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2008 Press Releases

Recent press releases of the ACLU of Eastern Missouri
121908 ACLU Files Suit Challenging Anti-Affirmative Action Efforts : The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed a lawsuit challenging the latest attempt by a political operative to rewrite Missouri's state Constitution and ban equal opportunity programs in the state.
ACLU Sues Over Wiretapping Law : NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a landmark lawsuit today to stop the government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually unchecked power to intercept Americans' international e-mails and telephone calls. The case was filed on behalf of a broad coalition of attorneys and human rights, labor, legal and media organizations.
Suit Filed on Behalf of Librarian Over Harry Potter : May 27, 2008 - The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri has filed suit against the City of Poplar Bluff after the City's public library disciplined a part-time employee who objected to participating in the promotion of a Harry Potter book. The employee, Deborah Smith, had religious objections to the promotion, which she believed encouraged children to worship the occult.
ACLU Celebrates Triumph of Equal Opportunity : Backers of Anti-Affirmative Action Initiative Fail To Garner Enough Signatures To Qualify For November Ballot
030608 ACLU responds to Election Claims : Valley Park Mayor Jeffrey Whittaker widely circulated campaign materials claiming that the ACLU backed his opponent for the upcoming April 8th election. Contrary to Whittaker's claims, the ACLU is not involved in the electoral politics of the City of Valley Park.
031808 ACLU Files Suit in Police Abuse Case   : The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri has filed suit against the City of St. George and the police officer whose threats to fabricate charges against a young motorist were captured on videotape.
ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of Soldier Abuse by Police : The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a solider currently serving in Iraq. Army Specialist Anthony Collins of Charlie Company's 327th Infantry Regiment returned to St. Louis on leave from war-torn Iraq, he encountered the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, whose officers pepper-sprayed him, forced him to the ground, handcuffed him and arrested him near a routine police checkpoint on June 30, 2006.
012208 Roe v. Crawford Decision : In a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today upheld a ruling allowing women prisoners in Missouri to obtain timely, safe, and legal abortion care. Today's announcement comes as we commemorate the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
010808 ACLU Applauds Decision Ending Bible Distribution  : The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri applauded the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri that found the practice of Bible distribution in the public school of a rural Missouri county was unconstitutional.