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Comprehensive reforms to the East Haven Police Department outlined in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice will not only start to repair the damage caused by years of biased policing in that city but will also serve as a model for other Connecticut police departments.
Requiring students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance would violate state law and the U.S. Constitution, the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut told the Region 15 Board of Education in a letter.
Sara Dickinson, whose family has a history of breast cancer, may now wear a bracelet that says "I <3 Boobies" and "Keep a Breast" to Nathan Hale-Ray High School in East Haddam without fear of detention.
A ban by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on "non-commercial viewpoint advertisements" would violate the Connecticut as well as the U.S. Constitution, the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has told the MTA in a letter.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has asked the Colchester Board of Selectmen to reject a youth curfew proposed for certain public areas of town. In a letter, the ACLU warned that such a curfew would violate the constitutional rights of young people and their parents.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed today that Quinnipiac University fails to provide equal athletic opportunities for women, agreeing point by point with a 2010 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill.