Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of several Chinese restaurants in the Chicago area intentionally withheld state taxes by underreporting the receipts paid in cash, according to federal criminal charges filed today. HU XIAOJUN, also known as “Tony Hu,” 48, of Chicago, is charged in a criminal information with one count of wire[Read More…]
Day: May 16, 2016
ACLU And Lambda Legal Ask Court To Block Enforcement Of North Carolina’s Anti-Transgender Law
Raleigh, N.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal today asked a federal court to order an immediate halt to enforcement of a North Carolina law that targets transgender people for discrimination in single-sex facilities. The three organizations and the law firm of Jenner and[Read More…]
ACLU Responds To Supreme Court Opinion To Let Lower Court Rulings Stand In Zubik V. Burwell
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Supreme Court today issued an opinion in Zubik v. Burwell that vacates the judgments in the cases before it. It also issued orders vacating the judgments of the decisions in all the contraceptive cases in which certiorari was pending. “We are disappointed that the Court chose[Read More…]
ACLU Comment On Sheriff Arpaio Contempt Ruling
Phoenix, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- A federal court has found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his top deputies in contempt for repeatedly violating court orders to stop racially profiling Latinos as part of unlawful enforcement operations targeting immigrants. The ruling stems from an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit, Ortega Melendres v. Arpaio, in[Read More…]
ACLU Comment On Hhs Rule Implementing Nondiscrimination Provision Of The Affordable Care Act
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act that would, among other aspects, prohibit sex discrimination for patients seeking health care. Louise Melling, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, had this reaction: “These life-changing[Read More…]
ACLU Comment On Education And Justice Department’s Title Ix Guidance For Transgender Students
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Departments of Education and Justicetoday announced comprehensive guidance that requiresschools to treat transgender students in accordance with their gender identity. James Esseks, director of the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & HIV Project, had this reaction: “With this guidance, the Education and Justice Departments are making it crystal[Read More…]
ACLU Lawsuit Reveals One In Six Massachusetts Drug Convictions Tainted By Dookhan Scandal
Boston-(ENEWSPF)- Prosecutors responding to ACLU litigation have provided lists that, for the first time, identify more than 24,000 drug cases worked on by convicted chemist Annie Dookhan, in which people were convicted or had other adverse dispositions. These Dookhan cases appear to account for an astounding 25 percent of all drug[Read More…]
Remarks of Dr. Jill Biden at Northern Virginia Community College Commencement Ceremony as Prepared for Delivery
Bristow, Virginia-(ENEWSPF)- Jiffy Lube Live Hello, NOVA! This is a special night for me. This will be my final commencement address as Second Lady, and what an honor to do it at the college that means the most to me. Thank you to President Ralls and the Board of Trustees.[Read More…]
Watch: Remarks by the President at Commencement Address at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Brunswick, New Jersey-(ENEWSPF)- 1:04 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello Rutgers! (Applause.) R-U rah-rah! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you, President Barchi, for that introduction. Let me congratulate my extraordinarily worthy fellow honorary Scarlet Knights, Dr. Burnell and Bill Moyers. Matthew, good job.[Read More…]
President Obama’s Weekly Address: A Conversation About Addiction, Released May 14, 2016 (Video and Text)
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Remarks of President Barack Obama and Macklemore as Prepared for Delivery Weekly Address The White House May 14, 2016 THE PRESIDENT: Hi, everybody. I’ve got a special guest with me this week – Macklemore. For those of you who don’t share the same love[i] for hip-hop, he’s a[Read More…]
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