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2009 Press Releases

Press releases of the ACLU of Eastern Missouri
12.28.09 Bauer Press Release : ST. LOUIS, December 28, 2009 - The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri today filed suit on behalf of Michael Bauer, alleging Bauer was held in the Jefferson County and Madison County jails for more than a month earlier this year on a body attachment that had been withdrawn in 2007. A body attachment is similar to a warrant but issued in a civil proceeding rather than a criminal proceeding. The suit alleges that unlike persons picked up on a misdemeanor or felony warrant, Bauer was never given an opportunity to appear before a judge to say that he was being held mistakenly.
12.24.09 Carl Smith Amicus :
121709 ACLU Files Free Speech Lawsuit on Behalf of Leafleters :
121409 ACLU Applauds Judge's Ruling about Police Documents :
110309 Court Finds Elections Unconstitutional  : United States District Judge Richard Webber found that the 2008 election held by Robinwood West Community Improvement District, a small political subdivision located in unincorporated St. Louis County, was unconstitutional and that the Missouri Legislatureâ╢Ë˙s imposition of greater restrictions on certain voters violates the Equal Protection Clause.
091809 ACLU Suit Voids Unlawful Enlistment :
ACLU Sues DHS Over Unlawful TSA Searches And Detention : The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is subjecting innocent Americans to unreasonable searches and detentions that violate the Constitution, according to a lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU filed the complaint on behalf of a traveler who was illegally detained and harassed by TSA agents at the airport for carrying approximately $4,700 in cash. Incident took place in Lambert International Airport in St. Louis.
011309 Missouri Supreme Court Disability Ruling : The Missouri Supreme Court today found that a Missouri statute that prevents persons who have been appointed guardians because of mental disabilities from receiving in-home care services violates federal anti-discrimination statutes. The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri represented Andrea Bechtel, a Valley Park woman who requires assistance with her acitivities of daily living because of her physical disabilities. The state had provided her personal care services in her home, but she was kicked out of the program in 2005 after the legislature amended the statute to exclude persons who have a guardian.
032409 ACLU Investigation Uncovers Violations : An American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU-EM) preliminary investigation of civil liberties violations at the St. Louis City Justice Center and the Medium Security Institution in St. Louis has been sent to the United States Justice Department for review.
042909 Court Orders Gov to Stop Multiple Votes : A federal judge today ordered Robinwood West Community Improvement District, a small political subdivision located in unincorporated St. Louis County, to stop allowing some voters to have more than one vote in its elections.
071609 ACLU Applauds Decision Ending Bible Distribution in schools :
Lawsuit Challenges Latest Anti-Affirmation Action Effort : The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri today filed a lawsuit challenging the latest attempt by a political operative to rewrite Missouri's state constitution to ban equal opportunity programs in the state.
082409 Police Apology to Protesters : ST. LOUIS, August 24, 2009--In settlement of an ACLU of Eastern Missouri lawsuit, the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners has agreed to pay damages and send a letter of apology to four activists. St. Louis police officers violated their first and fourth amendment rights to prevent them from participating in protests at the World Agricultural Forum (WAF) in St. Louis in May 2003.