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Massachusetts high court rules against prolonged solitary confinement without due process
Supreme Judicial Court reaffirms principle that use of solitary must be balanced with firm legal protections, including a 90-day limit without due process.
ACLU says health care decision "especially welcome" for women, minorities
Decision "recognizes that Congress has the constitutional authority to fix a health care system that does not work for millions of Americans."
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down mandatory life-without-parole sentencing
Ruling affects children in 29 states, including Massachusetts.
Victory! Senate blocks dangerous Blunt Amendment
Today, the Senate rejected the notion that your boss can decide that you shouldn't have health insurance for cancer screenings, or make you pay out of your pocket for your daughter's vaccinations. But how did such an extreme proposal like the Blunt amendment make its way to the Senate in the first place?
Two words: birth control.
Read the rest of this entry at the National ACLU's Blog of Rights.
Celebrating fair play and equal justice under the law
ACLU of Massachusetts Executive Director Carol Rose originally wrote this blog for Boston.com.
There's nothing like a victory for equal rights to restore my faith in human courage and basic decency. So I braved the cold in order to show up for Governor Deval Patrick's ceremonial and very public signing of the Transgender Equal Rights Law at the State House this morning.
It was standing-room-barely as Massachusetts luminaries and civil rights advocates gathered in the ornate Senate Reading Room to watch our Commonwealth take another important step forward for equal rights under the law.
