ACLU joins women's and patients' rights group in opposing the sale of Exempla hospitals to Catholic organization

DENVER, CO - In a letter sent today to the Attorney General, the ACLU of Colorado joined with women's rights groups, patient advocates, health care providers and concerned non-profit organizations in opposing the sale of Exempla Health Care (which owns two hospitals: Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette and Lutheran Medical Center in Wheatridge) to the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Systems.

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ACLU national office sues Jeppesen Dataplan Inc. for its alleged involvement in the CIA's extraordinary rendition program

UPDATE: The ACLU was in federal court on February 5, 2008 arguing for the continuation of its lawsuit against Jeppesen. Here is the complete press release.

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ACLU Urges Roaring Fork School Board to Stop School Resource Officers from Collaborating with ICE

In a letter sent today, the ACLU of Colorado urged the Roaring Fork School Board to adopt a policy prohibiting the current practice of School Resource Officers (SROs) collaborating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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A Few Questions for Scott Gessler

Statement of C. Ray DrewExecutive DirectorACLU of Colorado

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ACLU Joins Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

The ACLU of Colorado has joined the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, a coalition in support of a 2012 ballot initiative to end marijuana prohibition in Colorado. The initiative would make marijuana legal for adults, take marijuana out of the black market, and establish a system in which it is regulated and taxed similar to alcohol.

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ACLU Files Amicus Brief On Behalf Of First Amendment Rights Of CU Professor Ward Churchill

Today the ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief in the Colorado Supreme Court case of Ward Churchill, who according to a jury verdict, was fired from his job as a Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder for exercising his First Amendment right to free expression.

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A Decade of Fear: Looking Back on Lessons Unlearned

By Rehan K. Hasan and Rosemary Harris Lytle

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Reinstatement A Step Backwards For Denver Law Enforcement

The people of Denver should not have to pay the price for a bureaucrat who failed to do his job.

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International Commission Finds United States Denied Justice to Colorado Domestic Violence Survivor

Landmark Human Rights Case Finds that Failure to Enforce a Restraining Order and Indifference to Domestic Violence Led to Daughters’ Deaths

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