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ACLU Sues Over "Severe, Unfair and Discriminatory" Cranston School Volunteer Policy
August 23, 2010
The Rhode Island ACLU today filed a lawsuit on behalf of a mother who has been barred from volunteering at her child’s elementary school because she has a past criminal history of drug addiction. This is so despite the fact that the mother’s drug problems predate her child’s birth and she has been involved since then in promoting drug abuse prevention.
RI ACLU Challenges Woonsocket School Uniform Policy
August 18, 2010
The Rhode Island ACLU has today filed an appeal with the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to contest the planned implementation of a mandatory school uniform policy in Woonsocket public schools.
ACLU Defents Tiverton Resident Against Political SLAPP Suit
August 11, 2010
Citing the important free speech issues involved in the case, the ACLU of Rhode Island today announced it has agreed to represent Tiverton resident David Nelson, the president of a local tax reform group, who has been sued for defamation by two Town Council members. Nelson, head of Tiverton Citizens for Change, was sued for making public comments alleging that Council members submitted “false” documentation to the State Department of Revenue relating to an unapproved proposal for a tax increase.
ACLU And RI NOW Receive Policies Governing Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners; Call For Legislation to Protect Women
August 10, 2010
Having received dozens of pages of documents as the result of an open records lawsuit filed in February, the Rhode Island ACLU and the R.I. Chapter of the National Organization for Women said today that Rhode Island needs to join eight other states by passing legislation next year to restrict the Department of Correction’s ability to shackle pregnant inmates in its custody.
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