E-News for ACLU-AL Friends

Protesters say University of Alabama silences free speech: We are defending university students and an Iraq war veteran against disorderly conduct charges related to their anti-war demonstration on campus.  (The Tuscaloosa News, March 13, 2008)

Circuit judge’s courtroom prayer prompts complaint: ACLU-AL is reviewing a complaint about Judge McKathan’s in-court prayer in Monroeville.  (The Mobile Press-Register, March 21, 2008)

Courtroom prayer circle rankles ACLU: Staff Attorney Allison Neal comments on Judge McKathan’s inappropriate judicial behavior.  (The Montgomery Advertiser, March 22, 2008)

HIV inmates fight for work release: We continue to press corrections officials to remove the work release restriction for HIV-positive inmates.  (The Montgomery Advertiser, March 24, 2008)

Ala. inmates with HIV barred from work release: Margaret Winter, associate director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project, comments on HIV-positive prisoners’ exclusion from work release.  (The New York Times, March 24, 2008)

Inmates with HIV treated unfairly: Editorial urging the Department of Corrections to remove work-release restrictions on HIV-positive prisoners.  (The Tuscaloosa News, March 25, 2008)

Spying companies should pay: Letter to the Editor from Anil Mujumdar, President of ACLU-AL Board of Directors, drawing attention to telecommunications companies’ unlawful role in the government’s illegal spying program.  (The Tuscaloosa News, March 25, 2008)

Law, not religion, rules in court: Editorial regarding Judge McKathan and the dangers of trying to turn a courtroom into a place of worship.  (The Montgomery Advertiser, March 26, 2008)

Demand phone companies be held accountable: Letter to the Editor from Executive Director Olivia Turner calling for telecommunications companies to be held accountable for illegally spying on Americans.  (The Montgomery Advertiser, March 28, 2008)

It’s a constitutional thing: Letter to the Editor from Betty Gartman, Vice President of ACLU-AL Board of Directors, expressing concern over telecommunications companies possibly gaining immunity for assisting in the government spying program.  (The Mobile Press-Register, March 30, 2008)

Judge attacks unwarranted: Letter to the Editor from Roy Moore, former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, praising Judge McKathan and criticizing the ACLU. (The Mobile Press-Register, March 31, 2008