2000
RE-CREATED HOMESPUN, SALT-OF-THE-EARTH WISDOM
a.k.a. ''The World According to The Orange County Registers Letters to the Editor''*
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April 20, 2009
ACLU Demanding That Feds Turn Over OC Mosque Spying Records
The case that erupted with ex-con man Craig Monteilh's confession that he's been spying on OC mosques for the FBI will hit local federal courts this afternoon, when the ACLU makes arguments asking for the release of all theJohn GilhooleyCraig Monteilh says he spied on the Islamic Center of Irvine fo ... More >>
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May 7, 2009
Is the DA's Office Losing the Battle for an Orange Gang Injunction?
Agapito MoralesSantiago Orange Growers Association, North Cypress Street, Orange, ca. 1950Senior Assistant DA John Anderson sat in the juror section of Superior Court Judge Kazuharo Makino's courtroom this morning with pursed lips. He listened closely to what Makino was going to say -- and how he wo ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
Orange's Barrio Cypress Residents Fought the DA's Gang Injunction—and Won (Sort Of)
Agapito MoralesSantiago Orange Growers Association, North Cypress Street, Orange, ca. 1950Senior Assistant DA John Anderson sat in the juror section of Superior Court Judge Kazuharo Makino's courtroom this morning with pursed lips. He listened closely to what Makino was going to say -- and how he wo ... More >>
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June 11, 2009
ACLU Lawyer Honors: So LA. Who Needs 'Em? Oh, Wait ...
Courtesy ACLU/SCBelinda Escobosa Helzer, staff attorney for the ACLU/SC, fights for Quan Am Temple. Hey, where's her award?Normally, we'd blow off the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California's 15th annual Law Luncheon on June 19. It's on a Friday, which is when we normally catch ... More >>
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June 17, 2009
Pat Boone Talibanizes ACLU Over LAPD Special Order 40
Pat Boone. American.The ACLU says the California Court of Appeals decision today to uphold the Los Angeles Police Department's use of Special Order 40--a decades old policy prohibiting officers from using immigration status to initiate investigations--"strikes a balance between immigrants' rights to ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
Angry Town Hall Mobs, Past and Present: The Joel Dvorman Connection
Graphic we did on Dvorman and the FBI files that found no dirt on the man...Got an email from a former resident of Orange County that...well, read it below. She references Orange County's original liberal martyr, Joel Dvorman, and my two articles on the Magnolia School District trustee who was re ... More >>
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September 9, 2009
UPDATED: ACLU Announces Settlement of Suit Tied to Corona del Mar High's Production of "Rent"
Photo by Matt Coker Karyl Ketchum and Mike Wiggins talk about the hell their 17-year-old daughter Hail endured at Corona del Mar High School last school year.Three varsity football players at Corona del Mar High School posted a video on the school's Facebook page in January in which they describe ... More >>
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September 25, 2009
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Week: ACFU Edition
Maybe all the hot weather of late has made the haters sluggish, but this was a particularly slow week for racist commentary in the OC Register's reader comments. For a while, it appeared that the bulk of stereotyping was directed at pitbulls, i.e., whether the breed has jaws that, unlike all other d ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
LGBT Groups Seek to Intervene in Prop. 8 Challenge
This just in from the ACLU, which believes the action taken today will help a judge hearing a challenge of Prop. 8 understand the unequal rights inherent in the ballot initiative . . . SAN FRANCISCO -- Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the American Civil Liberties Union ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Major Donor Pulls Funding, Leaves ACLU and Locals Scrambling
An item the New York Times posted online Tuesday night that outed David Gelbaum as a major anonymous donor to the American Civil Liberties Union and reported the Newport Beach philanthropist was cutting off $19 million in yearly donations because of economic setbacks has left the ACLU scrambling, ... More >>
News
December 31, 2009
[Year In Review] OC Weekly's News Blog, Navel Gazing, Gazes Back at 2009
An item the New York Times posted online Tuesday night that outed David Gelbaum as a major anonymous donor to the American Civil Liberties Union and reported the Newport Beach philanthropist was cutting off $19 million in yearly donations because of economic setbacks has left the ACLU scrambling, ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: ACLU Sues Costa Mesa Over Day Laborer IssueComment by dinspector: In Lake Forest we have 20 to 30 day labor [sic] that use the little donut shop as their facilities. They walk around the counter and next to the donut tables all day long to get to the back. Where is the ACLU protecting ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Ramona Ripston Retires as ACLU/SC Executive Director
Ramona RipstonRamona Ripston, who has been executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California for 38 years, announced her retirement today."This organization has not only been my work but also my life for a long time, so a decision like this one certainly comes with m ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: Protesters at Cal State Fullerton Seek Gay RightsComment by averagejoe1954: More brainwashing from the LGBT community, like "We were born this way" or "Gay is the new black." If you don't accept our lifestyle as the same as OSA then we will get the ACLU and force you to change your min ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Jose Antonio Franco, Mentally Retarded Immigrant Held for 5 Years, is Released
Five days after civil rights lawyers filed a lawsuit on behalf of a mentally retarded immigrant who has been locked up for years after being judged mentally incompetent to understand the proceedings against him, federal officials announced the release of man from custody in Santa Ana.
News
April 29, 2010
Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes Arizona State Policy, Thanks to State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer
Five days after civil rights lawyers filed a lawsuit on behalf of a mentally retarded immigrant who has been locked up for years after being judged mentally incompetent to understand the proceedings against him, federal officials announced the release of man from custody in Santa Ana.
News
April 29, 2010
An Opportunity to Stand Up
Five days after civil rights lawyers filed a lawsuit on behalf of a mentally retarded immigrant who has been locked up for years after being judged mentally incompetent to understand the proceedings against him, federal officials announced the release of man from custody in Santa Ana.
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June 22, 2010
ACLU Honors Law Firm for Helping Quash Laguna Beach's Anti-Homeless Ordinance
Just shy of a year after Laguna Beach agreed to settle a federal lawsuit over the city's treatment of disabled homeless people, a law firm has been honored for its "outstanding pro bono work" in the case. Irell & Manella, which has offices in Newport Beach and Los Angeles, recently received ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
ACLU Issues Arizona Travel Advisory
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, whose coverage area includes Orange County, and the ACLUs of Northern California, San Diego and Imperial Counties and 26 other affiliates, issued an Arizona travel alert today.Arizona's response?"Meh."
Blogs
July 1, 2010
Woman Barred From Flying Out of Long Beach Among Those Suing For Being on "No-Fly List"
ACLUHalime SatA woman who was barred from flying out of the Long Beach Airport is among 10 U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents the American Civil Liberties Union is representing in its constitutional challenge of the government's "no-fly list."Halime Sat joins a disabled veteran of the U ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
ACLU Seeks FBI Records on "Muslim Mapping"
As part of a massive request for data under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California today asked the FBI to turn over records related to the agency's collection and use of race and ethnicity data in Southern California communities.Th ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: ACLU Request FBI Documents Related to 'Ethnic Mapping'Comment by GETRIDOFEINGPC: the aclu when first founded had good intentions but now they are far from what they used to be. Personally they should be disbanded as they are no better than the NAACP, Nation of Islam, Black Panthers ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
Jose Antonio Franco, Freed Mentally Retarded Immigrant, Part of ACLU Lawsuit Against Feds
As we told you here, five days after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition in March against the federal government for locking up Jose Antonio Franco in a Santa Ana detention facility, officials released the mentally retarded immigrant who had been living in Costa Mesa ... More >>
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September 10, 2010
Fees Charged Students in Tustin and Long Beach Cited in ACLU Lawsuit Against State
Fees charged to public school students in Tustin and Long Beach are part of the evidence the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is citing in a class action lawsuit filed today against the state of California and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.The suit contends the state is violating the Californ ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Orange County District Attorney on Defense as ACLU Suit Against Gang Injunction is Heard
Tony Rackauckas is at the center of a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles this afternoon against the Orange County District Attorney's enforcement of gang injunctions. The formal name of the case is American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU) v. Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauc ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
ACLU Accuses Feds of Retaliatory Deportation of Whistleblower Who Sued Fullerton Company
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is "deeply concerned" over federal immigration agents detaining and initiating deportation proceedings against an immigrant worker who filed a federal class action lawsuit against a Fullerton-based firm in August for labor and civil rights violations. ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
Prop. 8 Judge Married to ACLU Leader Refuses to Disqualify Himself
If there's one group that so-called "family values" social conservatives love to hate more than gays, it's the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU. So there's more than a little bit of karma in the fact that Stephen Reinhardt, the judge expected to rule whether Prop. 8, which would deny gay c ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: ACLU Suit Threatens Gang Injunctions, DA SaysComment by SUEZ: ACLU can go to he!l. Gang banger terrorists need to be eradicated. I work in Old Town Orange and they have ruined more buildings and windows let alone shootings Oh, but they "have rights." I HATE gang bangers. They all need t ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: Boy, 16, Stabbed in Anaheim Comment by ANAHEIMGUY: "A description of the attackers was not immediately available."6'2'', blond, speaking Swedish, carrying Calculus textbooks.Comment by UGLYINLA: Hey Loretta, would it be possible to get your people under control?
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February 7, 2011
Samaa Kerba and Young Son Escaped Egypt, But the Mission Viejo Residents' Nightmare Had Only Begun
A Mission Viejo woman and her 4-year-old son were hours away from being sent back to strife-torn Egypt this past weekend before the American Civil Liberties Union intervened on their behalf.Permanent U.S. resident Samaa Kerba, 26, and her son were returning home from Cairo because of the violence ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
Orange County Gang Injunction Suffers Major Defeat: ACLU
A federal judge ruled today that the Orange County District Attorney and Orange Police Department violated due process rights by denying hearings to those the agencies suspected of being gang members, dealing what the American Civil Liberties Union called "a major victory" to those legally oppo ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
[UPDATED with ICE Suspending Deportation:] Isaura Garcia, Battered Woman Facing Deportation, Embodies Problems with ICE Program
UPDATE, MAY 13, 5:26 P.M.: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has informed the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) that it is dropping deportation proceedings against Isaura Garcia. Meanwhile, Joseph Huprich, the woman's pro bono attorney, says Ga ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
DA Obtains 9th and 10th Gang Injunctions, Against Suspected Bangers in Anaheim and Fullerton
T-RackOn May 11, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) heralded a "major victory" against an Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA)-acquired gang injunction, which is a blanket court order against multiple people suspected of belonging to gangs instead of the usual injunctions served ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
ACLU Demands Data on Mobile-Phone Surveillance From Five Orange County Police Agencies
Big Brother is not only watching you, he can answer in the affirmative, "Can you hear me now?" The American Civil Liberties Union would like to know how much he's listenening, and by "he," I mean "your local cop shop."The Communist Par . . . er, ACLU of California announced today that demands wer ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
[UPDATED with First-Hand Insight From Villagara:] OC District Attorney "Incapable" of Impartial Probe into Kelly Thomas's Police-Beating Death: ACLU
VillagaraUPDATE, AUG. 5, 4:26 P.M.: Update written by Marisa Gerber.Hector Villagara is no stranger to Orange County. Before he took on his current role as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, he worked in the ACLU's Orange County office.It was h ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder Chastised for Move to Quash Suit Against FBI for Spying on Muslims in OC
MonteilhAttorneys for Muslims who have been spied on by the government through paid informants like Irvine's Craig Monteilh asked a federal court to reject U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's move to dismiss their lawsuit against the FBI on grounds the case exposes state secrets."It is shocking t ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
William Denis Fitzgerald, Gadfly Suing Board of Supervisors for Limiting Speech, and His Weekly Past
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California has filed a federal lawsuit in Santa Ana against the Orange County Board of Supervisors on behalf of an Anaheim gadfly who periodically turns up in OC Weekly.Based on the struggles of William Denis Fitzgerald to speak at public me ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
ACLU Study Reveals Almost 200 Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Of Immigration Detainees, Three Cases At Santa Ana City Jail
A recent American Civil Liberties Union report shows that sexual abuse of people in immigration detention facilities is a widespread, and likely underreported, issue in the U.S. Through Freedom of Information Act requests, the ACLU learned of almost 200 cases of alleged sexual abus ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
[UPDATED with Long Beach Journo's Take:] ACLU Sues Sheriff's Deputies for Hassling LA and Long Beach Photographers Under Anti-Terror Policy
ACLU/SCGreggory Moore shares with the media his brushes with sheriff's deputies.UPDATE, OCT. 28, 9:54 P.M.: The Long Beach Post's Greggory Moore has graciously agreed to share with Weekly readers his real-time coverage of moves officers from two separate police agencies made against him and colle ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
[UPDATED with Judge's Ruling:] Justice Dept. Must Pay for Lying in Suit Against FBI by OC Muslims
UPDATE, NOV. 18, 10:57 A.M.: "The Court must impose monetary sanctions to deter the Government from deceiving the Court again," Judge Cormac Carney of the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana writes in his Islamic Shura Council v. FBI ruling. He gave the council 14 days to come up with ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
ACLU Raises Privacy Concerns Over Confiscated Student Cellphones
"H-E-L-L-O: Students have a right to privacy in their cell phones."That's not just the lament of the empty-eyed Hot Dog on a Stick girl handing you your lunch at the mall. It's the title of a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union's Southern California office, which finds privacy rights ... More >>
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