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Chase Strangio (/ s t r æ n ˈ dʒ iː oʊ / [1] born October 29, 1982) [2] is an American lawyer and transgender rights activist. He is the deputy director for transgender justice [3] and staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). [4] [5] He is the first known transgender person to make oral arguments before the Supreme ...
The ACLU of Colorado has investigated ongoing instances of police brutality in the cities of Denver and Aurora among other cities. [1] [2] The ACLU of Colorado has actively worked with the city of Aurora in their search for a new police chief in the wake of the death of Elijah McClain. [3] The ACLU of Colorado has worked to expand voter rights ...
Upon Romero's arrival, he increased the number of ACLU staff from 186 to 379 in 2001 alone. He also raised the salaries of staff members to be more in line with industry standards, in some cases increasing salaries by as much as 86%. In each of the ACLU's national affiliate offices, Romero hired and placed at least one staff attorney. [12]
There is probably capacity in the system for additional detainees, but how much isn’t entirely clear, according to Eunice Cho, senior staff attorney with the ACLU National Prison Project.
Elsewhere, a lawsuit filed in 2022 by the ACLU of Colorado alleging that the city of Boulder's camping policy violates the state constitution is pending, said that group's legal director, Tim ...
Hansen was at the ACLU for 40 years, from 1973 to 2013, retiring as Senior National Staff Counsel, and the ACLU's longest-serving attorney. [2] Hansen graduated from Carleton College in 1969 and earned his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago. He joined the ACLU in 1973, working with its newly founded Mental Health Law Project.
The ACLU developed from the National Civil Liberties Bureau (CLB), co-founded in 1917 during World War I by Crystal Eastman, an attorney activist, and Roger Nash Baldwin. [93] The focus of the CLB was on freedom of speech , primarily anti-war speech, and on supporting conscientious objectors who did not want to serve in World War I. [ 94 ] In ...
Rejected ballots not uncommon in Nevada, ACLU says. While Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar said he was concerned about the more than 10,000 rejected ballots that may need curing, a ...