PITTSBURGH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit today on behalf of a couple who were denied a self-uniting marriage license on the basis of their religion by the Allegheny County Register of Wills and asked the court to issue an emergency injun
PITTSBURGH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today on behalf of the Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) asking the court to issue an emergency injunction to stop Pittsburgh police from issuing citations and arresting anti-war protesters for si
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge issued an opinion today allowing a long-term gay couple to resume contact with each other while completing the period of supervision imposed on them as part of a drug sentence.
HAZLETON, PA – In the first trial decision of its kind, a federal court has declared unconstitutional a local ordinance that sought to punish landlords and employers for doing business with undocumented immigrants.
PITTSBURGH - Hermitage School District violated the First Amendment free-speech rights of a student when it punished him for creating a parody profile of his principal on the MySpace.com website because the District failed to show that the profile - which was created off-campus - caused any disru