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MCLU Files Appeal in Excessive Force Case
PORTLAND –The Maine Civil Liberties Union Foundation today filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in a case involving allegations of excessive force by a South Portland police officer. The U.S. District Court had granted summary judgment to the officer in a ruling in May.
Anti-Real ID Leaders Vow to Press Forward on Repeal
Leaders of the repeal REAL ID effort vowed today that they will press forward and ensure that Maine takes no further steps toward compliance. Their optimism is fueled by the stunning turn-out of 652 volunteers who gathered 24,125 signatures from 398 towns across the state in the grassroots effort to repeal Maine’s REAL ID compliance law.
A.C.L.U. Sues to Stop New FISA Legislation
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out the new FISA Amendments Act that would vastly expand the government’s ability to conduct mass surveillance on the international communications of Americans. The new law, which was signed by President Bush today, amends the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and allows the government to avoid any prior court review when it seeks to monitor Americans’ international communications. Under the previous law, any surveillance had to be approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Senate Vote Ends Mainers' Case Against Verizon
The Maine Civil Liberties Union deplored the actions of Maine’s two Senators who voted today for an Administration-backed bill that vastly expands the federal government’s power to spy on Americans without a warrant. The bill also ends Mainers’ attempts to discover if Verizon illegally participated in the government’s domestic spying program.
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