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In which state is the 老澳门开奖结果 filing a lawsuit against a school district that banned a kids鈥� book about a family with two moms?

A scandal involving which CIA official demonstrates the need for restrictions on government surveillance powers?

Legislators from which state failed to learn that voters care about women鈥檚 health, as demonstrated by the 2012 election, and are pushing the most restrictive abortion law in the country?

What country is failing to uphold protesters鈥� rights according to a report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe?

Which organization filed a lawsuit this week challenging mandatory immigration detention, even when detainees pose no danger or flight risk?

You Can鈥檛 Hide Families Behind The Desk: How Utah School Officials Are Violating The First Amendment In Library Book Case

The 老澳门开奖结果 LGBT Project and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Utah filed a lawsuit earlier this week challenging a decision by Davis School District in Davis County, Utah, to remove a children鈥檚 book about a family with two moms from elementary school libraries. The book, In Our Mothers鈥� House, was written by Patricia Polacco, an award-winning author of children鈥檚 literature. The School Library Journal gave In Our Mothers鈥� House a rave review and recommends the book for children in grades 1 to 4. The school district decided to remove the book from library shelves and hide it behind librarians鈥� desks in response to complaints from some parents that the book 鈥渘ormalizes a lifestyle that we don鈥檛 agree with.鈥� The district has claimed that having the book on library shelves would also violate Utah鈥檚 sex-education laws because it would amount to 鈥渁dvocacy of homosexuality.鈥�

Surveillance and Security Lessons from the Petraeus Scandal

When the CIA director cannot hide his activities online, what hope is there for the rest of us? In the unfolding sex scandal that has led to the resignation of David Petraeus, the FBI鈥檚 electronic surveillance and tracking of Petraeus and his mistress Paula Broadwell is more than a side show鈥攊t's a key component of the story. More importantly, there are enough interesting tidbits (some of which change by the hour, as new details are leaked), to make this story an excellent lesson on the government鈥檚 surveillance powers鈥攁s well as a reminder of the need to those powers.

State Legislators Double Down on Most Restrictive Abortion Law in Nation

This week, Ohio legislators may have reached a compromise on which would ban essentially all abortions in the state. Ohio鈥檚 鈥渓ame duck鈥� legislative session starts next week, and legislators indicate they may pass HB 125 before the end of the year.

From its introduction, HB 125 has been a sideshow in the statehouse, with legislators allowing fetuses to 鈥渢estify鈥� in committee, among other tactics. The bill has caused deep divisions even among Ohio鈥檚 anti-choice organizations, with Ohio Right to Life opposing HB 125 as too radical to withstand a court challenge, leading to several of its chapters breaking away.

International Organization Finds U.S. Violating the Rights of Protestors

The right to peacefully assemble, enshrined both in the U.S. Constitution and international human rights law, is an intrinsic element of the democratic fabric of the United States. Yet, according to a released last Friday by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), an international organization of which the U.S. is a member, America is failing to uphold this fundamental right. The report is the first comprehensive OSCE report on violation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly that covers the U.S.

老澳门开奖结果 Files Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Mandatory Immigration Lock-up

This, the 老澳门开奖结果 filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Garfield Gayle and hundreds of immigrants in New Jersey who, like him, are subject to mandatory immigration detention. The lawsuit 鈥� Gayle v. Napolitano 鈥� challenges the federal government鈥檚 policy of locking up immigrants in deportation proceedings without any chance for release on bail, even when they have strong arguments that they have a right to continue living in America. Many immigrants are locked up for as long as it takes to conclude their deportation cases, even if they pose no danger or flight risk.

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