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the american civil liberties union is now teaming up with the ku klux klan in the name of free speech officials in georgia say they plan to help the bid to adopt a section of a highway after state officials denied an election from a man who called himself the exalted international keystone knights of the kkk. impressive. if the group gets permission to join the highway clean up program it would be recognized with a road sign. georgia doesn't want that. but aclu lawyers say this is the first amendment issue and jonathan hunt is with us. i'm guessing, maybe, the kkk might not like being lined up with the aclu. maybe that will do it trick. >>jonathan: unholy alliance but officials in georgia are unhappy about in and unhappy about the application from the kkk in the first place and unhappy that the achu now are saying they will help them out in trying to adopt this portion of route 515 in georgia. we spoke to officials in the governor's office today and the deputy chief of staff said this is not a program to promote the visibility of groups that are being associated with discrimination an

. >>> the american civil liberties union said it has specific evidence that leopard led his employees to civil rights. >>> just hours to go until the grand opening of the newest casino, maryland live. it will be one of the largest. wjz and adam may is live with a preview of tonight's major happening. >> reporter: good afternoon. should be a lot of fun. this ka casino has been years in the making, and state officials are projecting it will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. >> the lights are flashing and the machines are doing. >> are you ready to open up? >> we're ready. >> 3 ,200 many machines will be in -- machines will be in operation for the grand opening, that includes slot machines and electronic table games. the casino is one of the largest gaming, retail and entertainment designations. >> will this benefit every maryland even if they don't play the machines? >> of course. we will be one of the top taxpayers in the united states. >> in maryland the tax is 67%. they pro ject paying 400 -- $400 million in taxes. >> this was a blank canvas. they said write a buff

natasha is the death penalty policy director for the american civil liberties union of northern california. she previously worked as a deputy public defender in alameda county, and was a staff attorney with the california task force on criminal instructions. she is also working on the effort to abolish the death penalty in california and pursuing the goal of reforming capital sentencing procedure. before we start with the first question, we have a short video. i have been told that this is a video from the former warden of the mississippi prison. >> it is clear that the execution will take place and something happens. they may not come out and say that they did this, but they will tell the victim -- i am sorry. and then they say, i did this. and i leaned down to whisper in his ear, and i thought i could reach them because i wanted to make certain that he is at peace with themselves. i said it is not important for you to confess to this crime and is not important for anyone in this room. the only thing that is important is that you let your god know the truth. and he looked at me and he sai

the american civil liberties union filed lawsuit. >> this program has almost become i code ward for racial profiling. and it's a policy that has failed. >> mayor lee says he's ware of what happened in new york and says he will seek incut from -- input from the unite. >> more breaking news now near goil roy, thourpts continue to hunt for a person who fired a gun. someone opened fire just before noon. deputies sealed off the area with the help of highway trot trath troll officers and fish and game wardens. abc 7 news wilewill have the latest right here on abc 7 news. >> san francisco police investigating reports of shots fired at cal train this week. officers were called to the neighborhood on monday, several witnesses reported seeing someone on an overpass near the tracks. this happened near pennsylvania avenue and mayorra posea street. and -- mariposa street. witnesses say the shooter placed his gun in a bag, walking away. >> $91 billion budget included $195 million in last minute line item vetoes. education, social services taking the hardest hit. cal grant forced students will be cut 5%.

someone is armed and dangerous they can pat them down before they question them >> the american civil liberties union knows all about it and takes it >> purposely targets communities of color and particularly young men of color >> mayor lee who was a career civil rights attorney and a big leftie did not want to talk about the conversations today but here's what he told the chief >> this statement was that he wants to provoke discussion and not rule out anything >> the chief is not a fan. in the violence prone southeast section of town there were mixed opinions >> too many guns out here >> cannot just of people. they just thought my granddaughter who just graduated in pasadena because she was in an all white community looking for an apartment >> study shows that a majority of stops were of blacks and latinos. 80 percent had done nothing wrong and there was no dramatic impact of guns off the street. >> the golden state warriors coach says he is a victim of a stripper's extortion plot. according to court documents mark jackson had an affair with her six years ago. he eventually broken off but in april,

americans whoca in the grip of war fever had thought that was a good idea. started to reconsider that. they were particularly supported by a small group of people who became the american civil liberties union in trying to advance their rights. there were only about 100,000 socialists, actually far less than that at this point. i think the number is something in the 20,000 to 30,000 dues paying members. he got 1 million votes. some of those people were sociali socialists, but i think a lot of the people were voting for free speech. >> terre haute, indiana. this is dave. hi, dave. >> caller: hello, how are you all? >> great, thanks. here we are in your town. do you have a question about one of your famous citizen >> caller: i do. i' a graduate of the indiana state university. what was eugene v. debs impact on the university at the time if any? was indiana a normal school and school of educators? he take part in the development of the university? >> thanks very much. lisa phillips, do you know? >> i don't know. that's a great estion. i don't know if eugene debs had any kind of influence onndiana state as a formal state in that period. i am curious now to find out.ac. ralph, go ahead. >> calle

the american civil liberties union financed the defense of scopes. one thing that people should know about this, people might have seen the famous movie starring spencer tracy and has the darrow character and frederick march as the bryan character. scopes never went to jail. scopes was basically -- he agreed to be a defendant because he knew a trial was going to take place somewhere in tennessee and his town of dayton, tennessee, where he taught high school was hurting economically. so he wanted to help bring some business tod dayton, tennessee. >> technology was a factor in the trial. cameras were allowed inside and it was broadcast nationwide on the radio. >> one of the amazing things, it was a courtroom, and for bryan to try to defend his christianity and creationism in the courtroom, it was the context of the courtroom and cross-examination that made it so difficult for bryan to say what he really meant and what he was trying to convey about the importance of creation in his thinking and about the social darwinist logic that, as he saw it, was in

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-- work for the prosecution darrow said he had to be on the other side on the aclu, the american civil liberties union that begun several years before financed the defense of scopes. one thing people should know about this. people might have seen the famous movie starring spencer tracy as the dar row chashlgt and frederick march as the bryan chakt. unlike what the movie shows you, scopes never went to jail. scopes was basically a -- he agreed to be a defendant because he knew a trial was going to take place somewhere in tenlz. his town of dayton, tennessee where he taught high school was hurting economically. he wanted to bring business to dayton, tennessee. that's why the trial took place there. scopes adpreeed to be a defendant. >> technology was a factor in this trial. cameras were allowed inside the courtroom, and it was broadcast nationwide on radio. >> right. one of the things that is so remarkable about this trial is not only that it was broadcast on the radio and tens of thousands of americans listened to it, but it also -- it was a courtroom, and for bryan to try to defend his christianity an

updated to discuss the privacy act and more cade crockford privacy rights court nater for the american civil liberties union joined us earlier today. part of the electronic communications privacy act is called the storage communications act and under the stored communications act those are a piece of that called subsection of section twenty seven zero three which basically allows the government to submit what's called section d. orders so it's actually it's somewhere in between a warrant and a subpoena subpoena as many of you probably know is simply a form that a prosecutor fills out and submit to you know the holder of some content that it wants information from the judge or perceives that order a warrant is a much stricter standard there are probable cause requirements for warrants to the stored communications act order sit somewhere in the middle it's not exactly a warrant it's not a subpoena but what what this judge magistrate's report shows is that the rules that. are put in place twenty perhaps over twenty five years ago. are woefully inadequate primarily because they don't allow even congress let alo

. >>> the american civil liberties union says it has new evidence in the abuse of power investigation into john leopold who is accused of ordering police officers to investigate his opponents. he pleaded not guilty. >>> another state lawmakers is calling for more police protection in the busiest tourist spot in baltimore city. mike schuh is live right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a state senator is saying that state police should help out baltimore city police county in this area -- down in this area. >> a vicious beating on saint patrick's day. intlsz >> -- >> somebody has stalked a male in the crowd. >> a mob of teens fighting, a 711 lewded. state senator jeff brochen says it shows a need for state police patrol. he echoes pat mcdunn who called the area a no travel zone. >> i think the city police need help. >> the mayor disagrees. >> crime is down. we were we are safe -- we are safer than we were last year. >> over all it's down 6 perper with vie -- 6% with violent crimes down 14%. >> anyone questioning the progress needs to take a look at the facts. >> visitors wi

the director of the american civil libertys union in 2007. >> bob: they will linep with the republicans on this. they will. they always do. >> andrea: do republicans risk looking a bit distracted if they keep focusing on this? the left would argue that the details of fast and furious, how this was formed, terry's death, this is not in the communication of the documents that issa is looking for. what are they looking for? besides -- >> bob: he read internal communication. i don't know how you got it but you did. shouldn't be. the answer is the republicans they want to play this game out. let them play it out. i go back to eric's point is the economy has not been talked about all week. this is dominating the entire discussion. it's a ridiculous, obsurd, issa -- >> greg: would it help obama, then? >> bob: sure. i think sure. the courts are not going to side -- >> greg: this is scary when the scandal helps obama. >> dana: i disagree. it hurts them because the present owns the stonewalling. if they continue to stonewall and don't reach accommodation of the congrsman and the family of brian t

the american civil liberties union says the supreme court has ruled the government cannot prohibit publicjust because it contained profanity. >>> well, their divorce is off, at least for now. according to tmz, basketball star kobe bryant and wife, vanessa, have put their divorce on hold and are working hard on a reconciliation. van necessary virginia filed for divorce back in december. she was supposed to submit final papers by this weekend to make the split official but tmz reports she has no plans to sign the documents. the two got married in 2001 and have two daughters. >>> after more than a century together, a pair of giant turtles is calling it quits. bb and poldy have been a couple for a oning 115 years, living at zoos in austria and switzerland but apparently, their love turned sour. bb has been attacking poldy, even biting off a chunk of his shell. they have had to separate the two turtles into separate enclosures. zoo staff says they are still trying to get the two to reconcile. they got that 115-year itch there. let's hope. >> hope they don't separate them. >> no. >> too much di

the american civil liberties union has filed suit against the practice. >> new york city "stop and frisk program has almost become a code word foray sthal -- for racial programming and it is a policy that has failed. >> mayor will seek input from the community to fine-tune the program to avoid violations to civil liberties. >>> in oakland an advocacy group for low income residents issued a report saying investors buying up foreclosed homes is a disservice to the community. 672% of the more than 10,000 foreclosures since 2007 are either still bank owned for acquired by investors. a panel will hold a hearing july 10th to consider proposals that target companies that leave properties blighted requiring home buyers not living in newly purchased homes to bring them up to code or face fines. >>> more bad news for facebook later this morning when u.s. markets open. shares may take another beating after new research suggests the menlo park giant first earnings report since going public could fall below forecasts by as much as 15%. the report follows brokerage reports this week saying it is uncle

. >> the american civil liberties union knows all about the policy and hates it. >> it purposely targets communities of color and young men of color in particular. >> mayor ed lee is a civil rights attorney in the most liberal big city in america did not want to talk about his conversations today but here's what he told chiefs are among others. >> his statement was that he wants to provoke a discussion and he does not want to rule out anything. >> the chief is not a fan, worried about racial profiling. in the violence prone southeast section of town there are mixed opinions. >> there are too many guns on the street. >> you cannot profile people. they just stopped my granddaughter and she just graduated because she was in an all white community looking for an apartment. >> the majority of stops were of blacks and latinos, 80 percent had done nothing wrong and there was no dramatic impact on guns off of the street. mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> mobile 5 is live at seventh disco city hall where sherrif's ross mirkarimi as stateexpectedo testify. he is fighting to keep his job. he just walk into

the justice department, the american civil liberties union, among others, have already filed lawsuitsw a number of advocacy groups are also slapping florida with what could be one of the most extensive lawsuits yet. adrianna has been polling the story for us and joining us live from miami. in a nutshell, supporters say this purge will prevent election fraud. critics say it violates voting rights. >> that's right. good morning. this lawsuit comes from a coalition of voter rights and specifically names as the defendant the secretary of state. some of the groups involved with the florida immigrant coalition, national congress for puerto rican rights. the attorney for the last group, advancement project, told us that in their claim, they highlight that although hispanics represent 14% of registered voters in the state, 67% of those identified as potential non-citizens are latinos and 87% people of color. the lawsuit comes in addition to the ones filed earlier in the month by the department of justice and the american civil liberties union. but how is this lawsuit different? the groups sui

the american civil libertys union teaming up with the ku klux klan.r in month, georgia denied the kkk's request to be part of adopt a highway program saying it promotes organization with a history of inciting civil disturbance. now the aclu says it will help the kkk because it's a case of first amendment rights. the aclu says it is working out the strategy for case. utah republican congressman jason chaffitz introduced legislation to been a miniature horses in establishments like restaurants. really. it's in response to the justice department revision of the americans with disabilities act. now allowing many horses to be used as service animals to replace guide dogs in some instances. he wants limitations; particularly, on bringing the animals to places where humans eat. he said, "if a person wishes to bring a horse in an establishment, the request should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, not through a federal mandate." he noted that even the american miniature horse association president does not con dome many horses replace -- mini horses repla

the american civil liberty unions call this a violation of the constitute rights and some parents maye school district. every student took the different and they all walked at the graduation. last weekend. and we have a prosecutor with us, and defense attorney. they said if you are drunk you don't walk but some passed and they let them walk anyway. they may have screwed up if they are sending a message. >>guest: the way you characterize this officially is just it but the question is going to be, was this legal in and legally, i think they are going to be in the cheer here the a lot of people sake their heads and say everyone was given the test but the difference is going to be that graduation exercise will be considered an extracurricular activity which is a privileged and voluntary according to the law. and they gave them a choice. and that is the key here. you can take the test or don't walk and we may throw our arms up and say it and ridiculous they worked for four years to get to this point but at the same time god forbid something happen and one of kits ended up driving or doing

it's not clear how long this ban is gonna last because the american civil liberties union says it may violate free speech. ♪ >> >>> justin bieber wowed the crowd of 210,000 people last night in mexico city. >> he is traveling the grobe with frees you leading up to his believe tour. he is scheduled to perform live on friday morning on the "today" show. >>> new york city mayor michael bloomberg won't like this, but online viewers can't get enough of little noah. take a look at the toddler's reaction after his first sip of root beer. >> every time he tates it he does that. it is also adorable because root beer is strong, more of a grown up beverage if you will. most kids have the opposite reaction when they taste it the first time. they think it is a little spicy. but not noah. >> put that in with the baby sauce. >> yeah, dip his binky into that. >>> can the state of maryland sustain a sixth casino in prince georges county? we have the results of a new study. >>> i'm liz crenshaw v a new way to pay for all of your mobile devices with just one data plan. my story is coming up. >>> and rig

the aclu, the american civil liberties union actually agrees in the klan's defense and will be representing that's right. they have a lawsuit. >> wow. >> it is a big wow. you talked about the 40 years since the watergate break in. it's been 40 years since title nine was put into effect. hit pleasure and honor of talking to tennis great billie jean king. she was a huge advocate of title nine in 1972 and giant grand slam winner and wimbledon and everything, every grand slam. i talk with her about the milestones in that 40 years. and i also talk to her about what she thinks about today's tennis greats. she's got quite a few favorites. in fact, so much so that she actually is a regular texter to some of the players. >> really? >> yes. >> very curious to hear. i'm a big fan of hers and i'm a big tennis fan. >> i am, too. >> that's all at 2:00 eastern hour. tune in for that. then 3:00, the road trip. i know it's very exciting, especially with the family. but it can also be agonizing. what do you do so that you don't hear the kids constantly saying are we there yet? are we there yet? >> i was one

in a statement, the american civil liberties union said -- we will have more on the supreme court decisions after the headlines. as many as 100 people are feared dead after two earthquakes struck a remote area in northern afghanistan. residents say roughly two dozen houses have been swallowed up in a massive landslide of mud and rocks. the u.s. has withdrawn a negotiating team from pakistan after failing to reach a deal with the pakistani government over the reopening of nato supply lines for troops in afghanistan the apparent stalemate is the latest sign of rising tensions between pakistan and the united states. last week defense secretary leon panetta said the u.s. is losing patience with the pakistani government over its failure to crack down on militants. pakistan closes supply routes to troops in afghanistan after a u.s. air strikes killed two dozen pakistani soldiers last november. the u.s. has refused to apologize for the attacks, an unnamed u.s. official recently told the associated press u.s.- pakistan relationship is "the worst it has ever been." ousted egyptian president hosni mu

last june the board voted 3-2 in favor of the display and then the american civil liberties union suedstudent's behalf. federal judge sent the case to mediation last month. >>> and the california elementary school was put on lockdown when a bear crashed the end of the year party. surveillance video shows the bear wandering across campus. the middle school graduation next door also came to a halt. eventually, animal control officers tranquilized the young bear and returned it to the wilderness. >> that will get your attention won't it? >>> okay. six months ago today january 1st, remember setting all the goals for the year? how you doing? making progress? just blow them off? dale casper is here, she's a life business coach and author and she's joining us with tips on how to stay focused for the 2012 goals. it could have been financial goals or exercise goals, whatever it was. >> whatever it is. >> how do we lose focus and get back on track? >> it's called discipline, we get caught up in routines and whether it's summertime, life goals or whatever we're off track and very difficult to get

. >> let's go to chad campbell, democrat in phoenix and allesandra solar of the american civil liberties union. we are grateful. i have to ask either one of you: what did you think of the ruling when it came down? >> well, i mean i think it was a very strongly worded discretion from the supreme court that the state of arizona clearly overstepped its authority and really has no business enforcing federal immigration law and implementing its own immigration scheme. now, i mean, they basically struck down three out of the four provisions that were before them and then the unfortunate thing is one of the most dangerous provisions allows -- the one that allows police to stop and question people and try to determine their immigration status is going to be going into effect. we think that will lead to the harassment of lots of people born in this country. >> i don't think any of us were surprised. many who voted against it years ago predicted this would happen. we knew this law was flawed from the beginning and it did nothing to actually address the real issue surrounding immigration, both here in ar

. >>> the obama administration has rejected requests from "the new york times" and the american civil liberties union for information about his program of targeted kills of suspected terrorists. the administration says the information is inaccurate. >>> the house oversight and government reform committee voted yesterday to hold the attorney general in contempt for not turring over requested documents about the fast and furious gun tracking operation. some house pruns say they are willing to negotiate an end to this if the obama administration turns over at least some of the documents. >>> the family of an immigration and customs enforcement agent killed in mexico filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the u.s. justice department. the victim's family claims he was killed with weapons similar to the fast and furious operation. >>> high anxiety in washington all plies on the u.s. supreme court and the healthcare issue, one of the most significant chases in decades. alison burns has more. alison? >> reporter: in just the last ten minute, the supreme court started handing down decisions. >> , throngs of r

the american civil liberty's union sued. day. it's called twilight of the elites, america after amer tok ra si. it's about the national mood of distrust of our pillar institutions. it's available for preorder at online retailers. i'll be doing two book events in new york city next week. on tuesday, i'll be doing a reading at barnes and noble and on thursday, i'll be doing another event at the new school. you can find them at facebook.com/twilight of events/elites. if you're not able to make a person, i'll be doing a video chat on wednesday at noon. and i'll be taking questions. so what do we know now we didn't know last week? >> we now know not only purging voters in defiance of the justice department, but also eliminating funding for the florida innocence commission which is created after 23 death row inmates and 12 others were exonerated. we know it's because of systemic errors like created after 23 de inmates and 12 others were exonerated. thanks for the "guardian" newspaper we know that while the queen celebrated the diam

the accuracy of a list of 2700 potential noncitizens. meantime civil rights groups including the american civil liberties union have filed a lawsuit to block and claims it violates the voting rights acts and that accusation was made by the justice department also two weeks ago. michael waldman of the brennan center for justice. nice to have you. >> nice to be here. >> the original one people look back to is back in 2000. how does what we're looking at in 2012 compare to the 2000 purge which focused on a felony purge? >> when it comes to messed up voter purges and messed up elections florida -- >> leading the way. >> people say what's the next florida when it comes to election messes and always turns out to be florida. so in 2000, there was a purge of voters who supposedly had felony convictions and it turned out that a lot of them didn't. they were eligible voters kicked off the rolls and in fact it was so many, it was more than the margin of victory in the president shl election in florida. >> i heard from 1100 -- not the margin of victory, number of people kicked off the rolls. >> something close to 2,000 i think but that was -- the marg

the american civil liberties union says it's a violation of personal rights. republican senator rand paul does too. he is here now. welcome, senator. >> good to be with you. >> tell us about your anti-drone bill. i actually have it right here, and i'm amazed it's three pages long. >> well, you know, i got the idea from representative austin scott. so i have to give him some credit from georgia. he told me about the bill recently. we picked it up and are introducing it as the senate version. yeah, i'm a big fan of the fourth amendment. i think you should have to have a warrant to invade people's privacy and to spy on them. and so i think it's very important. and this is just basically restating the constitution. but sometimes you have to restate the constitution because many up here seem so ignore it. and representative scott when he told me about the bill said, look, when i'm out hunting on my property, i don't want them spying on me. and i'm not a hunter. but when i'm separating out my recyclables, i don't want them having a drone to make sure i'm putting my

with provisions similar to at least one of the four arizona provisions, according to the american civil liberties union. jess bravin, do we know what the implications are? guest: the supreme court has laid down the guidelines of what they can and cannot do. federal immigration law does the -- cooperation between federal and state employees. if a local officer once to check somebody's immigration status, there is a 24-hour federal center to answer the questions, a federal data base. so, there is an expectation, as it is with almost every law, but different levels of government will call are free with each other in enforcing the law. if other states want to pass similar status check provisions as arizona or similar employer sanctions the way arizona passed, the supreme court has indicated those would be all right because they are foreseen by the federal immigration law. the question is, what happens if the state wants to emphasize one aspect of immigration policy more than others? arizona, for instance, putting all its efforts on the enforcement side and not looking at the other values that the federal l

alaska wilderness league, the american civil liberties union, border links, california coastal commission, center for biological diversity, citizens for a safe and secure border, citizens for border solution, coastal states organization, co-chiefs democrats of america, defenders of wildlife, equality of life, human rights committee, lee valley samaritans. labor council for latin american advancement, league of conservation voters, national association of -- national bar association, in addition estuary research reserve organization, national parks conservation association, natural resources defense council. no more deaths, tucson, northern alaska environmental center, seven border communities coalition, and the list goes on, mr. chair. i'd like to submit it for the record and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady's request will be covered in general leave. the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. just to correct the record. there is nothing in this bill that affects the bureau of reclamation or the hy

is challenging this previous law that basically banned the sex offenders from being on social media take a look. american civil liberties union is fighting a new louisiana law that prevents sex offenders from using social networking sites like facebook the a.c.l.u. says the law violates free speech and prevents sex offenders from ass accessing other sites like newspaper and job databases. yes that's something you've been trying to challenge but now there's a new louisiana law that actually requires sex offenders and child predators to state their criminal status on facebook or other social networking pages that they might have i don't know anything about that i think that that is better than simply banning them banning them i mean we've talked so many times on the show about how sex offender registries can be really unfair to people who you know got drunk and peed in someone's yard or whatever so i think it's better than banning them from using social media however it only puts a flag up and says hi i'm sexual offender it doesn't stop them from contacting you know children if say they had molested a child i don't know it's co