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ST. LOUIS, October 12, 2011--Linn State Technical College has embarked on an unprecedented course of action in forcing students to take drug tests without cause for suspicion. The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU-EM) believes their policy is an ill-considered and dangerous attack on fundamental American liberties.

ST. LOUIS - October 5, 2011 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today affirmed last summer’s decision striking down the City of Manchester, Missouri’s funeral protest ordinance. The Court reaffirmed that peaceful pickets on public sidewalks near funerals are entitled to the protection of the First Amendment.

ST. LOUIS — A federal judge today entered judgment in an class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Eastern Missouri on behalf of a man held in jail by mistake without seeing a judge for 37 days.

Linn State Technical College Forcing Students to Submit to Tests Without Any Suspicion of Wrongdoing

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Research & Education Network (“MOREnet”), a consortium that provides Internet access and filtering software to 100 school districts across the state, confirmed today it will no longer activate a feature on its filtering software that blocked non-sexual content geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.

First-Ever Challenge to a Photo ID Constitutional Amendment Filed on Behalf of the Elderly, People with Disabilities, Racial Minorities, and Students Who Face Loss of Voting Rights

ST. LOUIS — The ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Kayla M. Page charging Howard County, Missouri and Sheriff Charles Polson for interfering with Page’s right to marry an inmate currently incarcerated at the Howard County jail.

Filtering Software Exposes Public Schools Across the Country To Liability For Viewpoint-Based Censorship

April 14, 2011—More than 140 diverse members of the Muslim-American community, and some allies from other faith communities, gathered in Jefferson City on Wednesday, April 13 for a historic day at the Capitol. The large group had representatives from across the state, including people of many ethnic backgrounds and more than thirty middle schoolers from the Al-Salam Day School. They spent the day introducing themselves to state legislators in an effort to build bridges which they feel have been too long overdue. They also wanted legislators to oppose three bills that they feel would unfairly target Muslim-Americans.