Program set for October high school conference

One of the plaintiffs in a landmark Supreme Court case on separation of church and state will headline this year's ACLU-CT/CFAR high school conference on October 27. Civics and social studies teachers are urged to start planning now for an autumn program to help students understand their civil liberties -- both the high school conference, and Constitution Day, September 17, when the ACLU-CT can send volunteers to classrooms with a thought-provoking video presentation (To watch a sample of the video, click below, right) The fall will have a full schedule of educational programs for students. read more...

Death penalty documentary film Sept. 16 in Litchfield

"Deadline", a documentary based on the decision by Illinois Governor George Ryan to commute all his state's death sentences, will be shown September 16, with an accompanying panel organized by the Northwest Chapter of the ACLU of Connecticut. read more...

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• 8/19 Courant
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• 8/10 Courant on Coleman case
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• 8/3 Courant op-ed
  Court Ruling Hurts Third-Party Candidates
• 7/30 NYTimes Editorial
  Breaking a Promise on Surveillance
• 7/21 Courant Terrence P. Dwyer op-ed
  More than Reasonable Doubt about Death Penalty
• 7/21 WTNH Channel 8 Video
• Judge spikes QU's Title IX case
• 7/22 Courant Judge Says Quinnipiac
  Discriminated Against Female Student Athletes
• 7/14 NY Times Editorial criticizes campaign finance ruling
  Send In the Tycoons
• 7/13 Connecticut Law Tribune
  State, Federal Courts Construe New Election Reform Law
• 7/5 Connecticut Law Tribune
  Committing a Crime? Turn Off Your Phone
• 4/14 Republican American: ACLU protests boy's suspension
• 10-year-old's parents should have been called