American Civil Liberties Union

School facilities bill grew from grass roots

2013-05-20 08:26:00

Michael Dresser got it right in describing the trajectory of the Baltimore school facilities bill as going from "non-starter to law," but the story goes far beyond the elected and appointed officials who worked hard to make the deals and shepherd the...

ACLU alleges former AA police chief involved in Leopold dossiers

2013-04-30 17:37:00

While former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold works in a food bank to satisfy the community service requirement of his sentence for misconduct in office, accusations stemming from his legal troubles are reaching another former county...

Killings in Md. prisons defy efforts to improve security

2013-04-13 07:53:00

Phyllis Scott was waiting for the day her son would be released from prison to return to East Baltimore, and she hoped he could steer clear of trouble in the future. But that day never came. Malcolm Jerrod "Rod" Pridget, who was just shy of his 20th...

ACLU questions constitutionality of cyber-harassment bill

2013-04-11 14:11:00

A 2013 Maryland General Assembly bill bearing the name of a Howard County teenager who killed herself last year is expected to be signed into law, but it stands on shaky constitutional ground, an official of the Maryland ACLU said. The "Misuse of...

Maynard praised as tough, capable prison administrator

2013-04-27 13:38:00

In a career that's spanned more than four decades in four states, Gary D. Maynard has dealt with inmate sex scandals, prison riots, suicides and shrinking public safety budgets. Last week, the Maryland corrections secretary faced a bank of TV cameras...

The red herring of human gene patents

2013-04-28 05:00:00

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....

Did that really happen? In America?

2013-04-28 05:00:00

My periodic "Did You Know" columns tend to raise the blood pressure of more conservative readers who are embarrassed/angry/frustrated by the increasingly aggressive counter-cultural policies of the hard left and their allies in Hollywood, on campus, and...

When liberals and libertarians unite

2013-03-12 04:30:00

We can't tell the real Americans who love and defend our country from the liberals who hate America anymore ("Paul's victory," March 8). When Barack Obama became president liberals thought that he would close Guantanamo and stop drone strikes. President...

Time to re-think U.S. use of drones

2013-03-21 05:15:00

Drones over Syria? Hold on! ("CIA eyes drone strikes in Syria," March 16). The whole business of drone strikes on nations with whom we are not at war gets murkier and more distasteful daily — and cries out for transparency from the Obama...

Leopold sentenced to jail, $100,000 fine

2013-03-14 18:58:00

Former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold was led out of a courtroom Thursday with his wrists handcuffed behind his back and his head lowered, bound for the county jail after being sentenced for his misconduct in office conviction and...

Two federal cases against Anne Arundel can head toward trial, judge says

2013-03-18 17:14:00

A federal judge ruled Monday that claims by two former Anne Arundel County employees, who allege they lost their jobs because of retaliation by the administration of former County Executive John R. Leopold, can advance to trial. U.S. District Judge...

Anne Arundel county executive shuts down in-house surveillance operation

2013-03-04 21:05:00

On her first full day on the job, the new Anne Arundel County executive shut down a surveillance operation inside the county office building that included 500 cameras recording minute-by-minute activity in and around numerous county government facilities....

Glendale Unified students take part in the ACLU lawsuit announcement in 2011.

2013-02-06 11:17:00

ACLU

2012-07-17 13:48:00

ACLU sues over reading right

2012-07-12 12:53:00