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ACLU CHALLENGES CITY GOVERNMENT’S BID FOR GAG ORDER AGAINST COLORADO SPRINGS NEWSPAPER
ACLU Challenges City Government's Bid for Gag Order Against Colorado Springs Newspaper FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2002 The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today that its lawyers will appear Friday in state district court in Colorado Springs to argue that a Colorado Springs alternative weekly newspaper should not be subjected to a court order forbidding it to publish information about a Colorado Springs police officer. "A government.... | Read More
AFTER ACLU ENTERS CASE, COLORADO SPRINGS DROPS EFFORT TO OBTAIN GAG ORDER AGAINST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
After ACLU Enters Case, Colorado Springs Drops Effort to Obtain Gag Order Against Weekly Newspaper FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2002 The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) reported success today in stopping the City of Colorado Springs from obtaining a court order that would have prevented the Colorado Springs Independent from publishing information about a Colorado Springs police officer. Citing the First Amendment right of a newspaper to publish.... | Read More
DENVER POLICE PLANNED ON AIR FORCE HELP IN GATHREING INFORMATION FOR SPY FILES
Denver Police Planned on Air Force Help in Gathering Information for Spy Files FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 22, 2003 The Denver Police Department planned to receive intelligence information from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) about the identities and activities of participants in a peaceful demonstration outside Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs in 1999, according to a document from the Denver Police Spy Files released today by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.... | Read More
COLORADO ACLU ECHOES FOR STOP TO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ASSAULT ON CIVIL LIBERTIES
Colorado ACLU Echoes for Stop to Attorney General's Assault on Civil Liberties FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 12, 2003 In a recent announcement, the American Civil Liberties Union warned against the likely ineffectiveness of and danger to average Americans posed by the vast cyber-surveillance system known as Total Information Awareness (TIA). "The Pentagon's plan for the most extensive data surveillance network in history will have real effects on real Americans,".... | Read More
ACLU SUES TO STOP COLORADO’S PLANNED APRIL 1 CUT OFF OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
ACLU Sues to Stop Colorado's Planned April 1 Cutoff of Medical Assistance to Legal Immigrants FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar 27, 2003 The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court to challenge Senate Bill 176, a new Colorado law that cuts off medical assistance to about 3500 legal immigrants who are currently covered and who cannot afford to pay for their own medical care. The suit asks the Court to.... | Read More
COURT ORDERS TEMPORARY HALT TO MEDICAID CUTOFFS IN ACLU SUIT ON BEHALF OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Court Orders Temporary Halt to Medicaid Cutoffs in ACLU Suit on Behalf of Legal Immigrants FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Apr 1, 2003 Granting an emergency motion filed by lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU), a federal court judge issued an order late this afternoon that temporarily stops the State of Colorado from cutting Medicaid medical assistance benefits to approximately 3500 legal immigrants in Colorado who cannot afford to pay for their own medical.... | Read More