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Posts tagged ACLU of Illinois
ACLU looks ahead to post-Trump era
Fair Tax failure risks enforcement of reforms, revival of regressive penalties, fees
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Ted CoxACLU, ACLU of Illinois, Ed Yohnka, Colleen Connell, Nusrat Choudry, Khadine Bennett, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, 2020 Presidential Election, 2020 Election, DACA, Dream Act, Dick Durbin, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Fed thugs not wanted in Chicago
Lightfoot says camouflaged troops operate ‘unlawfully,’ ACLU threatens action amid reports of Trump deployment
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Police protests exploited by looters
Chicago locks down Loop, Aurora joins in overnight curfew; Pritzker clashes on call with Trump
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Ted CoxLori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, George Floyd, Police Protests, Protest Looting, Donald Trump, Bill Foster, David Brown, Juliana Stratton, Kim Foxx, Colleen Connell, ACLU of Illinois, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19
'Our criminal-justice system is not working'
Lt. Gov. Stratton presses for reforms at joint committee hearing on bail, sentencing
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Ted CoxJuliana Stratton, Elgie Sims Jr., Illinois Criminal Justice Reform, Camile Lindsay, Sharone Mitchell, Bill Prim, Robert Berlin, Terri Bryant, Marshan Allen, Parle' Roe-Taylor, Ben Ruddell, ACLU of Illinois, Patrick Windhorst, Justin Slaughter
Hundreds protest Senate 'cover-up' in impeachment vote
Indivisible Chicago leads rally after Trump survives truncated trial
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AG Raoul joins suit backing Calif. on car emissions
Bad precedent could affect Clean Energy Jobs Act
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Ted CoxKwame Raoul, J.B. Pritzker, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Xavier Becerra, California Advanced Clean Car Standards, Donald Trump, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Jennifer Walling, Illinois Environmental Council, Jack Darin, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Colleen Connell, ACLU of Illinois, Citizens Utility Board
Reproductive rights are everyone's rights
ACLU Illinois head Colleen Connell calls abortion rights ‘the proverbial canary in the constitutional coal mine’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Colleen Connell, ACLU of Illinois, ACLU, City Club of Chicago, White Supremacists, White Nationalism, Constitutional Originalists, F. Roger Devlin, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health Act
Pritzker signs Reproductive Health Act
Illinois proudly defies national trend to strengthen women’s rights
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Melinda Bush, Jennifer Welch, Colleen Connell, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Abortion Rights, ACLU of Illinois, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Abortion Rights, Roe v. Wade, Illinois House Freshman Caucus
U.S. Rep. Garcia leads protest against Trump's 'phony emergency'
Hundreds rally in subfreezing temps in Chicago’s Federal Plaza to denounce Trump ‘charade’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Ed Yohnka, ACLU of Illinois, ACLU, Indivisible Chicago, U.S. Immigration, U.S. Border Wall, Trump Emergency, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, SEIU Local 1, SEIU Healthcare Illinois
Rauner backs firm accused of voter suppression
The governor vetoed a bill calling for the state to withdraw from Kansas's controversial Crosscheck voter system
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, ACLU of Illinois, American Civil Liberties Union, Kris Kobach, Interstate Crosscheck, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, Donald Trump, Kwame Raoul, Ed Yohnka
Opponents line up against Trump pick Kavanaugh
Abortion rights should be safe in Illinois thanks to a law signed last year by Gov. Rauner
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court, Abortion Rights, Women's Rights, Health Care, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Amy Whitaker, Jan Schakowsky, ACLU of Illinois, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Jennifer Welch, Mitch McConnell
Trump travel ban draws flak
Activists point to apparent religious hypocrisy in rulings by U.S. Supreme Court
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Muslim Ban, Muslim Travel Ban, Muslim Registry, U.S. Supreme Court, ACLU of Illinois, Amal Kassir, Ahmen Rehab, CAIR, Colleen Connell, Azam Nizamuddin, Muslim Bar Association
