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American Civil Liberties Union

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    The Salem Witch Trial of 2012 (Right Here in Missour-ah!)

    Are good witches banned from the Salem Public Library, too?​It's probably entirely coincidental that the Ozark town that keeps a strict filter on its Internet browsers to ensure that none of its patrons happen to stumble on any websites about Wicca is called Salem. Or that the library director ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Lawsuit Against Mandatory Drug Tests at Linn State Gets Class-Action Status

    ​An update to that story we told you about earlier this fall when Linn State Technical College in rural Missouri announced it would drug test all new students entering the school. In September the ACLU of Eastern Missouri sued the institution arguing that suspicionless drug testing viola ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    ACLU of Eastern Missouri Honors Three Social Justice Titans Tonight

    ​Tonight, the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri hosts its 40th annual Bill of Rights Celebration. Three local activists will be honored for their work in diverse areas of civil liberties.

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    ACLU Sues Linn State Technical College Over Mandatory Drug Tests

    linnstate.eduTechnical college technically violates the Constitution, says ACLU.​Well, that didn't take too long. Last week we told you about how administrators at Linn State Technical College planned to drug test every new student entering the school. Today we're back to report that the ACLU has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    ACLU Sues Missouri School District for Blocking Student Access to LGBT Websites

    ​Last week we told you about how Internet software used by dozens of school districts in Missouri blocked student access to websites dealing with gay, lesbian and transgender issues. Now the ACLU of Eastern Missouri has sued one of those districts, which it says refuses to lift the block for its s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Internet Filter for Missouri Schools Censored LGBT Websites

    The Trevor Project was one of at least 23 LGBT issue sites blocked by Netsweeper.​Internet security software used by dozens of school districts in Missouri censored students from accessing websites dealing with LGBT issues. The Missouri Research & Education Network (MOREnet), a division of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Missouri School Illegally Censoring the Internet, Draws ACLU Attention

    Don't tread on my access to health information.​Updated at 4:50 p.m. with comment from school district's attorney.Updated at 3:30 p.m. with comment from the school superintendent.A school district in central Missouri is illegally censoring the internet, the ACLU says, and the organization is deman ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Did the City Punish the ACLU for Investigating Abuse Cases?

    ​Last December, the St. Louis Division of Corrections downgraded the visitation rights of the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri from "professional" to "social" status, effectively making it more difficult for ACLU representatives to meet with inmates in the city's downtown jai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Westboro Baptist Church Sues St. Charles City; Wins Injunction vs. St. Charles County

    Plaintiff Megan Phelps-Roper protesting in St. Louis last summer.​It took the Westboro Baptist Church just one day to sue St. Charles after the city last week enacted an ordinance restricting when and where protesters can picket during funerals. Westboro Baptist Church has made a name for itself i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    UPDATE: Florissant Sued Over Law Allowing Mayor to Remove Political Yard Signs

    Mayor Robert Lowery​Update: In a statement emailed to Daily RFT yesterday, Mayor Robert Lowery calls the complaints filed against him and Florissant a "ridiculous lawsuit" that will "cost the city thousands of dollars to defend." Additional response from the mayor incorporated into this updated po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Court of Appeals Hears Argument Over World Series Ticket Scandal

    ​The Missouri Court of Appeals this morning heard arguments over a protracted lawsuit stemming from the 2006 World Series when St. Louis police officers were accused of taking tickets from scalpers and passing those tickets along to their friends and families. In April of last year St. Louis Circu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Camp Zoe Update: Highway Patrol Busted Thousands En Route To Festivals

    Image viaSince 2007, state troopers have arrested more than 2,000 people at checkpoints near Camp Zoe ​Just after midnight on October 29, 2008, the Missouri State Highway Patrol pulled over a 1989 Ford van on Route 19 in Eminence, Missouri. The driver, a 23-year-old from Desoto named Joseph Wayne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Kelly Glossip: Same-Sex Partner of Missouri Trooper Killed in Line of Duty Sues for Benefits

    Via ACLUGlossip (left) and Engelhardt lived together and raised Glossip's son from a previous relationship.​Kelly Glossip lost his partner of fifteen years, Dennie Engelhard, last Christmas morning. Engelhardt, a trooper with the Missouri Highway Patrol, was assisting a stranded motorist on Inters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Roadblock: Highway Patrol Busted Thousands En Route To Camp Zoe

    Image viaSince 2007, state troopers have arrested more than 2,000 people at checkpoints near Camp Zoe ​Just after midnight on October 29, 2008, the Missouri State Highway Patrol pulled over a 1989 Ford van on Route 19 in Eminence, Missouri. The driver, a 23-year-old from Desoto named Joseph Wayne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Voting Group Challenges State Senate Election; Wash. U. Students Turned Away at Polls

    ​Advancement Project, a national voters' rights organization, is asking the St. Louis County Election Board to review the results and circumstances surrounding last week's race for the 24th District of the Missouri State Senate. Republican John Lamping squeaked out a narrow victory over his Democr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Police Look to Send World Series Ticket Case into Extra Innings (Again)

    'Cause real cops never quit!​Updated 6 p.m. Judge Philip Heagney this afternoon issued a stay in the case, meaning the files won't be turned over until a June 4 hearing at the earliest. Original post follows...We know. You're sick of hearing about the so-called "World Series Ticket Scandal" involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    St. Louis Police Board to Release Full Investigation into World Series Ticket Scandal

    ​The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners today announced that it would not fight a judge's order requiring it to turn over its entire Internal Affairs investigation into the so-called World Series Ticket Scandal. The case stems from the 2006 World Series in which police officers were accused o ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    Amongst Us

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes Arizona policy, thanks to state Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    An Opportunity to Stand Up

    Village Voice Media underwrites an ACLU lawsuit against the state of Arizona

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    St. Louis Blogger "The Beautiful Kind" Fired for Writing About Sex

    Emily GoodSt. Louis sex blogger The Beautiful Kind had her cover blown on Twitter -- and lost her job.​Two months ago Riverfront Times featured local pseudonymous sex blogger The Beautiful Kind as part of our "Bloggers Bakers Dozen [scroll down]." "The Beautiful Kind might make you blush," R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    RFT Founder Ray Hartmann to Speak at Missouri NORML Conference on Saturday

    Ray Hartmann at the University of Missouri, his alma mater​If you see smoke wafting out of the Randall Building at 3022A Cherokee Street on Saturday don't call the fire department. It's probably harmless.The Missouri chapter of NORML -- the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    TSA Changes Policies After Detaining Ron Paul Follower at Lambert Field

    campaignforliberty.comBierfeldt​Remember the case of Steve Bierfeldt? If you answered no, you're not reading enough Libertarian blogs. Let us quickly recap...Bierfeldt is the development director for presidential candidate Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty. He was in the St. Louis airport back in Ap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    St. Louis Police Apologize to "Anarchists"

    Dan Green, owner of the home, called "Bolozone", where many of the protesters were rounded up by police.​The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has reached a settlement with four would-be protesters arrested prior to the 2003 World Agriculture Forum held in St. Louis. The demonstrators -- wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Jail Hanging Provides ACLU a Pawn In Its Spat with City

    flickr.com/photos/sin_aguaSomeone's credibility hangs in the balance. Question is: Is it the city's or the ACLU's? The cynic in me can't help thinking that the ACLU of Eastern Missouri must be at least a little pleased that an inmate hanged himself this week at the St. Louis City Justice Center. Aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Friday, March 27: Morning's Newz

    Oh, baby! How 'bout those Mizzou Tigers?! My grad-school alma mater (thank you!) heads to the Elite 8 after knocking off No. 2 seed Memphis in a thrilling victory last night in Arizona. Up 24 points early in the second half, the MU Tigers held off a late rally by those other Tigers, Memphis, to win ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    ACLU Decries Conditions in St. Louis City Jails; Sends Report to Justice Department

    kwamebuildinggroup.comThe Justice Center on Tucker Blvd. was completed in 2002 at a cost of around $80 million.The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri released a report today condemning conditions at two St. Louis City jails -- the City Justice Center and the Medium Security Institute ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Latest Score In World Series Ticket Scandal: Public 1, Cops 0

    John Chasnoff has won a small but significant victory in his spat with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department over the World Series ticket scandal. Chasnoff got word Tuesday that St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Philip Heagney has ordered police to make public the report that initiated investigat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    St. Louis Weekend Round-Up, November 30 - December 2

    John Chasnoff has won a small but significant victory in his spat with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department over the World Series ticket scandal. Chasnoff got word Tuesday that St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Philip Heagney has ordered police to make public the report that initiated investigat ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 21, 2007

    You Have the Right to Have Fun

    John Chasnoff has won a small but significant victory in his spat with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department over the World Series ticket scandal. Chasnoff got word Tuesday that St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Philip Heagney has ordered police to make public the report that initiated investigat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2007

    Valley Park: Still In Limbo

    John Chasnoff has won a small but significant victory in his spat with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department over the World Series ticket scandal. Chasnoff got word Tuesday that St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Philip Heagney has ordered police to make public the report that initiated investigat ... More >>

  • News

    March 28, 2007

    Back to the Bolozone

    The "anarchists" finally get their day in court.

  • Calendar

    September 27, 2006

    Don't Censor My Underpants

    The "anarchists" finally get their day in court.

  • Calendar

    June 28, 2006

    Happy Hour, Engaged

    The "anarchists" finally get their day in court.

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    Mysterious Departure

    Why did the ACLU's legal director hit the road?

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Road Rules

    When a checkpoint isn't really a checkpoint, the constitutional forecast is cloudy

  • Music

    May 12, 2004

    Same As It Ever F**king Was

    When it comes to censorship, the song remains the same

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Week of February 25, 2004

  • News

    October 15, 2003

    Dying to Get Out

    Some inmates tell horror stories about healthcare at the women's prison in Vandalia. Some didn't live to tell their tales.

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    It Goes Without Saying

    Our mom always told us not to complain, but even she would give us permission when it comes to apathetic politicians, rights-abusing mega-stores and itsy-bitsy cups of custard

  • News

    May 14, 2003

    Draught-Dodger

    Week of May 14, 2003

  • News

    April 23, 2003

    Hell No, They Won't Go

    Protesters say pens are for sheep, not Bush critics

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    Slaphappy

    The mayor of tony Creve Coeur and her husband found a novel way of handling political disputes -- they sue critics

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Sucker-Punched

    Jefferson County nailed them in an adult-business raid. Like it or not, they're poster boys in a fight to fix Missouri's sex laws.

  • Music

    September 19, 2001

    Smokin' Groove

    What to look for at the Bearcat Harvest Festival

  • Music

    September 19, 2001

    Joint Effort

    Music, politics and business converge at NORML's 30th- anniversary celebration

  • Music

    July 25, 2001

    Raving Mad

    Washington County sheriff's deputies descend on a campground full of electronic-dance enthusiasts, who say their civil rights were trampled

  • News

    September 13, 2000

    Fox Schools Prepare for Holy War

    Published the week of September 13-19, 2000

  • News

    August 18, 1999

    HEAVEN HELP US: THE NATIVITY FLAP IS BACK

    Published the week of September 13-19, 2000

  • News

    December 23, 1998

    Jesus on the Go

    Woodson Terrace finds a simple but novel solution to the problem posed by having a nativity scene on public property

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    Unwise Men

    Woodson Terrace finds a simple but novel solution to the problem posed by having a nativity scene on public property

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