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ST. LOUIS, November 3, 2009 - United States District Judge Richard Webber yesterday found that the 2008 election held by Robinwood West Community Improvement District, a small political subdivision located in unincorporated St. Louis County, was unconstitutional and that the Missouri Legislature’s imposition of greater restrictions on certain voters violates the Equal Protection Clause.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri announced today that its suit on behalf of an underage recruit has resulted in the Army voiding the enlistment and discharging the juvenile soldier. The ACLU-EM had filed the lawsuit against the United States Army on the grounds that both parents had not given their permission for her to enlist. Late yesterday a federal judge granted the ACLU's request to dismiss the case because the Army provided the relief sought.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri today filed a lawsuit challenging the latest attempt by a political operative to rewrite Missouri's state constitution to ban equal opportunity programs in the state.

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NEW YORK – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is subjecting innocent Americans to unreasonable searches and detentions that violate the Constitution, according to a lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU filed the complaint on behalf of a traveler who was illegally detained and harassed by TSA agents at the airport for carrying approximately $4,700 in cash.

ST. LOUIS, April 29, 2009 - A federal judge today ordered Robinwood West Community Improvement District, a small political subdivision located in unincorporated St. Louis County, to stop allowing some voters to have more than one vote in its elections.

Corrections officers interviewed in report sent to U.S. Department of Justice

ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Supreme Court today found that a Missouri statute that prevents persons who have been appointed guardians because of mental disabilities from receiving in-home care services violates federal anti-discrimination statutes. The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri represented Andrea Bechtel, a Valley Park woman who requires assistance with her acitivities of daily living because of her physical disabilities. The state had provided her personal care services in her home, but she was kicked out of the program in 2005 after the legislature amended the statute to exclude persons who have a guardian.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed a lawsuit challenging the latest attempt by a political operative to rewrite Missouri’s state Constitution and ban equal opportunity programs in the state.