ACLU/SC News Releases For 2000

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December 2000

ACLU Applauds University's Action In Responding to"Top 4%" Admissions Program Problems (12/28/2000)

ACLU Fights Anti-Gay Book-Banning In School Library (12/21/2000)

ACLU Sues University of California Regents Over Defective "4%" Plan (12/20/2000)

Los Angeles Residents, Civil Rights Groups Sue to Intervene In LAPD Consent Decree (12/18/2000)

ACLU of Southern California Calls For Constitutional Amendment (12/14/2000)

ACLU Denounces State's Blame-Shifting Strategy In Education Case (12/12/2000)

Judge's Order Is Distributed To L.A.'s Homeless (12/6/2000)

Court Orders LAPD to Stop Harassing Homeless (12/1/2000)

November 2000

ACLU Amends Voter-Matching Web-Site Lawsuit (11/27/2000)

Civil Rights Groups File ADA Suit Against MTA For Paratransit Failures (11/16/2000)

ACLU of Southern California Reaction to Independent Review Panel Report (11/16/2000)

Court Rejects State's Defense of Inadequate Schools (11/15/2000)

ACLU Opposes Police Commission Proposal (11/14/2000)

ACLU Honors Civil Liberties Champions At Annual Bill Of Rights Dinner Thursday, December 14, 2000 (11/9/2000)

ACLU Disappointed in Order Denying TRO In Web Case About Discussing Voting Strategies On-Line (11/6/2000)

ACLU Moves to Protect Venice Tenant Activists' Freedom to Organize and Speak Out (11/2/2000)

ACLU Defends Rights of Gore/Nader Voters to Gather And Strategize On-Line (11/2/2000)

October 2000

ACLU Persuades National Park Service To Respect Religious Diversity (10/31/2000)

ACLU Files Amicus to Lift Gag Order in Van Nuys Murder Case (10/25/2000)

ACLU Condemns Police Response to Demonstration Against Police Brutality (10/23/2000)

Los Angeles' Ban On "For Sale" Signs Is Suspended By Court (10/16/2000)

Civil Rights and Community Leaders Denounce Proposition 38 Inequities (10/11/2000)

9th Circuit Allows Prisoner to Press Corcoran Abuse Lawsuit (10/6/2000)

September 2000

Judge Says No to Mattel's Effort to Stop Artist's Photographic Critiques of Barbie (9/25/2000)

ACLU Forces Department of Alcoholic Beverages Control Out of Art Censorship Business (9/25/2000)

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Tells Los Angeles It Cannot Enforce Its Solicitation Restriction (9/22/2000)

Families Win Change in Welfare Policy (9/15/2000)

Back to School Without Texts: Civil Rights Groups Demand an Account (9/12/2000)

August 2000

ACLU and Other Civil Rights Groups Laud Asylum Decision For Gay Man (8/25/2000)

ACLU Sues LAPD For Attacks on Press-UPDATE (8/21/2000)

ACLU Sues LAPD For Attacks on Press (8/16/2000)

ACLU Condemns Police Response to D2K Rally (8/15/2000)

Plaintiffs Representing 28 Additional Schools Join ACLU Statewide Education Lawsuit (8/15/2000)

ACLU Wins Temporary Restraining Order to Stop LAPD From Harassment of Protesters (8/11/2000)

ACLU Wins Key Battle in Case to Protect Free Speech in Citizen Complaints About Police (8/11/2000)

ACLU Enters Into Landmark Settlement Winning New Guarantees For Bus Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs (8/10/2000)

ACLU Warns LAPD to Stop Harassing Protesters (8/8/2000)

July 2000

ACLU and City Agree On Free Speech Plan At Convention (7/28/2000)

Federal Judge Requires LAPD to Follow First Amendment During the Democratic National Convention (7/21/2000)

ACLU Responds to Critics On Free Speech at the Democratic National Convention (7/10/2000)

ACLU to Honor Donald Passman and Frank Darabont at Torch of Liberty Gala on July 12 (7/6/2000)

June 2000

ACLU Files DNC Free Speech Suit On Behalf of Protesters (6/30/2000)

ACLU Commends U.S. Supreme Court's Affirmation of Miranda (6/26/2000)

Civil Rights Groups Unveil Education Hotline and Ad Campaign (6/20/2000)

Internet Entrepreneur David Bohnett's Foundation Funds ACLU Fellow (6/14/2000)

ACLU Stands Up For Individuals' Commercial Free Speech (6/1/2000)

May 2000

Landmark Education Case Will Hold State To Promise of Equal Education (5/17/2000)

City Council Reluctant to SupportCompromise Bill on Racial Profiling (5/3/2000)

April 2000

Politics Trumps Sound Policy in Racial Profiling Shift (4/27/2000)

ACLU Files New Softball Lawsuit (4/20/2000)

April 17 Town Hall on Racial Profiling Draws 200 to Testify (4/18/2000)

ACLU Response to Police Commission Rampart Review Panel (4/12/2000)

March 2000

New Report Finds Sheriff's Department Deficient in Dealing with Gender Discrimination (3/28/2000)

State Sued Over "Family Cap" Welfare Policy (3/22/2000)

Historic Settlement Requires California to Provide Equal Educational Opportunity to Compton Students (3/21/2000)

ACLU Denounces Imperial Police Chief Renews Call For Independent Commission (3/15/2000)

Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of ACLU of Southern California's Efforts to Stop Art Censorship in Palm Springs (3/7/2000)

ACLU Responds to Police Commission's Appointment of Experts to Investigate LAPD (3/7/2000)

ACLU Challenges California Criminal Law That Chills Citizen Complaints Against Police (3/3/2000)

ACLU of Southern California Responds to LAPD Changes in CRASH Unit (3/3/2000)

Civil Rights Groups Announce Settlement of Bias Lawsuit (3/2/2000)

ACLU Response to LAPD Board of Inquiry Report (3/1/2000)

February 2000

ACLU of Southern California Applauds Chief Parks' Request For FBI Intervention In Growing LAPD Scandal Renews Call For Independent Commission (2/23/2000)

ACLU of Southern California Responds to City Council's Vote to Increase Police Commission Resources to Investigate the LAPD (2/15/2000)

ACLU Sues To Bring a Halt To Racial Profiling Of Motorists By LAPD (2/10/2000)

ACLU Suit Forces National Security Agency (NSA) To Revisit Discriminatory Policy (2/4/2000)

January 2000

ACLU Responds to Rampart CRASH Unit Retaliation Against Gang Prevention Worker (1/25/2000)

Government Informants Change Sides in Lennon Files Case (1/21/2000)

ACLU Files Class Action Suit Over Inadequate Facilities For Local Elementary School Students (1/11/2000)

ACLU Requests Temporary Restraining Order to Protect "Food Not Bombs" Right to Feed and Assist Homeless in Pershing Square Park (1/4/2000)

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Rehearing of Decision over Interrogation Policies of Local Police Departments (1/3/2000)