October 2007: WPF convenes a meeting of privacy and
civil liberty groups at UC Berkeley.
Not exact matches
After this story was initially published, David Rocah, an attorney
at the ACLU of Maryland, said the
civil liberties group also would seek a copy of the proposal.
Civil liberties groups started to adopt a more critical tone, despite general satisfaction
at the «proportionate» government response to the disorder so far.
An online poll by
civil liberties group Big Brother Watch also suggested that as few as 12 % of people thought the bill would represent good value for money
at a cost of nearly # 2 billion over ten years.
The home secretary was forced to deny the idea after
civil liberties groups found a clause in the upcoming immigration bill expanding powers previously only active
at entry points to the UK.
VanBlarcum halted the warrant checks in November after
civil liberties groups wrote a letter protesting the practice and county lawmakers threatened to turn over security services
at the DSS center to a private firm.
CAIR, America's largest Muslim
civil liberties group, encouraged Muslims to report any bias incidents to police and to CAIR's
civil rights department
at 202-742-6420.
Last year he drew howls of protest from
civil liberties groups and advocates for the poor when he instituted routine warrant checks
at a security post manned by deputies inside Ulster County's Department of Social Services.
Three Arizona parents, backed by
civil liberties groups, are suing to block two new state voucher programs aimed
at children with disabilities and those in foster care.
Civil liberties groups and educators challenged this government initiative, and
at the end of August 2011, a Missouri court granted a temporary injunction against the law's enforcement, insofar as it affected teacher - student communications.
Foley Hoag has been
at the forefront of efforts to provide quality legal representation to disadvantaged and disfavored individuals and
groups whose
civil rights and
liberties are threatened.
In addition, he oversaw several
groups of attorneys
at DHS headquarters, including the Regulations Law Division, the Legal Counsel Division (which includes litigation, legislation,
civil rights and
civil liberties, and privacy), the Science and Technology lawyers and the Intelligence Law
Group.