Essays Tagged: "American Civil Liberties Union"
Censorship of the Internet
Cozic, Charles P. Ed. The Information Highway. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1996.'Cyber-Liberties.' American Civil Liberties Union Home Page. (1 November 1996).Yahoo Search.Damschen, Gary. 'Speak Free ... s to communicate witheach other' (Internet Regulation 36). Freedom of speech is an important part ofAmerican life and when a law restricts this right, it is unconstitutional. It will be aterrible day ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
ice andgovernment are the parties threatening your rights? All you have to do is justcall the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union). Sounds like a commercialdoesn't it. The ACLU blankets the United St ... fincidents that, to me, exemplify what the ACLU is, and how they have affectedour society.The ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, is an organization that beganthe struggle to protect the civil liber ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
An Analysis of Collin v Smith; Nazi's right to march in Jewish community is upheld as free speech
speech"(Amendment 1) truly means. The case of Collin v Smith is a classic example. In 1977-78, the American Nazi party requested permission to march in the village of Skokie, Illinois, a village pred ... vors. They were denied a permit based on several village ordinances. The Nazi party, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the village of Skokie, saying the ordinances violated the First ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Explains and combats censorship in class rooms and libraries. Fantasy vs. real life. Sexual material in school libraries. Most banned books. Huckleberry Finn.
Salinger, which was listed as the number 6 most challenged or banned book in a list compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union in 1997. This book has been banned from school libraries all over the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Pick an article about racial profiling and write a summary.
ment and Homeland Security Officials over Failure to Release Racial Profiling DataAugust 13,2003The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois asked a federal court to order the release of data that w ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Internet filtyers at libaries
er to prevent children from accessing obscene or sexually explicit internet sites. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), libraries prevent people from reaching many other internet si ... April 4 in Philadelphia as the three-judge panel expressed their views about the law. (ODER 2) The American Library Association (ALA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and website providers ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Patriot Act
The American Civil Liberties Union released an item-by-item rebuttal to a slew of false claims that Pres ... ecutive Director. "The administration is making a series of deliberate misstatements to deceive the American public."In response to the president's new campaign to remove the Patriot Act's sunsets, th ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
"Racial profiling is wrong and we will end it in America"
s is intended to end racial bias in law enforcement, because this tactic erodes community trust."No American is to be subject to law enforcement encounters based on crude bias," said Laura W. Murphy, ... Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office.This is a bill whose introduction comes from The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which defends the bill of rights.http://www.aclu.org/SafeandF ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism
Ethics of Partial-Birth Abortion
that oppose bans on safe abortion procedures.This billed was immediately challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union. They felt that the bill was deceptive and dangerous measure that sac ... you have pro-life groups and pro-choice groups. Every since the Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973, some Americans feel the need to ponder whether aborting fetuses is a moral action. On one hand, some peop ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
One of the most significant cases where the government tried to promote uniformity was Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, where the issues were free speech broadcasted over the internet. The ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Internet Censorship Essay - The ACLU and the Child Online Protection Act
the ACLU destroyed this family-oriented act.Immediately after COPA was signed by the President, the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of groups representing publishers, Internet Service P ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Why isn't America Patriotic?(Includes quotes from numerous groups and dicusses the USA Patriot)
Why isn't America Patriotic?There is a day America lost its freedom that many Americans have fought to keep sacred. This day was on October 26, 2001. George W. Bush signed the US ... re numerous movements throughout America to modify this act in hope of reclaiming our freedoms. The American Civil Liberties Union is an organization that is gaining popularity and has filed numerous ... ight of privacy alive. If passed, the Safe Act's reforms should go a long way toward convincing the American public that the powers of the Patriot Act are less likely to be abused in the long-run (Far ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
Legality of the Patriot Act - A Theft of Civil Liberties or The Protection Of American Life
IOT Act). The Patriot Act, stretching 342 pages in length, was drafted in an attempt to protect the American people from the rising threat of terrorism which had taken root on Sept. 11th (ACLU: The US ... Constitution. Several prominent and prevalent groups, formed to protect the individual right of the American public, such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and People For the American Way ( ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
Teen Curfews are Ridiculous. Should teenagers have curfews? Write a research essay on the topic.
solution if they enroach on the rights of teens and their parents? Civil rights groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) stand up for the rights of Americans as given to them by the C ... er 1995 when the ACLU filed a lawsuit in U.S. District court. Then again in July 2000 the rights of American teens prevailed when a federal district court judge found that Indiana's 1945 curfew violat ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Terrorism: Is The United States Going Too Far?
ism. According to a recently published article in The Associated Press, written by Karen Gullo, the American Civil Liberties Union stated, "Federal authorities are threatening the basic privacy rights ... cause they may have helpful information"�(Gullo). But as long as we have groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, concerned more about the Constitutional foundations of this country ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Gay adoption
rents to love their child, and has absolutely nothing to do with their sexual orientation. Also The American Psychological Association suggests that"not a single study has found children of gay or les ... ant to reduce the prejudice towards homosexuals before the legalization of gay adoption.Work cited;"American Civil Liberties Union : Overview of Lesbian and Gay Parenting, Adoption and Foster Care." 0 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
Employee Handbook
cy right that should be addressed is drug testing. "In a recent government study, 1 in 12 full-time American workers admitted to using illegal drugs within the last 30 days of participating in the sur ... use. "Employers have the right to expect their employees not to be high, stoned, drunk, or asleep" (American Civil Liberties Union, n.d.). The bottom line is job performance, if you cannot do the job, ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management
Employee Handbook Part 2
cy right that should be addressed is drug testing. "In a recent government study, 1 in 12 full-time American workers admitted to using illegal drugs within the last 30 days of participating in the sur ... use. "Employers have the right to expect their employees not to be high, stoned, drunk, or asleep" (American Civil Liberties Union, n.d.). The bottom line is job performance, if you cannot do the job, ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management
Racial Profiling Abstract: Racial profiling is considered by many to
volving traffic stops of minorities. The following are examples of cases and complaints made to the American Civil Liberties Union, which are posted on their web site, of racial profiling from various ... d in San Diego" in the San Diego Union Tribune on December 13, 1997.) Dr. William Woods, an African American based at Lake Forest Hospital in Chicago, has been the victim of racial profiling on numero ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Privacy Rights for Public Employees
y left as it pertains to a citizen's rights as an employee within an organization. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, private businesses, especially those whose employees do not belong t ... belong to unions, are free to violate the privacy of their employees with little worry of reprisal (American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU], 1998). Though many states have tort laws guaranteeing individ ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers