ACLU First Amendment Minutes For November 2009
11.20.09
ACLU First Amendment Minute: TSA and Religious Freedom
A Transportation Security Administration screener at Logan Airport is highly regarded, described by his supervisor as hard-working and loyal. So why did the TSA want to fire him?
ACLU First Amendment Minute: The TSA and Your Luggage
Can one of those TSA airport screeners have your locked up and interrogated because something in your carry-on luggage, which has nothing to do with airline safety, makes them suspicious?
ACLU First Amendment Minute: Immigrant Deportation
There is a human rights crisis in the Massachusetts detention system of immigrants facing deportation.
11.12.09
ACLU First Amendment Minute: High School Speech
A United States Supreme Court Justice gives a speech at a high school assembly. So, for sure, the high school paper can report on what the justice said, right?
ACLU First Amendment Minute: Marriage Equality in Maine
The 53-47% defeat of gay marriage in this November's election in the state of Maine raises difficult questions.
ACLU First Amendment Minute: South Carolina License Plates
Since 2008, the state of South Carolina has been issuing licence plates that show an image of a cross, in front of a stand glass window, along with the words "I believe."
11.5.09
ACLU First Amendment Minute: Domestic Abuse Asylum
May a woman who has been the victim of serious domestic abuse apply for asylum in America?
ACLU First Amendment Minute: Anonymity in the News
A newspaper reporter promises a whistle-blower or another source that he will keep his identity secret, but then a prosecutor subpoenas the reporter to a grand jury or a trial and demands that the reporter reveal his source. What happens?
ACLU First Amendment Minute: AIDS in America
Let's say a US health organization wants to have a conference to plan for the future fight against AIDS. Obviously, some people who are HIV-positive would attend. So, can you hold that conference in America?
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