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ACLU wants federal agency info on combating eminent domain
NEWARK, N.J. — The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Federal Housing Finance Agency, asking it to disclose efforts to stop municipalities from using eminent domain to bail out […]
OC settles with violinist on noise ordinance
Ocean City will scrap a noise ordinance and pay a boardwalk violinist $137,000 — including $116,000 in attorneys’ fees and court costs — in settlement of his free-speech challenge to the regulation.
Md. bill would limit local immigration policing
HAGERSTOWN — The American Civil Liberties Union announced a legislative effort Tuesday to limit local police involvement in immigration enforcement, a practice the group called wasteful and counterproductive. Sen. Victor […]
Flynt opposes execution of man who admitted shooting him
ST. LOUIS — Serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin is getting support from an unlikely source: Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, who was paralyzed 35 years ago by a bullet apparently […]
A.G. candidates try to outdo each other on revenge-porn bills
Two state delegates battling for the Democratic nomination for Maryland attorney general will duel in Annapolis next year over how best to deal with revenge porn.
Details emerge on border-seizure of laptops
WASHINGTON — Newly disclosed U.S. government files provide an inside look at the Homeland Security Department’s practice of seizing and searching electronic devices at the border without showing reasonable suspicion […]
ACLU: Muslims face more scrutiny for citizenship
LOS ANGELES — A government program to screen immigrants for national security concerns has blacklisted some Muslims and put their U.S. citizenship applications on hold for years, civil liberties advocates […]
Va. man back in court over inclusion on no-fly list
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — It’s been 2 ½ years since Gulet Mohamed, then 19, found himself stuck in Kuwait, unable to return to the United States because of his apparent placement […]
ACLU: Police record license plates by the millions
WASHINGTON — You can drive, but you can’t hide. A rapidly growing network of police cameras is capturing, storing and sharing data on license plates, making it possible to stitch […]
Supreme Court stays out of Planned Parenthood funding case
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will likely stop defending a law that stripped Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood after the Supreme Court declined to hear the case Tuesday, an attorney who represents […]
ACLU seeks to renew Wicomico voting-rights case
The ACLU of Maryland is urging the U.S. Justice Department to reopen a voting-rights challenge against Wicomico County, citing what the group called the continuing, decades-long underrepresentation of blacks on the county council.
House passes pro-business cybersecurity bill
WASHINGTON — Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House veto threat and an outcry from privacy […]
