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A New Phase in Civil Liberties Advocacy: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
For decades, the ACLU of New Mexico has worked alongside communities to defend civil liberties and expand the promise of the constitution. Today, with fundamental freedoms under intensifying attack and the stakes for our democracy higher than ever, that work has never been more urgent.
May 24, 2010
What Happens in Arizona Stops in Arizona.
On April 23, 2010, Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed into law a discriminatory and un-American law that will require police officers in Arizona to ask people for their papers based only on some undefined "reasonable suspicion" that they are in the country unlawfully. We believe this law, which invites racial profiling in the worst way, is unconstitutional. Visit the national ACLU site to learn more about what we are doing--and what you can do---to challenge this law.
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
Arizona Immigration Law Threatens Civil Rights and Public Safety, Says ACLU
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The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
New Mexico Attorneys, ACLU Obtain Release of Guantánamo Detainee
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The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
ABQ Regulation Banning Sex Offenders from Libraries Overturned
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The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.
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Albuquerque v. Doe Opinion
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
Civil Rights Suit Secures Essential Mental Health Care for Detainees
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Bravo Settlement
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
Body Scanners Raise Privacy Concerns
By Micah McCoy, Communications Specialist
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
ACLU Disappointed by Bishops’ Rejection of Domestic Partnership
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The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.
By Micah McCoy
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